Categories: OLD Media Moves

FT strikes syndication deal with LA Times

The Financial Times announces a syndication deal Friday with the Los Angeles Times where up to four FT articles will be available to LA Times readers every week.

The move supports the FT’s expansion in the U.S., a key strategic goal as the FT’s paying readership grows beyond 1 million.

The LA Times will also publish articles from the Financial Times’ Spanish service, which translates FT content for clients across Latin America.

“The LA Times shares our longstanding commitment to quality journalism,” said Peter Spiegel, FT U.S. managing editor, in a statement. “We are looking forward to working with them to bring the breadth of our world-class journalism to new readers on the west coast, and beyond.”

The Financial Times has more than 100 syndication partnerships globally.

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.