FT media reporter takes over M&A beat

David Gelles, a New York-based reporter for the Financial Times, is changing beats — to mergers and acquisitions from media. He confirmed the switch in a series of tweets on Thursday. Gelles was previously a small business reporter for the Miami Herald, as well as an intern at Forbes. He had freelance experience for the […]

FT’s “How to Spend It” app surpasses 100,000 downloads

Just seven months after its launch, the Financial Times‘s “How To Spend It” iPad app has surpassed 100,000 downloads. The free app, which has been profitable since launch, offers 80 complete issues of the luxury lifestyle magazine, plus thousands of online exclusives by its award-winning team of writers. The archive is available to the user […]

Lessons learned from charging for online content

Rob Grimshaw, managing director for FT.com, writes on Wired.com about how the business newspaper decided to begin charging for its content online. Grimshaw writes, “The lesson from the FT’s experience is that the market is more flexible than it looks. As a niche publisher, the FT decided early that we couldn’t compete on scale. The […]

More potential for FT in U.S.

Joe Pompeo of Capital New York writes about The Financial Times‘ new advertising campaign and the business newspaper’s attempts to gain more U.S. readers. Pompeo writes, “But really what this is about is adding more readers to the FT‘s audience in the U.S., where it now has more digital subscribers than in any other market […]

FT launches 3-D ad campaign

The Financial Times launched Tuesday an interactive marketing campaign focused on new ways to engage its U.S. and global audiences. Housed at Grand Central Terminal, FT Graphic World features a series of 3-D interactive film projections created in collaboration with award-winning writer and designer David McCandless. Projected onto a wall, the infographics will tell stories […]

FT walkout canceled after journalists receive better offer

Andrew Pugh of the Press Gazette in London reports that Financial Times journalists have canceled a scheduled walkout after receiving a better contract offer from management. Pugh writes, “But last night the NUJ’s FT branch tweeted: ‘A large meeting of the FT chapel votes to accept an improved and more equitable pay offer and call […]

FT reporters vote to walk out again next week

Marietta Cauchi of Dow Jones Newswires writes that business journalists at the Financial Times have voted to stage another walkout next week in their pay dispute with management. Cauchi writes, “At Tuesday’s meeting, the 250 FT journalists who are NUJ members voted to walk out again Thursday, March 22, for a three-hour mandatory meeting unless […]

FT journalists hold work stoppage

Financial Times journalists held a work stoppage on Tuesday to protest a lack of advancement in talks with management about a new contract, reports Andrew Pugh of the Press Gazette in London. Pugh writes, “Around 250 journalists at the Financial Times will stop work for two hours this afternoon after talks over ongoing pay dispute […]

Content revenue could pass ad revenue in 2012 for FT

Sarah Marshall of Journalism.co.uk reports that the Financial Times CEO John Riding believes that the newspaper’s revenue from content could pass its revenue from advertising in 2012. Marshall writes, “The latest figures show content revenues for the FT accounted for 41 per cent in 2011, while advertising revenues accounted for the majority. “Speaking on a […]

FT mobile app wins award

The Financial Times has been awarded the prestigious Best Mobile Innovation for Publishing prize for its Web App at today’s Global Mobile Awards in Barcelona. The prize recognizes excellence in developing innovative mobile material, highlighting the rapid evolution of the printed word to digital media on mobile handsets and tablet devices. Since its launch in […]