The Guardian is a privately owned company headquartered in the UK. Founded in 1821, the company, with approximately 2,470 employees, specializes in book and periodical publishing. Functioning as a newspaper group, it operates theguardian.com, The Guardian newspaper, and The Observer.
On September 10, 2026, Guardian staff threatened a walkout over pay, with the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) holding an indicative ballot for members following the newspaper's latest pay offer, even as the company reported its highest-ever revenues. Earlier the same day, Liz Wynn, Chief Support Officer at The Guardian, participated in a panel discussion on "Maximising audience yield – and engagement," noting that "visitor yield sounds very reductive." Previously, on September 8, 2026, The Guardian announced the closure of its long-running recruitment platform, Guardian Jobs, attributing the decision to a "fundamental shift" in the UK hiring market and job vacancies being at their lowest level in five years. This follows news from September 2, 2026, that OMD and The Guardian utilized Programmatic Guaranteed to increase efficiency for their direct advertising deals, with The Guardian emphasizing that advertising helps fund quality journalism but must align with the values shared with its readers.
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