FT’s web app more popular than one in Apple store
More than 700,000 people use the Financial Times‘ web-based mobile application to access news and other content, making it more popular than the version sold in Apple’s App Store, reports Jennifer Saba of Reuters. Saba writes, “FT.com Managing Director Rob Grimshaw told Reuters that the new Web-based app was drawing more traffic than the version […]
FT names new markets editor and reporter in New York
The Financial Times announced Thursday that it has named two business reporters to new positions in its New York office. Michael Mackenzie has been named U.S. markets editor. Mackenzie will lead the FT’s coverage and analysis of US stocks, bonds, commodities, foreign exchange, derivatives, wealth and fund management. Mackenzie was formerly US markets correspondent for […]
FT launches marketing campaign to grow U.S. audience
Lucia Moses of Adweek writes that the Financial Times has launched its first full-scale marketing campaign in the United States in an attempt to increase its readers. Moses writes, “The multimedia campaign will launch Sept. 6 and appear in publications like the Economist, Bloomberg Businessweek, and Fortune, on cable channels including MSNBC and BBC World, […]
FT pulls apps from Apple
The Financial Times has pulled its iPad and iPhone apps from Apple’s App Store after losing a battle to keep control of customer data obtained through subscriptions. Georgina Prodham of Reuters writes, “The Pearson-owned FT and Apple had been in negotiations for months but ultimately failed to reach a compromise, an FT spokesman said on […]
FT attracting more digital subscriptions
Financial Times parent Pearson PLC reported earnings for the first half of the year, and Robert Andrews of PaidContent.org notes that iPad and mobile applications now account for 22 percent of the business newspaper’s Web traffic and 15 percent of its subscriptions. Andrews writes, “FT added 34 percent more digital subs (up to to 230,000) […]
FT’s Tett to receive British award
The British Academy, the UK’s national body for the humanities and social sciences, announced Thursday that Gillian Tett, U.S. managing editor of the Financial Times, will be a 2011 recipient of the President’s Medal, an honor that recognizes up to five individuals or organizations for their service to those fields. The judges commended Tett for […]
FT’s web-based app nearing 200,000 downloads
The Financial Times new web-based app is nearing 200,000 downloads in just two-and-a-half weeks, claims the publisher. John Reynolds of MediaWeek writes, “John Ridding, FT chief executive, disclosed in his recent monthly internal update to staff that the app was downloaded 100,000 times in its first week. “The publisher now reports that up to today […]
FT and WSJ swap staffers
Jim Romenesko of Poynter.org points out that The Wall Street Journal has been hiring Europeans from the Financial Times staff, and the FT has been hiring Americans from the Journal’s staff. Romenesko writes, “First, the FT hired Peter Spiegel away from the WSJ’s DC bureau. Then the Journal hired (fifth item) Jean Eaglesham from the […]
Financial Times launches new commentary section
The Financial Times has launched a new commentary section called the A-List that will feature high-profile columnists such as former Treasury secretary Larry Summers. The launch comes less than a month after Bloomberg LP launched its commentary section called Bloomberg View. An item on the FT’s website states, “Starting on Monday June 13, the FT […]
FT launches web-based app
The Financial Times is launching a new, web-based version of its mobile app, the first of its kind by a major publisher, that will allow it to adapt quickly to new tablet PCs and reduce its dependence on Apple Inc., reports Georgina Prodham of Reuters. Prodham writes, “John Ridding, chief executive of the FT — […]
