Times and Sunday Times eye US expansion with appointment of US editor

Katie Davies

The Times and Sunday Times are the latest U.K. news titles to join the “digital landgrab” for U.S. audiences, appointing Katie Davies to the newly-created role of U.S. editor.

Times Media, part of News UK, said Davies’ remit “will be to expand the breadth and range of Times journalism for a U.S. digital audience.“ Davies will be based out of New York, working in parent company News Corp‘s offices.

Davies joins from The Independent — another U.K.-founded publisher seeing substantial U.S. digital audience growth — where she oversaw the U.S. editorial team. Times Media credits her with doubling The Independent’s audience while in the role. Before joining The Independent Davies spent seven years at Mail Online in New York.

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