Guardian Media Group - Definition and Overview

Guardian Media Group plc is a company of the United Kingdom owning various mass media companies including:

• The Guardian
• The Observer
• Manchester Evening News
• Jazz FM
• 100.4 Smooth FM
• Trader Media Group - Publishers of AutoTrader
• Real Radio - commercial stations broadcast on FM and Internet
  • Real Radio (Yorkshire)
  • Real Radio (Scotland)
  • Real Radio (South Wales)
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It is owned by the Scott Trust. It was founded as the Manchester Guardian Ltd in 1907 when C. P. Scott bought the Manchester Guardian 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. Its current chief executive is Sir Robert Phillis, formerly Deputy Director General of the BBC and managing director of Independent Television News (ITN).

The radio stations are controlled by the groups subdivision, GMG Radio.

The Board of Directors are:

• Paul Myners (chairman)
• Sir Robert Phillis (CEO)
• Nick Castro (CFO)
• Carolyn McCall
• Alan Rusbridger
• Ian Ashcroft
• Graham Luff
• Giles Coode Adams
• Andrew Karney
• John Bartle
• Richard Eyre

External links

• Company website (http://www.gmgplc.co.uk)
• Key Facts (http://www.gmgplc.co.uk/gmgplc/aboutus/keyfacts/) (from company website)
• Ketupa.net - Guardian Media Group (http://www.ketupa.net/gmg.htm) media profile
• GMG Radio company website (http://www.gmgradio.co.uk/)