Editing Financial Times (section)

=== FT.com ===
On 13 May 1995 the ''Financial Times'' group made its first foray into the online world with the launch of FT.com. This provided a summary of news from around the globe, which was supplemented in February 1996 with stock price coverage. The second-generation site was launched in spring 1996. The site was funded by advertising and contributed to the online advertising market in the UK in the late 1990s. Between 1997 and 2000, the site underwent several revamps and changes of strategy, as the FT Group and Pearson reacted to the changes online. ''FT'' introduced subscription services in 2002.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pearson.com/news/2002/april/ftcom-to-launch-improved-website-with-new-content-and-services.html?article=true |title=FT.com to launch improved website with new content and services for users, subscribers and advertisers |publisher=Pearson |date=30 April 2002 |access-date=15 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015160115/http://www.pearson.com/news/2002/april/ftcom-to-launch-improved-website-with-new-content-and-services.html?article=true |archive-date=15 October 2013 }}</ref> ''FT.com'' is one of the few UK news sites successfully funded by individual subscription.

In 1997, the ''FT'' launched a U.S. edition, printed in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas, Atlanta, Orlando and Washington, D.C., although the newspaper was first printed outside New York City in 1985. In September 1998 the ''FT'' became the first UK-based newspaper to sell more copies internationally than within the UK. In 2000 the ''Financial Times'' started publishing a German-language edition, ''[[Financial Times Deutschland]]'', with a news and editorial team based in Hamburg. Its initial circulation in 2003 was 90,000. It was originally a joint venture with a German publishing firm, [[Gruner + Jahr]]. In January 2008 the ''FT'' sold its 50% stake to its German partner.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pearson.com/news/2008/january/pearson-to-sell-its-ft-deutschland-stake-to-gruner-%2B-jahr.html?article=true |title=Pearson to sell its FT Deutschland stake to Gruner + Jahr |publisher=Pearson |access-date=15 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015160113/http://www.pearson.com/news/2008/january/pearson-to-sell-its-ft-deutschland-stake-to-gruner-%2B-jahr.html?article=true |archive-date=15 October 2013 }}</ref> ''FT Deutschland'' never made a profit and is said to have accumulated losses of €250 million over 12 years. It closed on 7 December 2012.<ref>{{cite web|last=Wiesmann |first=Gerrit |url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/0c8df1ae-356b-11e2-bd77-00144feabdc0.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/0c8df1ae-356b-11e2-bd77-00144feabdc0.html |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |title=FT Deutschland closure date confirmed |work=Financial Times |date=23 November 2012 |access-date=15 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.economist.com/news/business/21567952-curtains-or-see-you-world-wide-web-so-farewell-then-ftd |title=So farewell then, FTD |newspaper=The Economist |date=8 December 2012 |access-date=15 October 2013 |archive-date=20 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020131605/http://www.economist.com/news/business/21567952-curtains-or-see-you-world-wide-web-so-farewell-then-ftd |url-status=live }}</ref> The ''Financial Times'' launched a new weekly supplement for the fund management industry on 4 February 2002. ''FT fund management'' (FTfm) was and still is distributed with the paper every Monday. FTfm is the world's largest-circulation fund management title.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pearson.com/news/2002/january/financial-times-to-expand-fund-management-coverage.html?article=true |title=Financial Times to expand fund management coverage with new weekly supplement |publisher=Pearson |date=28 January 2002 |access-date=15 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015160028/http://www.pearson.com/news/2002/january/financial-times-to-expand-fund-management-coverage.html?article=true |archive-date=15 October 2013 }}</ref> Since 2005 the ''FT'' has sponsored the annual [[Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award|''Financial Times'' Business Book of the Year Award]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/d61420c0-a83d-11d9-87a9-00000e2511c8.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/d61420c0-a83d-11d9-87a9-00000e2511c8.html |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-status=live |title=Why there is a need for this award |website=Financial Times |date=10 April 2005 |access-date=30 May 2012}}</ref>

[[File:Financial Times building One Southwark Bridge.jpg|thumb|The former London offices of the ''Financial Times'' at [[Southwark Bridge Road|One Southwark Bridge]]|alt=|225x225px|left]]