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FT Delays Stories To Third Parties By 24 Hours; FT.com Defensive Move - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 16 May 2006 02:07 PM PST

Which is probably a smart strategy in the longer term: syndication revenues through services like Factiva and LexisNexis can only grow so much. Putting efforts behind FT.com and go for…

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Earnings: FT.com’s Ad Revs Up 27 Percent in 2005 - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 27 Feb 2006 10:04 AM PST

Pearson has announced a 27% increase in ad revenues for its online operation FT.com as part of strong preliminary 2005 financial results for the Financial Times. On the subscription side,…

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FT.com Valued At About $350 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 23 Jan 2006 01:02 PM PST

There are suitors aplenty for Financial Times, if the parent company bites: Terry Smith, head of UK moneybroking giant Collins Stewart Tullett, would be interested in spearheading a buyout of…

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Financial Times Expands Mobile Service With Video & Audio - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Thu 19 May 2005 09:06 AM PST

[From sister site MocoNews.net] The Financial Times is expanding into the mobile market in preparation against loss of revenue from its print business and has plans to offer news in…

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FT.com To Launch Online Ad Campaign - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 26 Oct 2004 10:11 AM PST

FT.com is launching its first online ad campaign (in UK) in two years as it drives the business towards the 100,000 subscriber mark. More than 100,000 GBP is being spent…

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Ft.com Subscribers Increase - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 26 Jul 2004 11:07 AM PST

FT.com‘s paying subscribers increased from 57,000 in June 2003 to 76,000 in June 2004...that’s all the info Pearson released about Ft.com in its first half 2004 results… Related: FT.com Subscribers…

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FT.com Subscribers Increase, Even As Parent Losses Expand - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 02 Mar 2004 02:03 AM PST

Pearson’s decision to start charging for its FT.com website in 2002 continued to pay off, with subscriber levels up by around 50% in the six months to the end of…

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FT.com; BTClick&Buy; Shazam Get NMA Awards in UK - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 29 Jun 2003 10:06 AM PST

New Media Age, perhaps the only English-language magazine left about the online/digital media (all the U.S mags are dead..or are they?)--not withstanding the almost-dead Revolution-- has announced its Effectiveness Awards…

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FT.com Plans To Launch High-Priced Newsletters; Touches 55,000 Subscriber Mark - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 08 May 2003 03:05 PM PST

Financial Times Online is exploring to launch high-priced specialty newsletters, priced up to 1,000 to 15,000 pounds a year, “depending on the level of depth of information”. This was disclosed…

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FT.com Makes First Profit: As - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 03 Mar 2003 04:03 AM PST

FT.com Makes First Profit: As the parent paper made a loss during the second half of the last year, the website broke into profit for the first time, according to…

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Financial Times’ Troubles Galore, but - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 06 Jan 2003 08:01 AM PST

Financial Times’ Troubles Galore, but Online Unit Breaks Even: “FT.com has been our great leap forward,” [FT editor Andrew] Gowers insists. “We’re getting to the point where FT.com is not…

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How FT.com Kept Ad Sales - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 20 Dec 2002 03:12 AM PST

How FT.com Kept Ad Sales Strong in 2002: ContentBiz does a case study on how FT.com ad sales kept up during 2002. “In the past, advertising accounted for as much…

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FT.com To Break Even This - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 13 Dec 2002 02:12 AM PST

FT.com To Break Even This Year: Financial Times’ FT.com will break even in the fourth quarter, as expected, and Internet losses at the FT Group won’t exceed £35 million. This…

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Wine and Dine with FT.com: - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 02 Dec 2002 05:12 AM PST

Wine and Dine with FT.com: FT.com has launched a somewhat unique promotion scheme for its subscription service. It is offering a gift pack of a bottle each of red and…

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