David Fisher (Head of Brand Partnerships) and Matt Gilbert (Head of Business Development) of The Guardian visited Wieden + Kennedy today to talk about Open Platform, which makes Guardian content and resources available to developers to allow them to create tools and applications. It's a fascinating initiative that aligns commercial strategy with editorial vision. While competitors are putting up walls, The Guardian is opening its doors. As editor Alan Rusbridger said in his Hugh Cudlipp Lecture:
Many of the Guardian's most interesting experiments at the moment lie in this area of combining what we know, or believe, or think, or have found out, with the experience, range, opinions, expertise and passions of the people who read us, or visit us or want to participate rather than passively receive.
So, watch this space for news of tools and apps developed by Wieden + Kennedy using Guardian content, for ourselves and for our clients.
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