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British multinational mass media company

For the American media company, Guardian Enterprise Group, see [.2 Network](/source/.2_Network).

Guardian Media Group plc Type Public Industry Media Founder C. P. Scott Key people Anna Bateson (CEO) Charles Gurassa (chair) Products Newspapers, websites Revenue £264.4 million[1] (2022-23) Operating income £-21.3 million[1] (2022-23) Owner Scott Trust Limited Number of employees 1,241 (2023) Divisions Guardian News & Media Top Right Group (formerly Emap) GMG Property Services Group

**Guardian Media Group plc** (**GMG**) is a British-based [mass media](/source/Mass_media) company owning various media operations including *[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)*, and formerly *[The Observer](/source/The_Observer)*. The group is wholly owned by the [Scott Trust Limited](/source/Scott_Trust_Limited), which exists to secure the financial and editorial independence of *The Guardian* in perpetuity.

The Group's annual report (for the year ending 2 April 2023) indicated that the Scott Trust Endowment Fund was valued at £1.24 billion, while in 2021 it was valued at £1.14 billion.[2]

## History

The company was founded as the Manchester Guardian Ltd. in 1907 when [C.P. Scott](/source/C.P._Scott) bought *The Manchester Guardian* (founded in 1821)[3] from the estate of his cousin Edward Taylor.

It became the Manchester Guardian and Evening News Ltd when it bought out the *Manchester Evening News* in 1924, later becoming the Guardian and Manchester Evening News Ltd to reflect the change in the morning paper's title. It adopted its current name in 1993.

In 1991, it had a 20% stake in a consortium which included [London Weekend Television](/source/London_Weekend_Television) (LWT), [Scottish Television](/source/Scottish_Television), [The Walt Disney Company](/source/The_Walt_Disney_Company) and [Carlton Communications](/source/Carlton_Communications) for a new ITV breakfast franchise called [GMTV](/source/GMTV).

*Guardian Monthly* was a glossy magazine published by the Guardian Media Group for readers around the world.[4] Launched in November 2006,[5] it made selections from *[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)* and *[The Observer](/source/The_Observer)*'s magazine supplements available to an international audience of English-speakers.[6] Issues contained interviews with cultural figures, features about world issues, and regular articles on travel, books, sport, health, fashion, food and photography. In July 2007, the Guardian Media Group announced the cancellation of the *Guardian Monthly*.[7] In a letter to subscribers, Will Ricketts, *Guardian Monthly*'s publisher, explained the reasons for the cancellation of the monthly magazine:

The company is taking a long-term strategic view of its activities and although *Guardian Monthly* has performed well in the busy and competitive international marketplace, we have decided that it is not the right time to continue with a global magazine offering.

In March 2007, GMG sold 49.9% of [Trader Media Group](/source/Auto_Trader_Group) to [Apax Partners](/source/Apax_Partners), in a deal that valued Trader Media Group at £1.35 billion. In December 2007, it was announced that GMG and Apax had made a successful bid to buy [Emap](/source/Ascential)'s business-to-business arm for around £1 billion.[8] In June 2018, GMG acquired ContentNext Media of technology blog [paidContent](/source/PaidContent); [All Things Digital](/source/All_Things_Digital) estimated the purchasing price to be up to $30 million pending certain performance goals.[9]

In February 2010, the group sold its GMG Regional Media division (consisting of two companies MEN Media and S&B Media which operated 31 local and regional newspaper titles) to [Trinity Mirror](/source/Trinity_Mirror) for £44.8 million. The sale eroded the connection between *The Guardian* and Manchester as the sale of the *[Manchester Evening News](/source/Manchester_Evening_News)* was included in the package.[10] The division's local television station for Greater Manchester, [Channel M](/source/Channel_M), and two newspapers in [Woking](/source/Woking) were not included in the sale.

GMG sold ContentNext Media's [paidContent](/source/PaidContent) and other assets to [Gigaom](/source/Gigaom) in February 2012.[11] In June 2012, GMG sold its [GMG Radio](/source/GMG_Radio) division, which operated [Real Radio](/source/Real_Radio) and [Smooth Radio](/source/Smooth_Radio_(2010)), to [Global Radio](/source/Global_Radio).[12][13]

In January 2014, GMG disposed of its remaining interest in Trader Media Group.[14]

[Carolyn McCall](/source/Carolyn_McCall) was the chief executive of Guardian Media Group and chair of Guardian News and Media Limited from 2006 until June 2010, when she was appointed chief executive of [EasyJet](/source/EasyJet).[15] [Andrew Miller](/source/Andrew_Miller_(executive)), previously the chief financial officer of the Group, was chief executive from July 2010 to 2015. David Pemsel took his place in 2015.[16]

In October 2017, the Guardian Media Group reported a plan to launch a new £42 million venture capital fund.[17] That plan was consummated, making the Scott Trust a limited partner in GMG Ventures LP. According to the GMG 2018 annual report, "this £42m venture capital fund is designed to contribute financial returns and to support GMG's strategy by investing in early stage businesses focused on developing the next generation of media technology".[2]

In January 2020, it was announced that [Annette Thomas](/source/Annette_Thomas) would become the new chief executive in March 2020.[18] Thomas was formerly editor of *[Nature](/source/Nature_(journal))*, MD of [Nature Publishing Group](/source/Nature_Publishing_Group) and chief executive of [Macmillan Science and Education](/source/Macmillan_Publishers). She replaced [David Pemsel](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=David_Pemsel&action=edit&redlink=1) who left to take up a role at the [Premier League](/source/Premier_League).[19]

In May 2021, *[The Daily Telegraph](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph)* reported *Guardian* editor [Katharine Viner](/source/Katharine_Viner) and Thomas were in conflict over finances and the direction the newspaper should take. The previous year *The Guardian* announced 180 job cuts. Thomas had earlier said at a media industry conference "we have quality content in spades ... the job at hand is to now go further by strengthening the growing elements of our business". Viner wanted renewed investment after better than feared financial results in 2020.[20] On 9 June 2021, it was announced that Thomas would leave the Guardian Media Group at the end of the month.[21][22]

In August 2022, Anna Bateson was appointed as chief executive.[23] Subsequently Anders Jensen, chief executive of [Viaplay](/source/Viaplay), resigned as a GMG non-executive director because of the appointment process, in particular the level of influence exerted by *Guardian* editor [Katharine Viner](/source/Katharine_Viner).[24]

In September 2024, *The Guardian* revealed it was in talks to sell *The Observer* to news website [Tortoise Media](/source/Tortoise_Media).[25][26] Journalists at Guardian Media Group voted to condemn the sale and passed a vote of no confidence in the newspaper's owners, accusing it of betrayal amid concerns that the sale of the paper could harm the financial security of staff members.[27][28] The sale took place on 22 April 2025.[29]

In May 2025, GMG won a defamatory lawsuit brought by a man in Afghanistan who sued the company for mistakenly using his image to illustrate an article about the [murder of Hamed Sabouri](/source/Murder_of_Hamed_Sabouri) (who was a gay man) in Afghanistan in August 2022. In his ruling, High Court Justice [Jeremy Johnson](/source/Jeremy_Johnson_(judge)) found that being labelled a homosexual is not defamatory for common law.[30][31][32]

## Group structure

GMG's core business is Guardian News & Media Limited, publisher of theguardian.com, and *The Guardian* newspaper. Guardian News & Media was formed as Guardian Newspapers Limited in 1967, adopting its present name in 2006.

The group has a portfolio of investments to help support its journalism.[33] They comprise:

- [Ascential](/source/Ascential): an international business-to-business digital intelligence and events business.

- An externally managed investment fund.

Guardian Media Group exists to support the core purpose of its owner, Scott Trust Limited: to secure the financial and editorial independence of *The Guardian* in perpetuity,[34] but in the 2011/12 year the group lost £75.6 million,[35] and for the three years up to June 2012, the paper itself lost £100,000 a day - leading *The Economist'*s *[Intelligent Life](/source/Intelligent_Life_(magazine))* magazine to question whether *The Guardian* could survive.[36] In late 2013, GMG sold their GMG Property Services Group to private equity firm [Lloyds Development Capital](/source/Lloyds_Development_Capital) (rebranded to Property Software Group), citing that it would allow them to focus on investing in the core part of their business—Guardian News and Media.[37] In 2014, *The Guardian* launched a membership scheme, aiming to avoid introducing a [paywall](/source/Paywall) and maintaining open access to the website. As of 2018, this approach was considered successful, having brought more than 1 million subscriptions or donations, with the paper hoping to break even by April 2019,[38] a goal they achieved in May 2019.[39]

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## External links

- [Official website](https://www.theguardian.com/gmg)

- [Guardian website](https://www.theguardian.com)

- [TMG website](https://web.archive.org/web/20181221192547/http://tradermediagroup.co.uk/)

- [GMG Property Services website](https://web.archive.org/web/20170110132340/http://gmgpsg.com/)

v t e Guardian Media Group Subsidiaries and divisions Newspapers The Guardian The Guardian Weekly Other Guardian.com Guardian Australia Guardian New Zealand Guardian US Joint ventures and shareholdings Ascential (50%) Development Hell (29.5%) Seven Publishing (41.9%) Former holdings GMG Radio The Observer Trader Media Group Other C. P. Scott Guardian Student Media Award Scott Trust John Edward Taylor Category

v t e Media in the United Kingdom UK national newspapers, magazines, and other periodicals Newspapers (history, circulation) Broadsheet Financial Times The Daily Telegraph The Sunday Telegraph The Sunday Times Compact The i Paper The Times The Guardian The Observer Middle-market Daily Express Daily Mail The Mail on Sunday Tabloid Daily Mirror Sunday Mirror Morning Star The Sunday People Daily Star Daily Star Sunday The Sun Sunday Sport Weekend Sport Midweek Sport Online 5Pillars The Independent Magazines and other periodicals List of magazines in the United Kingdom List of magazines by circulation Radio in the UK National stations BBC BBC Radio 1 BBC Radio 1Xtra BBC Radio 2 BBC Radio 3 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 Extra BBC Radio 5 Live BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra BBC Radio 6 Music BBC Asian Network BBC World Service BBC National DAB (multiplex) Independent / commercial Absolute Radio Network Boom Radio BFBS Radio Capital Capital Xtra Classic FM Digital One (multiplex) Gold Greatest Hits Radio Heart Hits Radio Jazz FM Kiss Network LBC LBC News Magic Magic Classical Premier Christian Radio RNIB Connect Radio Sound Digital (multiplex) Smooth Radio talkSPORT TalkRadio Times Radio UCB UK Virgin Radio UK Radio X Regional and local stations BBC List of BBC Local Radio stations BBC Radio Scotland BBC Radio nan Gàidheal BBC Radio Ulster BBC Radio Foyle BBC Radio Wales BBC Radio Cymru Cymru 2 Independent / commercial List of community radio stations List of local commercial radio stations List of semi-national / regional analogue and digital radio stations Other stations List of hospital radio stations Pirate radio Restricted Service Licence (RSL) List of RSL stations List of student radio stations Other Broadcasting House FM broadcasting Radio Academy Radio Academy Awards Radio Independents Group RAJAR Most listened to programmes Television in the UK Principal channels (list) BBC/UKTV BBC One BBC Two BBC Three BBC Four BBC News BBC Parliament BBC Alba BBC Scotland CBBC CBeebies U&Alibi U&Dave U&Drama U&Eden U&Gold U&W U&Yesterday ITV ITV1/STV/UTV ITV2 ITV3 ITV4 ITV Quiz Channel 4/S4C Channel 4 S4C E4 E4 Extra Film4 More4 4seven Paramount 5 5Star 5USA 5Select 5Action Comedy Central Comedy Central Extra MTV Nickelodeon Nicktoons Nick Jr. Sky UK Challenge Sky Arts Sky Atlantic Sky Cinema Sky Comedy Sky Crime Sky Documentaries Sky History Sky History 2 Sky Kids Sky Mix Sky Nature Sky News Sky One Sky Sci-Fi Sky Sports Box Office F1 News Racing Sky Witness Warner Bros. Discovery Animal Planet Boomerang Cartoon Network Cartoonito CNN International Discovery Channel Discovery History Discovery Science Discovery Turbo DMAX Food Network Investigation Discovery Quest Quest Red Really TLC TNT Sports Narrative Entertainment UK Limited Great! Action Great! Movies Great! Romance Great! Real Great! TV Services and platforms Current Amazon Prime Video BBC iPlayer cable Channel 4 digital digital terrestrial List of channels Disney+ EE TV 5 Freely Freesat Freesat+ Freeview high-definition List of channels ITV ITVX STV Player local television Now Netflix Paramount+ Restricted Service Licence satellite Sky Group Sky Q Sky Glass Sky Stream TalkTalk TV TVPlayer U Virgin Media FilmFlex TiVo YouView Defunct analogue analogue terrestrial BBC Store Film4oD Pop Player Real Digital Sky Group Freesat from Sky On Demand Sky+ Sky+ HD TalkTalk TV Store Top Up TV Virgin Media V+ Studios Current 3 Mills Studios BBC Cymru Wales New Broadcasting House BBC Elstree Centre BBC Pacific Quay The Bottle Yard Studios Broadcasting House Broadcasting House, Belfast Broadcasting House, Bristol Dock10 Elstree Studios (Shenley Road) Gas Street Studios The Leeds Studios The Maidstone Studios Mailbox Birmingham MediaCityUK Old Granada Studios Riverside Studios Roath Lock The Sharp Project Sky Campus Space Studios Manchester Television Centre, London Defunct Broadcasting House, Cardiff Dickenson Road Studios Fountain Studios The Hospital Club Lime Grove Studios Limehouse Studios The London Studios MGM-British Studios New Broadcasting House, Manchester Pebble Mill Studios Teddington Studios Television Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne Television Centre, Southampton Upper Boat Studios Other Television in Northern Ireland in Scotland in Wales Defunct channels Edinburgh International Television Festival History List of years Viewing statistics Most-watched broadcasts Companies and organisations Major companies Banijay UK Productions Bauer Media Audio UK BBC Bloomsbury Publishing BT Group Channel Four Television Corporation Daily Mail and General Trust Dentsu International Economist Group EMI Music Publishing Future plc Global Media & Entertainment Guardian Media Group Haymarket Media Group Informa ITN ITV plc National World News Broadcasting News UK Newsquest Pearson plc Press Holdings Reach plc RELX Reuters Sky STV Group Syco TalkTalk Group Paramount Networks UK & Australia Virgin Media O2 The Walt Disney Company (UK) Ltd. Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA Resources Arqiva List of largest UK book publishers Government and regulatory bodies Advertising Standards Authority BBC Board (formerly: BBC Trust Board of Governors of the BBC) British Board of Film Classification British Film Institute Culture, Media, and Sport Select Committee Department for Culture, Media and Sport Independent Press Standards Organisation Ofcom Press Recognition Panel S4C Authority Industry and trades bodies British Academy of Film and Television Arts British Phonographic Industry Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union Clearcast Digital TV Group Equity Everyone TV Federation Against Copyright Theft Independent Publishers Guild National Union of Journalists The Publishers Association Royal Television Society United Kingdom Independent Broadcasting Other BBC Academy National Film and Television School National Science and Media Museum Regional, student and community media Regional media Media in England Birmingham London Manchester Media in Scotland Aberdeen Dundee Glasgow Media in Wales Cardiff Student media Student television Student press Community media Islam21c Category

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