OLD Media Moves

Financial Times joins Kindle

August 21, 2008

The Financial Times will now be available on Amazon.com’s Kindle, according to an Editor & Publisher item.

Financial TimesRival The Wall Street Journal, as well as the business sections of newspapers such as the New York Times and the Washington Post, are already available on Kindle, as are numerous business news related blogs.

The E&P item stated, “Readers can access the FT for 75 cents per issue or $9.99 per month.

“‘We are delighted to have signed this deal with Amazon to provide our content through Kindle,’ Greg Zorthian, global circulation director at the FT, said in a statement. ‘We see the digital distribution of the newspaper as a vital part of our strategy and its crucial that we offer customers the flexibility to access our award winning journalism through as many channels as possible.'”

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