Financial Times
British newspaper
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| 2024 | The Financial Times endorsed Kamala Harris in the United States presidential election. |
| 2024 | Financial Times endorses the Labour Party, seeking a 'fresh start' while cautioning about their interventionist tendencies and regulatory enthusiasm. |
| 2024 | The Financial Times endorses the Labour Party in the UK general election and Kamala Harris in the United States presidential election. |
| 2024 |
Madhumita Murgia
Her book 'Code Dependent' was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction
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| 2023 | The newspaper reported having 1.3 million subscribers, of which 1.2 million were digital subscribers. |
| February 2023 |
Madhumita Murgia
Appointed as the first AI Editor of the Financial Times, becoming a pioneering journalist in the specialized field of artificial intelligence reporting.
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| 2022 | Published his third book 'The Age of the Strongman', which was named a Best Book of the Year by multiple prestigious publications including The Economist, Foreign Affairs, and The Times (UK). |
| 2022 | The Financial Times continues its cryptocurrency coverage by starting a Cryptofinance newsletter dedicated to digital assets and recruiting additional journalists to cover the sector. |
| 2022 | The magazine's name was changed from 'How to Spend It' to 'HTSI'. |
| 2022 | The Financial Times started a Cryptofinance newsletter dedicated to digital assets and recruited more journalists to cover the cryptocurrency sector. |
| 2022 | The Financial Times launched FT Edit, a low-price mobile app designed to attract a younger readership demographic. |
| October 24 2022 | Steve Wembi disappeared after a meeting at the Léon hotel in Kinshasa, with suspicions of abduction by the government's National Intelligence Agency. The government spokesperson Patrick Muyaya denied knowledge of his whereabouts, causing his family to fear he may have been killed. |
| 2021 | Financial Times started publishing three multi-asset indexes with Wilshire Associates, covering the top five cryptocurrencies. |
| 2021 | The Financial Times began focusing more on the cryptocurrency industry, launching a Digital Assets Dashboard and multi-asset crypto indexes. |
| September 2021 | An Arabic version of HTSI was launched by Othman Al Omeir, founder of Elaph online newspaper, published in London. |
| 2020 | The Financial Times acquired a controlling stake in Longitude, a specialist provider of thought leadership and research services. |
| 2020 | Roula Khalaf becomes the editor of the Financial Times. |
| 2020 | The Financial Times endorses Joe Biden in the United States presidential election. |
| 2020 | Reporter Mark Di Stefano resigned from the Financial Times after hacking into Zoom calls at other media organizations. |
| June 22 2020 | After 18 months of investigations and an external audit, Wirecard announced that €1.9 billion reported in its accounts potentially did not exist. Consequently, the company filed for insolvency, marking a significant outcome of the Financial Times' investigative reporting. |
| 2019 | Became communication advisor to the president of the Senate of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, senator Alexis Thambwe Mwamba. |
| 2019 | Financial Times announced investment in Sifted, a digital-only news site covering European startups, taking an initial 25% stake. |
| 2019 | The Financial Times refuses to make an endorsement in the UK general election, citing disagreements with both Labour's and Conservatives' positions. |
| 2019 | The Financial Times reported reaching one million paying subscriptions, with three-quarters being digital subscriptions. |
| January 2019 | The Financial Times began a series of investigative articles exposing fraud suspicions at the German payments group Wirecard. |
| 2018 | The Financial Times acquired a controlling stake in Longitude, a specialist provider of thought leadership and research services. |
| 2017 | Financial Times reluctantly endorses Conservative Theresa May, warning about her immigration stance and Eurosceptic party elements. |
| 2017 |
Madhumita Murgia
Delivered a TEDx talk at Exeter on 'How data brokers sell your identity'
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| March 2017 | Discovered more than 100 mass graves in Ngaza commune, in an area where UN experts Zaida Catalan and Michael Sharp were killed. |
| 2016 | Argued for the UK to remain inside the EU during the UK referendum on EU membership, while also being one of the first commentators to predict the UK would vote to leave. |
| 2016 | The Financial Times acquired a controlling stake in Alpha Grid, a London-based media company. |
| 2016 | The Financial Times endorses Hillary Clinton in the United States presidential election. |
| 2016 |
Madhumita Murgia
Joined the Financial Times as European technology correspondent
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| August 2016 | Published 'Easternisation - War and Peace in the Asian Century', a book arguing that 500 years of Western global political dominance is ending due to the rise of Asian powers. |
| 2015 | Financial Times calls for continuation of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition in the general election. |
| November 30 2015 | Nikkei's acquisition of the Financial Times Group was completed. |
| August 2015 | The FT group sold its 50% shareholding in The Economist to the Agnelli family for £469 million. |
| July 23 2015 | Nikkei, Inc. agreed to buy the Financial Times Group from Pearson plc for £844m (US$1.32 billion). |
| 2012 | Digital subscribers surpassed print newspaper circulation for the first time, with nearly half the revenue coming from subscriptions. |
| 2012 | The Financial Times endorses Barack Obama for a second term in the United States presidential election. |
| 2010 | Published his first book 'Zero-Sum World' in the United Kingdom, which was published as 'Zero-Sum Future' in the United States and translated into seven languages including Chinese, German, and Korean. |
| 2010 | Financial Times backs the Conservative Party while acknowledging the Liberal Democrats' positions on civil liberties and praising Labour leader Gordon Brown's response to the 2007-2008 financial crisis. |
| 2010 | The Financial Times returns to supporting the Conservative Party after backing Labour from 1992 to 2010. |
| 2010 | The Financial Times was recognized as the most credible publication in reporting financial and economic issues among the Worldwide Professional Investment Community audience. |
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