The Financial Times expects its print advertising revenues to be overtaken by subscription and content sales for the first time this year, reports Georgina Prodhan of Reuters.
“‘It’s obviously a rather challenging time for print advertising so these engines of digital subscriptions and content are essential and valuable,’ Chief Executive John Ridding said on Monday.
“‘We think this year our content revenues should be pretty much the equivalent, maybe even exceed, print advertising revenues for the first time ever,’ he told the London leg of the Reuters Global Media Summit.
“The Financial Times, with its specialist business news and elite readership, is one of the few news providers to have succeeded in developing a successful online business behind a paywall. Digital subscriptions are now its main growth driver.”
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