paidContent: What Publishers Can Learn From Online Retailers
Thursday, 8 September 2011, 18:37
FT panel looks at what online retailers and online publishers can learn from each other. Social media still trumped by other referral sources; email personalisation is vital; testing small UI changes can have huge benefits for conversions …
TheNextWeb: The FT dodges Apple subscription fee with new Web app for iOS devices
Friday, 10 June 2011, 10:51
"The Web app will be bolstered with additional content over time, including blogs, special reports and illustrative graphics. A new ‘Clippings’ service allowing users to store articles for late reading is also in the works. "
Comment is fre: My twitterspat with Paul Kagame
Tuesday, 17 May 2011, 14:39
Ian Birrell: "By the time I went to bed, the foreign minister still tweeting furiously, our twitterspat had gone global with supporters on both sides weighing in. Digital gurus speculated this was another Twitter first: a head of state directly en…
Comment is free: My twitterspat with Paul Kagame
Tuesday, 17 May 2011, 14:39
Ian Birrell: "By the time I went to bed, the foreign minister still tweeting furiously, our twitterspat had gone global with supporters on both sides weighing in. Digital gurus speculated this was another Twitter first: a head of state directly en…
Financial Times careers: Investigations and Special Project Editor
Friday, 6 May 2011, 10:40
Deadlines is 11 May: "He or she will have a strong background in investigative work, and Pulitzer-sized ambition. A strong background in computer-assisted and database reporting, a proven track record at some of the world's biggest news organ…
The Independent: The Pink ‘Un powers on
Monday, 4 April 2011, 17:47
"It's the 10th anniversary of the Financial Times introducing subscription charges for access to its digital content.""
Reuters: FT won’t give up subscriber relationship to Appla
Monday, 4 April 2011, 17:12
"The Financial Times wants to keep selling subscriptions for its digital news directly to readers rather than surrender control of new customers who sign up via Apple's iPad, the managing director of FT.com [Rob Grimshaw told Reuters in an in…
New Media Age: FT website to match pink paper
Friday, 25 March 2011, 14:49
"The revamped FT.com site will show articles on a pink background – currently only the landing page is pink – and will also feature bigger graphics and videos, as well as 'more intelligent' linking on articles to steer readers to rel…
New York Times: Financial Times Digs Gold Out of Data
Monday, 7 March 2011, 09:18
"John Ridding, the chief executive of The FT … said improvements in collecting and mining customer data were a big reason digital sales accounted for 24 percent of The FT’s revenue last year, a big jump from 19 percent a year earlier and a con…
The National: Publishers put future at fingertips with iPad papers
Sunday, 12 December 2010, 22:55
FT iPad Production Editor Sanjay Gohil: "We are faced with a crossroads with a younger generation used to electronic media and an older generation that remains loyal to print."
TheMediaBriefing: FT.com’s Rob Grimshaw on mobile, customer data and multimedia journalism
Tuesday, 30 November 2010, 11:27
"In the second part of our exclusive interview with FT.com head honcho Rob Grimshaw, we tackle some of the specifics behind the FT's digital strategy. That includes: how the site uses customer data, why mobile is so important and how the profits from those 189,000 paying customers are re-invested back into multimedia journalism."
FT.com: Investigation reveals EU funding mess
Tuesday, 30 November 2010, 09:00
"Cynthia O'Murchu, the FT's investigative reporter, explains how the FT and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism pulled together an eight-month expose of the murky world of EU structural funds."
WSJ: Apple Courts Publishers to Let It Sell Subscriptions for iPad
Tuesday, 21 September 2010, 11:04
"Apple Inc. in recent weeks has accelerated its efforts to persuade publishers to join the company's first foray into selling newspaper and magazine subscriptions for the iPad tablet computer, according to people familiar with the matter. … The subscription service Apple has discussed wouldn't allow publishers easy access to customer names or other personal information, a major sticking point for many magazine and newspaper executives, according to people familiar with the matter. Publishers also worry about letting Apple take its typical 30% sales cut on the media it sells. "
psmith, journalist: It’s not about selling news, it’s about keeping customers
Tuesday, 31 August 2010, 10:18
"Forget worrying about journalism and who’s going to fund your Baghdad bureau for just a minute and ponder this: news does not sell itself. Newspapers like The Times are learning now what digital B2B titles have known for years – that making a paid-for news product work online needs a great deal of specialised marketing, promotion, management and practical know-how."
