Editing Financial Times (section)

{{Short description|British newspaper}}
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| logo = [[File:Financial Times masthead.svg|frameless|class=skin-invert]]
| language = English
| image = Financial_Times_22_February_2021_cover.jpg
| caption = Cover of the 22 February 2021 issue
| foundation = {{start date and age|1888|1|9|df=yes}}
| format = {{plainlist|
* [[Broadsheet]] (345[[millimeter|mm]] x 560mm)
* [[Online Newspaper|Digital]]
}}
| owner = The Financial Times Ltd.<br />([[Nikkei Inc.]])
| political = {{nowrap|[[Liberalism in the United Kingdom|Liberalism]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Financial Times {{pipe}} eurotopics.net |url=https://www.eurotopics.net/en/148542/financial-times |website=eurotopics.net ([[Federal Agency for Civic Education|BPB]]) |access-date=17 April 2020 |archive-date=6 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206210737/https://www.eurotopics.net/en/148542/financial-times |url-status=live }}</ref><br />[[Conservative liberalism]]<ref name="cons"/><br />[[Centrism|Centre]]<ref>{{cite web |website=oxford-royale.com |url=https://www.oxford-royale.com/articles/a-guide-to-british-newspapers/ |title=Black and White and Read All over: A Guide to British Newspapers |date=28 March 2018 |access-date=16 March 2023 |archive-date=17 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317095302/https://www.oxford-royale.com/articles/a-guide-to-british-newspapers/ |url-status=live |last1=Royale |first1=Oxford }}</ref> to [[centre-right]]<ref>{{cite book |editor=Christina Schaeffner |title=Political Discourse, Media and Translation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6BIaBwAAQBAJ&dq=centre-right+liberal+FT&pg=PA35 |quote= With regard to political affiliation ''The Daily Telegraph'' is a right-wing paper, ''The Times'' centre-right, ''The Financial Times'' centre-right and liberal, and ''The Guardian'' centre-left. |date=2009 |page=35 |publisher=[[Cambridge Scholars Publishing]] |isbn=978-1-4438-1793-6}}</ref>}}
| headquarters = [[Bracken House, London|Bracken House]]<br />[[London]], England
| editor = [[Roula Khalaf]]
| circulation = 106,871
| circulation_date = February 2025
| circulation_ref = <ref>{{cite web |title=Financial Times |url=https://www.abc.org.uk/product/2301 |publisher=[[Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK)|Audit Bureau of Circulations]] |date=11 March 2025 |access-date=30 March 2025 |archive-date=19 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919094509/https://www.abc.org.uk/product/2301 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| sister newspapers = ''[[Nikkei Asia]]''
| ISSN = 0307-1766
| oclc = 60638918
| website = {{official URL}}
| depeditor = Patrick Jenkins
| type = [[Daily newspaper]]
| founder = James Sheridan
}}

The '''''Financial Times''''' ('''''FT''''') is a British daily newspaper printed in [[broadsheet]] and also published digitally that focuses on business and economic [[Current affairs (news format)|current affairs]]. Based in [[London]], the paper is owned by a Japanese holding company, [[Nikkei, Inc.|Nikkei]], with core editorial offices across Britain, the United States and continental Europe. In July 2015, [[Pearson plc|Pearson]] sold the publication to Nikkei for [[Pound sterling|£]]844 million ([[US$]]1.32 billion) after owning it since 1957. In 2019, it reported one million paying subscriptions, three-quarters of which were digital subscriptions.<ref>{{cite web|title=FT tops one million paying readers|url=https://aboutus.ft.com/en-gb/announcements/ft-tops-one-million-paying-readers/|website=Financial Times|date=April 2019|language=en-GB|access-date=19 April 2019|archive-date=19 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419171825/https://aboutus.ft.com/en-gb/announcements/ft-tops-one-million-paying-readers/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Guardian20190419">{{cite news|last=Greenslade|first=Roy|date=14 April 2019|title=Financial Times thrives by focusing on subscriptions|language=en-GB|work=[[The Guardian]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/commentisfree/2019/apr/14/financial-times-thrives-by-focusing-on-subscriptions|access-date=19 April 2019|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=19 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419171820/https://www.theguardian.com/media/commentisfree/2019/apr/14/financial-times-thrives-by-focusing-on-subscriptions|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2023, it was reported to have 1.3 million subscribers of which 1.2 million were digital.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Guaglione |first=Sara |date=28 September 2023 |title=Financial Times targets U.S. and global readers with subscription app products |url=https://digiday.com/media/financial-times-targets-u-s-and-global-readers-with-subscription-app-products/ |access-date=16 March 2024 |website=Digiday |language=en-US}}</ref> The newspaper has a prominent focus on [[Business journalism|financial journalism]] and economic analysis rather than [[News media|generalist reporting]], drawing both criticism and acclaim. It sponsors an [[Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award|annual book award]] and publishes a "[[Financial Times Person of the Year|Person of the Year]]" feature.<!--Article uses British English, e.g. "-ise" over "-ize". See: WP:ISE.-->

The paper was founded in January 1888 as the '''''London Financial Guide''''' before rebranding a month later as the ''Financial Times''. It was first circulated around metropolitan London by [[#History|James Sheridan]], who, along with his brother and [[Horatio Bottomley]], sought to report on city business opposite the ''[[Financial News (1884–1945)|Financial News]]''. The succeeding half-century of competition between the two papers eventually culminated in a [[Financial News (1884–1945)#History|1945 merger]], led by [[Brendan Bracken]], which established it as [[List of business newspapers#Top circulation|one of the largest business newspapers]] in the world.

Globalisation from the late 19th to mid-20th centuries facilitated editorial expansion for the ''FT'', with the paper adding opinion columns, special reports, [[political cartoon]]s, [[readers' letters]], book reviews, technology articles and global politics features. The paper is often characterised by its light-pink (salmon) [[newsprint]]. It is supplemented by its lifestyle magazine (''[[FT Magazine]])'', weekend edition (''[[#FT Weekend|FT Weekend]]'') and some industry publications.

The [[#Editorial stance|editorial stance of the ''Financial Times'']] centres on [[economic liberalism]], particularly advocacy of [[free trade]] and [[free market]]s. Since its founding, it has supported [[liberal democracy]], favouring [[Classical liberalism|classically liberal]] politics and policies from international governments; its newsroom is independent from its editorial board, and it is considered a [[newspaper of record]]. Due to its history of economic commentary, the ''FT'' publishes a [[#Indices|variety of financial indices]], primarily the [[FTSE All-Share Index]]. Since the late 20th century, its typical depth of coverage has linked the paper with a [[White-collar worker|white-collar]], educated, and financially literate readership.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Plunkett |first1=John |last2=Martinson |first2=Jane |title=Financial Times sold to Japanese media group Nikkei for £844m |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jul/23/financial-times-sale-pearson |work=The Guardian |date=24 July 2015 |access-date=29 May 2020 |issn=0261-3077 |language=en-GB |archive-date=23 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200523174549/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jul/23/financial-times-sale-pearson |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Kynaston |first=David |title=A Brief History of the Financial Times |url=https://www.gale.com/binaries/content/assets/gale-us-en/primary-sources/intl-gps/intl-gps-essays/full-ghn-contextual-essays/ghn_essay_ftha_kynaston1_website.pdf |publisher=Viking Adult |year=1988 |access-date=20 May 2020 |archive-date=18 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210218030317/https://www.gale.com/binaries/content/assets/gale-us-en/primary-sources/intl-gps/intl-gps-essays/full-ghn-contextual-essays/ghn_essay_ftha_kynaston1_website.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Because of this tendency, the ''FT'' has traditionally been regarded as a [[Centrism|centrist]]<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Rawlinson |editor-first=Francis |title=How Press Propaganda Paved the Way to Brexit |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J2vLDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22The+Financial+Times%22+%22Centre%22+How+Press+Propaganda+Paved+the+Way+to+Brexit&pg=PA65 |publisher=[[Springer Nature]] |date=2020 |page=65 |isbn=978-3-030-27765-9}}</ref> to [[Centre-right politics|centre-right]]<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Schaeffner |editor-first=Christina |title=Political Discourse, Media and Translation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6BIaBwAAQBAJ&dq=centre-right+liberal+FT&pg=PA35 |quote=With regard to political affiliation ''The Daily Telegraph'' is a right-wing paper, ''The Times'' centre-right, ''The Financial Times'' centre-right and liberal, and ''The Guardian'' centre-left. |date=2009 |page=35 |publisher=[[Cambridge Scholars Publishing]] |isbn=978-1-4438-1793-6}}</ref> [[Liberalism|liberal]],<ref>{{cite book|editor=Essvale Corporation Limited |title=Business Knowledge for IT in Retail Banking: A Complete Handbook for IT Professionals |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lkkGaIr3DQkC&dq=centre-right+liberal+FT&pg=PA46 |quote=The Financial Times is normally seen as centre-right/liberal, although to the left of its principal competitor, The Wall Street Journal. It advocates free markets and is generally in favour of globalisation. |date=2007 |page=46 |publisher=Essvale Corporation Limited |isbn=978-0-9554124-2-4}}</ref> [[Neoliberalism|neo-liberal]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Morgan |first1=Kevin |last2=Marsden |first2=Terry |last3=Murdoch |first3=Jonathan |title=Worlds of Food: Place, Power, and Provenance in the Food Chain |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LeM9CyPsnvAC&dq=%22liberal+Financial+Times%22&pg=PA41 |quote=The neo-liberal Financial Times was outraged by the Farm Bill's 'grotesque farm subsidies' and it accused Washington of having 'surrendered to protectionism', while the heads of the WTO, World Bank, and the IMF penned a joint protest ...  |publisher=Oxford University Press |date=2006 |page=41 |isbn=978-0-19-155662-3}}</ref> and [[Conservative liberalism|conservative-liberal]]<ref name="cons">{{cite book |editor-last=Kirchhelle |editor-first=Claas |title=Pyrrhic Progress: The History of Antibiotics in Anglo-American Food Production |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jT6-DwAAQBAJ&dq=%22liberal+Financial+Times%22&pg=PA1927 |quote=Enthusiastic reports subsequently appeared in the left-leaning Observer and the conservative-liberal Financial Times. |date=2020 |page=1927 |publisher=[[Rutgers University Press]] |isbn=978-0-8135-9149-0}}</ref> newspaper. The ''Financial Times'' is headquartered in [[Bracken House, London|Bracken House]] at 1 Friday Street, near the city's financial centre, where it maintains its [[publishing]] house, corporate centre, and main editorial office.