(81) Independent looks to the US to drive digital-only future

Link: http://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/jun/03/independent-us-digital?CMP=share_btn_tw

 

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The Independent is to ramp up its presence in the US as it becomes the latest news publisher to look across the Atlantic to drive revenue and readership. After the publisher imposed brutal staff cuts following the closure of the print editions in March, it boosted Independent.co.uk’s editorial operation from a core team of about 50 to about 90, creating about 25 new roles in the UK. More than 60% of the Independent’s monthly web traffic is from non-UK readers, some 38 million, with about half of that from the US, according to Audit Bureau of Circulations figures.