The Guardian will stop accepting gambling advertising across all its channels, in a move its local boss says will cost it millions of dollars.
Coming into effect on Thursday, the ad ban applies to all Guardian’s services locally and globally, including the United Kingdom where it continues a print edition.
With the inquiry into online gambling advertising expected to offer its recommendations early next week, Guardian Australia editor Lenore Taylor said: “We’ve been thinking about this at a global level for quite a long time”.
“We’ve done a lot of reporting on gambling harm in the UK and in Australia, so the timing is a result of the outcome of those quite lengthy conversations,” she said.
