The Economist had its most successful year financially since 2016 last year with profit up and record revenue, thanks to increased subscriptions, reports Charlotte Tobitt of Press Gazette.
Tobitt reports, “The magazine and digital publisher said subscriber numbers were ‘robust,’ totalling 1,185,000 despite a ‘sluggish’ start to the financial year in April 2021 which it put down to a ‘slow news cycle’ following a busy period of the Covid-19 pandemic and US election.
“This compares to 1,122,000 subscriptions at the end of March 2021 and 1,088,000 in 2020. The past figures have been restated as The Economist now includes the Espresso app, Global Business Review app and group subscriptions within its subscriber counts.
“In its annual report, published on Tuesday, parent company The Economist Newspaper Ltd said its adjusted operating profit for the year was up 11% to £46.4m, its best since £47m in 2016.
“Meanwhile revenue was at its best level ever after 12% growth to £346.3m (both these profit and revenue figures refer to continuing operations only).”
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