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The FT gets an innovation editor Members Public

The Financial Times has appointed a new innovation editor [http://aboutus.ft.com/2016/01/06/ft-appoints-deputy-editor-and-innovation-editor/#axzz3wOKxDpxR] John Thornhill moves from deputy editor to innovation editor. > Thornhill will oversee the FT’s award-winning global comment team to transform the way the FT commissions, edits and publishes commentary on

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change management

The FT, Telegraph and Conde Nast all Apple News launch partners Members Public

Is Apple News actually making an impact?

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news aggregators

Financial Times ups its morning e-mail game: FirstFT Members Public

Slightly baffling e-mail from the Financial Times press team this morning: > Financial Times readers can now receive the FT’s daily top picks of global news, comment and analysis from around the web by signing up to FirstFT [http://www.ft.com/firstft]. Concise and engaging, this free email

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aggregation

Teasing the clickthrough, visually Members Public

Really nice Twitter graphic from the FT communities team. A good “tease” of the clickthrough: > Love this quote from @JananGanesh [https://twitter.com/JananGanesh] on the desperate attempts to keep Scotland from voting Yes http://t.co/XowUeoZ3Kt pic.twitter.com/ITkW05WxSK [http://t.co/ITkW05WxSK] — Esther Bintliff (@estherbintliff)

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clickbait

The FT launches a Weekend web app Members Public

One of the interesting things to surface in the work Neil [http://www.onlydeadfish.co.uk] & I did with the FT last summer was how different the readership for the paper is at the weekend. It looked like there might be an opportunity there. Well, it appears that the

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business models

The Financial Times is a majority digital and mobile business Members Public

[http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/assets_c/2014/03/Anish-Kapoor7-3574.html] Two notable things from the FT’s 2013 results [http://aboutus.ft.com/2014/02/28/67012/#axzz2ubXzXlYB]: > The FT’s total circulation grew 8% year-on-year to 652,000 across print and online, the highest paying readership in

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business models

FT blows single-use holes in its paywall Members Public

The FT is offering single-use links for its subscribers [http://aboutus.ft.com/2013/11/18/ft-introduces-gift-article-for-subscribers/#axzz2l0XstSHx] to share content. It’s almost a Snapchat for news… 🙂 Interesting move, in that it potentially turns existing subscribers into advocates for the service – and adds value to their subscription, by making

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financial times

When the FT got hacked Members Public

Disarming honesty – and useful experience [http://labs.ft.com/2013/05/a-sobering-day/] – from Andrew Betts at FT Labs: > About 10 days ago, the hacker or hackers calling themselves the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) carried out a very targeted cyberattack against the FT. We’re not the first to be

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