Katie Allen of The Guardian in London reports Monday that the Financial Times newspaper will generate more revenue from its content than from selling advertising by 2012.
“‘In some of the key areas we are at a crucial stage of transformation, so that we reckon next year will be the first year that revenues from content overtake revenues from print advertising,’ he says. ‘The way things are evolving, content revenues should overtake all advertising revenues by 2012.’
“When the FT embarked on a strategy of charging online and raising its cover price ‘people thought we were a bit strange,’ recalls Ridding.”
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