FT CEO Ridding is stepping down
Financial Times CEO John Ridding is stepping down in June after leading the newspaper group for almost 20 years, reports Charlotte Tobitt of Press Gazette. Tobitt reports, “Ridding will remain with parent company Nikkei as a special adviser reporting to its chairman and group CEO Naotoshi Okada. “He will also take the title of honorary FT chairman, […]
FT seeks a commercial real estate reporter in London
This is an exciting, news-focused beat, covering commercial real estate and the residential property market. The successful candidate will be a strong self-starter with the ability to juggle competing demands from several desks while building a wide network of contacts ranging from property bankers to developers, brokers and policy experts. Property markets are still struggling […]
How the FT uses polls to add subscribers
Gordon Smith, newsletter editor of the Financial Times, writes for Journalism.co.uk writes about how the FT uses polls to engage readers and add subscribers. Smith writes, “We have also used polls to reach younger, less traditional audiences. The award-winning FT Edit app launched a new daily newsletter last year, and it includes a poll to […]
Bloomberg hires FT’s Darbyshire
Bloomberg News has hired Madison Darbyshire as a senior writer for Bloomberg Weekend. She has been at the Financial Times covering investment and asset management. Darbyshire joined FT in 2017 as an editorial intern. She then served on special reports and most recently held the post of investment reporter. She was also a research assistant for Gail Collins, […]
FT seeks a Houston correspondent
The Financial Times has a vacancy in Houston for a correspondent to support our world-beating coverage of the energy sector and Texas. Energy is a global industry, and the Houston correspondent is a key member of the US energy team, which complements our top-notch natural resources team in London and is growing the Energy Source […]
Financial Times hires Wu to cover Asia tech
The Financial times has hired Zijing Wu to cover Asia technology. Wu has spent the last decade at Meridian Capital as an investment director and investment manager. Before that, she spent six years with Bloomberg News as a reporter in London and Hong Kong. Wu holds a bachelor’s degree from Fudan University and a master’s degree from […]
How the FT has quadrupled newsletter subscribers
Dominic Ponsford of Press Gazette interviewed Financial Times head of newsletters Sarah Ebner about how it has grown its email subscribers from over 400,000 to 1.6 million. Here is an excerpt: How are important are email newsletters as a platform for the Financial Times? “I’ve been here nearly four years and they were really being […]
FT warns UK government about AI exemptions
Preserving copyright protections for news publishers against theft by artificial intelligence companies is “a question of right and wrong,” the policy chief at the Financial Times says. Bron Maher of Press Gazette reports, “Matt Rogerson, director of global public policy and platform strategy at the FT and the former Guardian Media Group director of public policy, said […]
FT’s Spiegel in talks to join Washington Post
Peter Spiegel of the Financial Times is in talks to join the Washington Post, reports Ben Mullin of the New York Times. He would oversee the Post’s national coverage, Mullin reports. He has been U.S. managing editor of the Financial Times. He is slated to become the FT’s global affairs editor. In that role, he […]
A look at the FT’s success in the US
Christiana Sciaudone writes for A Media Operator about the success of British publications in the United States and interviewed Matt Fottrell, the Financial Times president in the United States. Sciaudone writes, “The Financial Times has had a U.S. presence for decades, going back to 1997. But about six years ago, it really started investing and looking to […]
