Freddy Mayhew of The Press Gazette writes, “A message sent to the group this week read: ‘Unfortunately this group will soon close. Thank you for following us and we hope you’ll continue to read our markets stories via other platforms.’
“The FT said a change in policy at the mobile messaging app, which is owned by Facebook, was behind the decision and that it had otherwise been a ‘huge success’ and would not have been closed.
“It claims the audience had nearly tripled in just over a year, since it publicised the service last summer, and with a ‘high volume of valuable traffic’ being sent to the FT’s website.”
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