Financial Times’ John Ridding: Publishers need to have a reader revenue component for a viable strategy

Financial Times’ John Ridding: Publishers need to have a reader revenue component for a viable strategy

By Digiday

The Financial Times has long charged readers for access to its content. While other publishers are pivoting to paid today, the FT is much farther along in this journey. It recently reached 1 million subscribers. CEO John Ridding cautions that the road is much tougher in execution than it looks in understanding. In this episode, Ridding talks about the biggest growth areas for the FT going forward, why the publisher's relationship with Facebook has been consistently difficult and more.
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