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The Greater Manchester mayor, Andy Burnham, speaks at the unveiling, beside the Guardian’s editor-in-chief, Katharine Viner. Photograph: Richard Saker/The Guardian
The Greater Manchester mayor, Andy Burnham, speaks at the unveiling, beside the Guardian’s editor-in-chief, Katharine Viner. Photograph: Richard Saker/The Guardian
Tue 11 May 2021 13.33 EDT
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Two hundred years after the Manchester Guardian was founded in the aftermath of a bloody anti-establishment protest, a plaque has been erected to mark its birth.
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In an interview to mark 200 years of The Guardian, editor Katharine Viner spoke to Press Gazette about the secret of its longevity.
The Guardian enters its third century in a secure financial position (with just under £1bn in the bank and sustainable losses running at £10-20m annually). And while print circulation continues to decline (to just over 100,000 copies per day), it claims more than 1m paying readers and is the sixth biggest news website in the world with 317m website visits in March 2021.
PG: Congratulations on 200 years in print. What do you think is the secret to The Guardian’s success?
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Not many companies these days survive more than 20 years before they are gobbled up or die. Yet here’s the Guardian – mocked, loved; vilified, treasured – putting 200 candles on its birthday cake and raising a glass of Prosecco on Zoom.
How does a newspaper last so long? The Guardian was not put on earth to make huge profits, and it seldom has – at least for its owners, the Taylor/Scott family who have, in one form or another, presided over the title since it first hit the streets on 5 May, 1821.