http://paidcontent.org/2008/07/28/419-earnings-ft-profit-up-subs-flat-confident-on-ad-outlook/ The economics of digital content Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:55:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://paidcontent.org/2008/07/28/419-earnings-ft-profit-up-subs-flat-confident-on-ad-outlook/#comment-62248 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:18:56 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2008/07/28/419-earnings-ft-profit-up-subs-flat-confident-on-ad-outlook/#comment-62248 Nope, they won't comment on what a competitor is doing like that, but they have spoken previously about the gap between what was then rumoured to be a free WSJ.com and its own part-free model
http://www.paidcontent.co.uk/entry/419-interview-rob-grimshaw-md-ftcom-new-niches-pinker-pages-no-more-subscri/
More blogs coming from FT this year.

]]> http://paidcontent.org/2008/07/28/419-earnings-ft-profit-up-subs-flat-confident-on-ad-outlook/#comment-62247 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:08:52 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2008/07/28/419-earnings-ft-profit-up-subs-flat-confident-on-ad-outlook/#comment-62247 did they comment on whether or not news corp's ownership of wsj is having a positive or adverse impact on advertiser or online use? it would seem that as rupert steers the wsj into competition with the nytimes, the financial community will shift towards the ft.com more so that they had already been doing. it would be interesting to hear how the ft plans to compete against wsj.com now that they are doubling down on things like "heard on the street." ft should buy breaking views just to throw it back in news corp's …

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