Financial Times

The Financial Times is a British daily newspaper focused on business, economics and finance, published in London since 9 January 1888. It launched as the London Financial Guide and was renamed the Financial Times a month later; James Sheridan and Horatio Bottomley are cited among those behind its early circulation. The title is recognisable for its distinctive salmon-coloured paper, used since 1893. In 1945 it merged with its rival the Financial News, which cemented its standing. From 1957 to 2015 it was owned by the British education and publishing group Pearson plc. In July 2015 the title was sold to the Japanese media group Nikkei Inc. for 844 million pounds. The FT Group employs more than 2,900 people worldwide, including around 700 journalists in 40 countries, and its business model relies mainly on paid digital subscriptions. In 2023 the paper reported around 1.3 million subscribers, of which roughly 1.2 million were digital.