There’s a refreshing optimism about what The Guardian is planning: a global homepage focusing on international news. That way they will take advantage of their growing US audience. Carolyn McCall:

The great opportunity for us is that 45 per cent of Guardian Unlimited users have never read the Guardian in print; they are new users of the brand by going digital.

A great opportunity? Some newspaper executives would see that paper-web mix of readers as a horror scenario.