Reuters and Forbes are top biz news websites in the UK

Reuters and Forbes are the UK’s most popular websites for business news, according to an updated ranking by Press Gazette.

Aisha Majid of the Press Gazette writes, “Global news brand Reuters reached 3.8 million people in May, according to Ipsos iris – 8% of the UK online population aged over 15. Reuters’ consumer-facing website – which does include other types of news alongside business – is currently free to access, although it is bringing back delayed plans for a paywall.

“It was followed by Forbes (3.4 million people, 7% reach) while the Financial Times ranked in third (3.1 million people, 6% reach).

“Axel Springer-owned Insider Inc, which includes the website businessinsider.com and the general news site insider.com, was last year’s most popular business brand, reaching 4.6 million people. This year the combined brand fell to fourth place, reaching 2.9 million people. Despite its drop, it was among the four business and finance news brands to reach over 5% of the population.”

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.