'Guardian' Latest Brit Paper to Expand in U.S. -- Kinsley Will Lead

By: E&P Staff Michael Kinsley, the well-known editor whose most recent job was running the editorial page of the Los Angeles Times, will now join the London daily, The Guardian, to drive its online push into America.

He will become American editor at large in September.

The Guardian editor, Alan Rusbridger, said: "Mike Kinsley is a brilliant editor, an inspired commentator and one of the smartest thinkers about the digital future. From his days editing the New Republic to his launch of Slate Magazine, he has constantly set trends and challenged mainstream assumptions and media.

"His decision to spearhead the Guardian's expansion in America is a signal of the paper's growing stateside influence."

Guardian Unlimited has more than 5 million unique users in north America, and recently won a second consecutive Webby award for best online newspaper in the world.