Financial Times – celebrating 125 years

In 2013, the Financial Times celebrates 125 years as one of the world’s leading global business news organisations. The FT was founded in 1888 and the first edition of the newspaper was printed on 13 February. Since turning the newspaper pages pink in 1893, the FT has continued to innovate and evolve, becoming global and pioneering new digital business models and delivery. Today, the FT serves more readers and subscribers across the world than ever before and is recognised internationally for its authoritative and trusted news, commentary and analysis.

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Latest Awards

Dec 2nd, 2013
Matthew Garrahan wins at LA Press Club's National Entertainment Journalism Awards for best business story Matthew Garrahan (@MattGarrahan), the FT's Los Angeles correspondent, has won the award for best business story for his feature "Superheroes Soar Above Disney Tensions" at the 6th annual National…


Nov 29th, 2013
Rita Raagas De Ramos wins award for outstanding contribution to institutional journalism Rita Raagas De Ramos, managing editor of Ignites Asia, was honoured with the award for Outstanding Contribution to Institutional Journalism at the 2013 Institutional Press Awards, Asia Pacific. The awards…


Nov 22nd, 2013
Jonathan Moules wins Santander Media Award Jonathan Moules, the FT's enterprise correspondent, was awarded best SME/enterprise journalist at the Santander Media Awards 2013. The Financial Times was also shortlisted for Best Use of Social Media…


FT Announcements

FT and IFC launch Transformational Business Awards

Programme expands current Sustainable Finance Awards LONDON: 12 December 2013: The Financial Times and IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, today launch an awards programme to showcase business initiatives…

One million followers, which one were you?

17 December 2013: To celebrate reaching one million Twitter followers on @FT, we have created this web app to let you find out which number you were. embed1 The @FT feed is curated by our social media…

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