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FT.com Content on Blackberry - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 13 Jan 2004 04:01 PM PST

FT.com’s content will now be pushed onto Blackberrys...the site’s using Outercurve’s InfoEdge delivery service.

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FT.com Ties Up With Nokia - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 04 Dec 2003 10:13 PM PST

FT.com, following up on its recent deal with Vodafone, has now tied up with Nokia to bring FT content to users of Nokia’s new 6600 device. The FT News application…

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FT seals Vodafone deal - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 01 Dec 2003 09:13 AM PST

The Financial Times is to offer both free and paid-for content to mobile phone users with Vodafone...The standard deal will give WAP users access to FT.com’s leading business stories, plus…

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FT.com Pins Hopes On Paid-For Lex Live - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 12 Nov 2003 11:11 PM PST

As I reported here first (sorta), FT.com is looking to introduce premium newsletters, including regular market updates from an expanded Lex team. In an email to users who currently receive…

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FT Launches ‘Keyword’ News Alerts - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 28 Oct 2003 05:11 AM PST

FT.com will this week launch a news alerts service to help drive new subscriptions, backed by a nationwide marketing campaign. The tailored service is being supported by a marketing campaign…

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FT Expands Distribution On Yahoo Finance - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 03 Oct 2003 05:11 AM PST

This goes slightly counter to the trend, but FT.com has expanded its relationship with Yahoo Finance...it will provide more stories, mainly in an attempt to gain more U.S. exposure and…

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FT’s Asia Launch - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 22 Sep 2003 12:10 PM PST

The Financial Times launched a new edition in Asia, in print and online, today. “FT.com will also feature Asia Watch—a new online analysis of equity markets, as well as Asia-focused…

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The Ad Game Online: WSJ.com vs FT.com - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 04 Sep 2003 12:10 PM PST

It had to spill online, one way or the other. WSJ.com has started advertising its Media/Marketing vertical on industry sites like E&P and IWantMedia, and it has already been advertising…

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FT.com Ad Revenues Fall; Subscribers Increase - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 28 Jul 2003 07:07 AM PST

Revenues at FT.com were “level” on last year despite a threefold increase in subscribers, who pay to access in-depth content on the financial news and information website. It added 41,000…

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FT.com Plans To Launch High-Priced Newsletters; Touches 55,000 Subscriber Mark - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 08 May 2003 03:05 PM PST

Financial Times Online is exploring to launch high-priced specialty newsletters, priced up to 1,000 to 15,000 pounds a year, “depending on the level of depth of information”. This was disclosed…

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FT.com Boasts 53,000 Subscribers - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 28 Apr 2003 02:05 AM PST

FT.com has signed up 53,000 subscribers in the first year it started charging, while the total number of users has risen to 3.5 million per month. This means subscriptions have…

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MSNBC Adds FT.com to Content Roster - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 02 Apr 2003 08:04 AM PST

MSNBC.com has added the Financial Times to its roster of content distribution partners, in an arrangement designed to expand its news reporting and help FT expand too. The arrangement, one…

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FT.com Makes First Profit: As - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 03 Mar 2003 04:03 AM PST

FT.com Makes First Profit: As the parent paper made a loss during the second half of the last year, the website broke into profit for the first time, according to…

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Case Study: FT.com Tests Selling - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 10 Jan 2003 03:02 AM PST

Case Study: FT.com Tests Selling Subscriptions: ContentBiz does a case study on FT.com’s attempts to sell subscriptions, following its earlier story on ad sales efforts of the pink paper. COO…

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Financial Times’ Troubles Galore, but - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 06 Jan 2003 08:01 AM PST

Financial Times’ Troubles Galore, but Online Unit Breaks Even: “FT.com has been our great leap forward,” [FT editor Andrew] Gowers insists. “We’re getting to the point where FT.com is not…

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How FT.com Kept Ad Sales - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 20 Dec 2002 03:12 AM PST

How FT.com Kept Ad Sales Strong in 2002: ContentBiz does a case study on how FT.com ad sales kept up during 2002. “In the past, advertising accounted for as much…

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Up, Down and Up Once - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 16 Dec 2002 04:13 AM PST

Up, Down and Up Once Again: The past five years in the new media industry can be neatly summed up by three key words - boom, bust, boredom. “The six…

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FT.com To Break Even This - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 13 Dec 2002 02:12 AM PST

FT.com To Break Even This Year: Financial Times’ FT.com will break even in the fourth quarter, as expected, and Internet losses at the FT Group won’t exceed £35 million. This…

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Wine and Dine with FT.com: - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 02 Dec 2002 05:12 AM PST

Wine and Dine with FT.com: FT.com has launched a somewhat unique promotion scheme for its subscription service. It is offering a gift pack of a bottle each of red and…

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FT.com to Provide Small Enterprise - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sat 30 Nov 2002 05:11 AM PST

FT.com to Provide Small Enterprise Subscription Service Through BTOpenworld: “The FT Pro service for BT Openworld customers--referred to as ‘FT sme‘--is available at an annual subscription, for up to five…

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Hybrid Subscription Schemes Will Evolve: - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 20 Nov 2002 05:11 AM PST

Hybrid Subscription Schemes Will Evolve: An interesting story about the FT.com subscription scheme, where the author says that the FT has still to work out how to integrate its online…

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FT.com Boosts Sports Coverage - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 06 Nov 2002 08:11 AM PST

FT.com, not traditionally known for its sports coverage, has tied up with Sportinglife.com. The sports site, which was set up by the Press Association and Trinity Mirror before being sold…

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Will “Free News” Become Extinct?: - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 18 Oct 2002 09:10 PM PST

Will “Free News” Become Extinct?: A story about European newspapers/online publishers charging for content. Usual suspects such as FT.com and others interviewed.

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FT.com Partners with SCMP.com - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 17 Oct 2002 09:10 PM PST

SCMP.com, the Internet edition of South China Morning Post, and FT.com, Financial Times’ online operation, have signed an agreement to cross-promote their products to increase subscriptions.  The promotion is based…

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FT.com To Break Even in - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 17 Oct 2002 11:10 AM PST

FT.com To Break Even in Q4; Plans Asian Edition(via IWantMedia.com): FT.com will break even by the end of the year and an Asian edition for the newspaper is on the…

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