The British tabloid the Daily Mail, known as Mail Online, has become the biggest English language newspaper destination site in the world. It is growing quickly in the U.S., with a 30 percent increase over last year, and monthly unique visitors up to 36,4 million, according to comScore. That growth has come with a mix of punchy gossip and striking photography and graphics. Its aggressive reporting on celebrity news has rankled some of its subjects, as demonstrated with its take-down of a story on George Clooney’s fiancee, which is reported today in The New York Times.
Last month in Cannes, we interviewed the new CEO of the Mail Online’s U.S. operation Jon Steinberg, who joined from BuzzFeed where he was CEO. We spoke with him about plans for growth in the U.S. including more hires The publisher has 160 employees in the U.S. at present. We have republished the interview today.
