The longstanding Guardian chief [editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger] wants to develop the Guardian’s digital-only US operation before pulling the plug on the print edition, in the hope that it will provide a useful blueprint for the online business in Britain.
However, trustees of the Scott Trust, GNM’s ultimate owner, fear it does not have enough cash on its books to sustain the newspapers for that long, according to More About Advertising, the website run by former Marketing Week editor Stephen Foster.
From “Guardian ‘seriously discussing’ end to print edition”
(Maybe they should consider Kickstarter—seems to work for others)
(Update: Later the same day, The Guardian’s media columnist reported there was no truth to the Telegraph story quoted above.)
