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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 business. I’ve been here for 16 years and its a hard place to leave. However, we all need new challenges from time to time so we can stay fresh and keep learning. I’ve been presented with an irresistible opportunity at TES and its convinced me that its time to move on.

Of course, there’s a never a perfect time for these things. We’re in the middle of some really exciting projects now and I’m sad that I won’t be around to see them deliver. 2015 will be an energising year across the B2C & digital business as new site designs roll out, the new membership platform boosts subscriptions and growth accelerates at FT Live and NYIF.

New leadership will see these important initiatives through and I’m sure you won’t be missing me for long. The FT’s heritage and reputation for digital innovation guarantee that someone talented will be following in my wake. They’ll bring fresh ideas and energy. That can only be a positive thing.

Read more here.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.

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