Aron Pilhofer is giving up overseeing the New York Times digital operation of 40 people for a freshly created post at Britain’s Guardian News & Media Group.
As executive editor of digital, Pilhofer’s responsibilities include The Guardian and guardian.com.
Janine Gibson, editor of the Guardian US launch, called Pilhofer a “visionary editor” who understands the future of digital journalism.
The Guardian’s site cracked the 100M monthly unique visitor mark in April.
Pilhofer will work in New York for a few weeks before shipping out to the UK. He will develop digital initiatives help build worldwide readership.
Gibson also is returning to London this summer to assume the editor-in-chief slot of guardian.com.
Alan Rusbridger is Guardian editor-in-chief.
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