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Who guards the Guardian?

The newspaper has taken on hundreds more staff, but its grand digital gamble has not yet paid off and it is losing money rapidly. Can it survive?

By Stephen Glover  
March 18, 2016
April 2016

Playing his tune: Alan Rushbridger was one of the best newspaper editors of his generation, but lacked commercial success ©Amy T. Zielinsky/Getty Images

Let’s agree that the Guardian is a great newspaper whose survival should concern us all. It may sometimes be pompous and self-regarding, but in an age of dumbing down it still carries a torch for serious newspaper journalism—more than ever now that the…

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Stephen Glover

Stephen Glover is a columnist for the Daily Mail and the Oldie. He was a co-founder of the Independent and founding editor of the Independent on Sunday. He has also worked as a columnist for the London Evening Standard, Daily Telegraph, Spectator and Independent

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