OLD Media Moves

FT’s CEO talks mobile subscribers and the importance of print

April 29, 2014

Posted by Chris Roush

John Ridding, CEO of the Financial Times, talked about having the most paid subscribers in the newspaper’s 126-year history on CNN.

“Mobile for us is a game changer,” said Ridding. “It enables us to reach people immediately. It is 50 percent of our traffic.”

Ridding later added: “We believe in print. We think it is a very important part of our portfolio.”

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