Whois & Analysis for theguardian.com

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper, known from 1821 until 1959 as the Manchester Guardian.

Along with its sister papers The Observer and The Guardian Weekly, The Guardian is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by The Scott Trust Limited.

The Trust was created in 1936 "to secure the financial and editorial independence of The Guardian in perpetuity and to safeguard the journalistic freedom and liberal values of The Guardian free from commercial or political interference." The Scott Trust became a limited company in 2008, with a constitution to maintain the same protections for The Guardian.

Profits are reinvested in journalism rather than to the benefit of an owner or shareholders.

Liberalism is a political philosophy or worldview founded on ideas of liberty and equality.

Whereas classical liberalism emphasises the role of liberty, social liberalism stresses the importance of equality.

Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles, but generally they support ideas and programmes such as freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion, free markets, civil rights, democratic societies, secular governments, gender equality, and international cooperation.

U.S. News & World Report is an American media company that publishes news, opinion, consumer advice, rankings, and analysis.

Founded as a newsweekly magazine in 1933, U.S. News transitioned to primarily web-based publishing in 2010.

U.S. News is best known today for its influential Best Colleges and Best Hospitals rankings, but it has expanded its content and product offerings in education, health, money, careers, travel, and cars.

The rankings are popular in North America but have drawn widespread criticism from colleges, administrations, and students for their dubious, disparate, and arbitrary nature.

The ranking system by U.S. News is usually contrasted with the Washington Monthly and Forbes rankings.