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Biography
Christian Broughton is a British journalist. He has been the editor of The Independent since 2016.
Education
Broughton received a B.A. in English from King's College, London.
Career
Broughton was sports editor at The Independent between 2009 and 2010. He was appointed as assistant editor through the London Olympics, before he was promoted to digital editor in 2012 and later that year launched the sister website, indy100. He remained as digital editor after The Independent became online-only in 2016.
Broughton succeeded Amol Rajan as editor in 2016. Some staff are said to have accused Broughton of bullying and were reported to be unhappy over his editorship.
Under his stewardship, the digital edition doubled the previous print number of subscribers to the paper, while The Independent again became profitable. The Independent reportedly commanded a daily readership of six million unique visitors to the website in 2018.
Personal life
Broughton is married with three children.