FT adds China section to website
The Financial Times has launched China Focus, a section on FT.com that will carry news, analysis and opinion written by FT correspondents in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Taipei. The Regional Data Explorer, a new interactive graphic, allows readers to explore economic data, including the GDP of some of China’s provinces, providing a granular focus […]
NY Times hires FT’s Bintliff as its UK editor
New York Times international editor Phil Pan sent out the following: Britain has a rich journalistic tradition, with a deeply engaged and competitive media landscape that produces a wealth of important reporting. It is also home to one of our biggest audiences outside the United States, and to our largest international newsroom, which has more than doubled […]
FT reporter McCormick expanding his beat
Financial Times reporter Myles McCormick is expanding his beat beyond energy to include the wider corporate, economic and political scene in Texas. He is now based in Houston. McCormick has been covering energy since 2020 and previously covered breaking news for the FT. Prior to joining FT, McCormick was working as a freelance reporter. Before that, he […]
Businesses pay for 75% of FT’s subscriptions
Businesses pay for 75 percent of the subscriptions to the Financial Times, reports Charlotte Tobitt of the Press Gazette. Tobitt reports, “The B2B division, which formally launched in 2007, makes up three-quarters of the FT’s paying readership and its revenue has grown at an average of more than 10% each year since 2018, according to the company. […]
FT names Fleming its economics editor, Giles as economics commentator
The Financial Times has appointed Sam Fleming as its new economics editor and Chris Giles as economics commentator. Giles, economics editor for 19 years, will launch a new weekly newsletter on central banks, and continue to write regular opinion articles for the FT. Fleming, Brussels bureau chief and former U.S. economics editor for the FT, […]
FT energy editor Brower becoming US politics editor
Derek Brower has been named U.S. political news editor of the Financial Times in New York. In his new role, Brower will oversee the FT’s 2024 presidential election coverage and manage the FT’s Washington bureau, including reporting on foreign and military affairs, economic and monetary policy, and business regulation. He will also oversee political reporting […]
Beioley now editing on FT’s companies desk
Kate Beioley is now an editor on the companies desk at the Financial Times and writing the City Bulletin newsletter. Beioley has been the FT’s legal correspondent covering global law firms, white collar crime and the work of the Serious Fraud Office, National Crime Agency and the Competition and Markets Authority. She was formerly an investment […]
Staton becomes deputy editor of FT’s work and careers coverage
Bethan Staton has been named deputy editor of work and careers coverage at the Financial Times. She has been spending the last four years reporting about education and public policy at the Financial Times. Before that she was a digital reporter at Sky News, and a freelance reporter covering migration and conflict in the Middle […]
FT hires Mourselas to cover hedge funds
The Financial Times has hired Costas Mourselas to cover hedge funds. Mourselas has been deputy editor of the risk management desk at Risk.net. He previously reported on derivatives at GlobalCapital. He also worked at the South London Press. He has a bachelor’s degree in philosophy, politics and economics from the University of York.
Biz news organizations challenge FTX court decision
Bloomberg News, Dow Jones & Co. and the Financial Times have appealed a court decision that allows collapsed crypto exchange FTX to keep customer names secret during its bankruptcy case, reports Dietrich Knauth of Reuters. Knauth reports, “Their attorneys have argued that FTX is not entitled to a ‘novel and sweeping exception’ to bankruptcy’s typical disclosure requirements […]
