FT names finalists for business book of the year
The Financial Times and McKinsey & Co. announced Wednesday the finalists for the 2014 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award. Now in its tenth year, the award recognizes a title that provides the most compelling and enjoyable insight into modern business issues. “This year’s shortlist will inspire readers to be creative […]
How the FT developed its new look
Angus Montgomery of DesignWeek spoke with Kevin Wilson, the head of design at the Financial Times, about its redesign unveiled on Monday. Here is an excerpt: DW: How did you strike a balance between developing the new design and holding on to elements of the previous FT look? KW: It helped that this was essentially […]
FT names executive newspaper editor
Hugh Carnegy, the Paris bureau chief and European managing editor of the Financial Times, has been named executive newspaper editor in London for the paper. He will oversee print production to run alongside the FT’s 24-hour, multimedia publishing schedule. The paper unveiled a redesign on M0nday. “Hugh returns from Paris where he has done an […]
FT to debut redesign on Monday
The Financial Times will hit newsstands Monday with its first major redesign in seven year, reports Tom McGeveran of Capital New York. McGeveran writes, “Broadly characterizing the redesign of the paper as a ‘simplification’ in a memo to staff obtained by Capital, editor Lionel Barber nearly makes the point: ‘It shows the market that the FT is […]
Director of FT.com is leaving Financial Times
Rob Grimshaw has resigned from his job at The Financial Times, where he has worked for 16 years, most recently as managing director of ft.com, reports Joe Pompeo of Capital New York. Pompeo has Grimshaw’s farewell email, which reads: Naturally, my feelings are mixed. I love the Financial Times, its people, its journalism and its […]
FT to launch fastFT app for smartwatch
The Financial Times has launched its fastFT service on the Samsung Gear S smartwatch in its first venture into the wearables space. Angela Haggerty of The Drum writes, “The publisher has teamed up with technology provider Spritz to create the app, which will deliver a written content stream to users at a speed of their […]
FT hires Business Insider reporter
Mamta Badkar, a reporter for Business Insider for the past four years, has been hired by the Financial Times. She will start next week working for Fast FT, a service that provides news and views 24 hours a day. Badkar had been covering emerging markets and the U.S. housing market for Business Insider. She also […]
FT readers connected at all times of the day
World Editors Forum Research Fellow Julie Posetti spoke to Tom Betts, who is vice president of customer analytics and research for Pearson PLC, the parent company of the Financial Times, about its mobile strategy. Here is an excerpt: How has the landscape has changed in the past twelve months from the point of view of your […]
FT names long list for biz book of the year
Two of 2014’s most controversial books – Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century and Michael Lewis’s Flash Boys – will go head to head in an attempt to become the Financial Times’s 10th business book of the year, reports Andrew Hill of the Financial Times. Hill writes, “Other longlisted books stirring up debate are […]
Klein joining FT Alphaville from Bloomberg View
Matthew C. Klein, a writer for Bloomberg View, has been hired to write for FT Alphaville. He will start Monday. Klein writes for Bloomberg View about the economy and financial markets. He previously wrote for the Economist magazine and its economics blog, Free Exchange. Before that, Klein was a research associate at the Council on […]
