• Editor & Publisher, Thursday, July 24, 2008 9:30 AM

Britain's Guardian News & Media has appointed Caroline Little, former chief of The Washington Post digital wing, as its special advisor for expansion in the United States. She will also assist the publisher of PaidContent.org, which was acquired by GNM earlier this month.

"We are in the early stages of building our digital presence in the U.S., and we can now draw on an experienced operator," says GNM head Tim Brooks. Little oversaw the news sites washingtonpost.com and newsweek.com, as well as the online magazine slate.com, and the African-American-oriented Web site, theroot.com.

Her hiring is the latest expansion step by GNM. In 2007, it created a U.S. Web site. and last year, it reached a deal with Reuters to sell its advertising in the U.S.

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