Financial Times

The Financial Times (FT) is a British daily business newspaper published in broadsheet format and digitally that focuses on business and economic news. Nikkei, a Japanese holding company, owns the paper, which is based in London, England, and has core editorial offices in the United Kingdom, the United States, and continental Europe. Pearson sold the publication to Nikkei for £844 million (US$1.32 billion) in July 2015, after owning it since 1957. It reported one million paid subscriptions in 2019, with three-quarters being digital subscriptions. The newspaper has received criticism and praise for its emphasis on financial journalism and economic analysis rather than generalist reporting. It has an annual book award and a "Person of the Year" feature.

The London Financial Guide was founded in January 1888, and the Financial Times followed a month later. It was first distributed in metropolitan London by James Sheridan, who, along with his brother and Horatio Bottomley, aimed to report on city business in the opposite direction of the Financial Times. The subsequent half-century of rivalry between the two papers culminated in a 1945 merger led by Brendan Bracken, which established it as one of the world's largest business newspapers.

Globalization facilitated editorial expansion for the FT from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries, with the paper adding opinion columns, special reports, political cartoons, readers' letters, book reviews, technology articles, and global politics features. The paper is distinguished by its light-pink (salmon) newsprint. It is augmented by a lifestyle magazine (FT Magazine), a weekend edition (FT Weekend), and a few industry publications.

Founded: 9 January 1888
Headquarters: Bracken House
Twitter: @FT (5.6M followers)
Website: https://www.ft.com/