MEDIA INQUIRIES LONDON: 4 October 2007: Last night, FT.com won the award for Best Editorial Team (Consumer) at the 2007 Association of Online Publishers awards. The winners were presented at a celebratory black-tie dinner in London, following the AOP Online Publishing Conference. FT.com had also been shortlisted in the Digital Creativity category for the ‘New Britain’, an interactive graphic that examined economic and sociological changes in different regions of Britain under ten years of New Labour
James Montgomery, Editor of FT.com, said, “This award comes at an exciting time for FT.com as we embark on the next phase of our development.” The judges praised FT.com for ”superb product in a competitive market [that] reflects its international market.”
On Monday, FT.com announced a new access model for the site, launching mid-October, where users will be given free access to up to 30 stories a month. Over the next few months, there will also be a series of enhancements at FT.com. These include a new markets section, new editorial features, columns and tools, a further expansion of the FT’s video journalism, and upgrades to the design and performance of the site.
The AOP Online Publishing Awards 2007, now in their sixth year, are designed to celebrate and reward excellence in all aspects of digital publishing and are established as a showcase of the most innovative and high-quality online content in the UK. Further information about the AOP awards can be found online here
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About the Financial Times
The Financial Times Group, one of the world’s leading business information companies, aims to provide a broad range of business information and services to the growing audience of internationally minded business people. The FT Group includes:
1.The Financial Times, one of the world’s leading business newspapers, is recognised internationally for its authority, integrity and accuracy. Providing extensive news, comment and analysis, the newspaper is printed at 24 print sites across the globe, has a daily circulation of 426, 850 (ABC figures, August 2007) and a readership of more than 1.3 million people worldwide.
2.FT.com is one of the world’s leading business information websites, and the internet partner of the FT newspaper. FT.com continues to be the definitive home for business intelligence on the web, providing an essential source of news, comment, data and analysis for the global business community. FT.com attracts 5.35 million unique monthly users generating 43 million page views (ABC electronic figures, March 2007). FT.com has 101,000 subscribers.
3.The FT Group’s pan-European network of national business newspapers and online services including France’s leading business newspaper and website, Les Echos and lesechos.fr. In February 2000, the FT launched a new German language newspaper, FT Deutschland, with a fully integrated online business news and data service.
4.Through FT Interactive Data, the FT Group is one of the world’s leading sources of securities pricing and specialist financial information to global institutional, professional and individual investors. Its products include eSignal, an online realtime streaming quotation service for brokers and active traders.
5.FT Business, which produces specialist information on the retail, personal and institutional finance industries. It publishes the UK’s premier personal finance magazine, Investors Chronicle, and The Banker, Money Management and Financial Adviser for professional advisers.
6.The Mergermarket Group, whose products and services provide the global advisory and corporate communities with intelligence and analysis. With regional head offices in London, New York and Hong Kong and 200 journalists in 46 locations worldwide, reliable and validated proprietary intelligence and historical data is provided via the mergermarket, dealReporter, Debtwire and wealthmonitor on-line platforms.
7.The Financial Times Group also has a stake in a number of joint ventures, including;
•FTSE International, a joint venture with the London Stock Exchange.
•Vedomosti, Russia’s leading business newspaper and a partnership venture with Dow Jones and Independent Media
•A 50% stake in BDFM, publishers of South Africa’s leading financial newspapers and websites.
•A 50% stake in The Economist Group, which publishes the world’s leading weekly business and current affairs journal.
•A 13.85% stake in Business Standard, one of India’s leading financial newspapers.
The FT Group is part of Pearson plc, the international education and information company.
