FT journalists ask new owner Nikkei for written guarantees of editorial...
Journalists at the Financial Times have written to the paper’s prospective new owners asking for written guarantees of editorial independence. Japanese business publishing giant Nikkei agreed on...
View ArticleFinancial Times journalists call on new owner Nikkei to ‘enshrine’ editorial...
Financial Times journalists have written to new owner Nikkei asking it to "enshrine past and present freedoms in our governance". (Picture: Shutterstock) The letter, sent to the new Japanese owners...
View ArticleMore than 200 FT journalists sign letter asking Nikkei to ‘enshrine past and...
More than 200 Financial Times journalists have signed a letter to new owner Nikkei asking the company to “enshrine past and present freedoms” in the newspaper’s governance. (Picture: Shutterstock) The...
View ArticleFT buyer Nikkei accused by journalists of £5m a year raid on their pensions
Financial Times journalists have accused new owner Nikkei of breaking promises and seeking to take £5m a year out of staff pension schemes. The Japanese publisher is proposing to close the current...
View ArticleFT journalists in dispute with own press office over over claimed £5m pension...
Financial Times journalists have stood by their claim that new owner Nikkei is seeking to take £5m a year out of their pensions after the company yesterday described this as “categorically untrue”....
View ArticleFT journalists commence strike ballot in protest at new owner Nikkei’s £4m...
Journalists at the Financial Times voted unanimously today to begin a ballot for industrial action. The move follows plans by new owner Nikkei to end the final salary pension scheme. The new pension...
View ArticleNikkei completes £844m FT takeover: ‘Our management objectives are global and...
The “management objectives” for Nikkei, the new owner of the Financial Times, are “global and digital”, its chairman has said. The Japanese company’s takeover of the English newspaper was completed...
View ArticleMedia analyst: Operating profit of £51m and FT sale price mean Telegraph...
A media analyst has suggested Telegraph Media Group could be sold for between £600-800m. The Barclay family has denied the publishing company, which they acquired along with The Spectator for £665m in...
View ArticleJapanese media firm set to buy US business website Quartz for up to $110m
US business website Quartz is to be bought by a Tokyo-based media company for between $75m and $110m. Uzabase has launched a successful bid to acquire the news brand from Atlantic Media, who founded...
View ArticleThe News 50: Tech giants dwarf Rupert Murdoch to become the biggest news...
The top 50 biggest news media companies in the English-speaking world are today revealed in an exclusive ranking, based on relevant revenue, compiled by Press Gazette. Ten years ago, Rupert Murdoch’s...
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