First founded in Manchester UK back in 1821 before relocating headquarters to London, The Guardian Media Group operates The Guardian as its core flagship news brand, operating under unique non-profit trust ownership structure where all operating profit generated from media business flows back into news content production rather than distributing dividends to private shareholders, enabling the newsroom to maintain long-term independent journalistic positioning free from commercial capital and political party intervention. Differing from most mainstream western news outlets relying heavily on paywall subscription revenue, The Guardian sticks to free open-access core news strategy: all global breaking news, daily feature articles and basic commentary content on its official website and mobile application are completely free for all global visitors without mandatory paid unlock restrictions, and the brand builds sustainable revenue mainly through voluntary reader membership donations, commercial content syndication and customized brand cooperation projects. Its newsroom boasts outstanding strength in global investigative journalism, having released multiple world-shaking exclusive investigative reports covering global politics, environmental protection, corporate malpractice and international human rights issues in past decades, winning numerous international journalism awards for authoritative long-form feature reporting and exclusive spot news coverage. The enterprise develops diversified derivative media products: dozens of categorized original news podcasts covering climate change, global economy and UK domestic politics updated weekly; high-value historical newspaper archive containing over 200 years of complete Guardian newspaper content open for paid access to libraries and academic research institutions; its original news articles and exclusive photos are syndicated via content licensing cooperation to thousands of global digital news websites and news aggregator platforms across Europe, North America and Oceania, forming steady recurring licensing income for the media group.