# Financial Times

> Financial Times is a news source in the TOLD catalogue, based in United Kingdom. TOLD classifies its editorial position as **Balanced**.

- **Domain:** ft.com
- **Website:** https://www.ft.com
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Region:** Europe
- **Language:** English
- **Editorial position on TOLD:** Balanced
- **Founded:** 1888

## About

The Financial Times has been the global business paper of record since 1888, with salmon-pink paper on the stands and a priority audience of senior executives and asset managers. The institutional twist is that since 2015 the paper has belonged to Japanese publisher Nikkei Inc., and the editorial firewall between owner and newsroom is itself a much-watched media-governance experiment. Markets, central banks, and trade form the daily beat.

## Profile

- **Ownership:** Nikkei Inc. (Japanese publisher, since 2015); previously owned by Pearson plc
- **Funding:** Subscriptions (institutional and retail), advertising, events, FT Specialist publications
- **Focus areas:** Markets and corporate finance, central banks and macroeconomics, global political economy, business and management, opinion and analysis


## What the position means

TOLD classifies what an outlet publishes over time, based on ownership, funding
and focus. It describes a pattern; it is not a rating of quality and not a
ranking. Nothing in TOLD sorts, hides or promotes a source by its position.
State-aligned and partisan outlets are in the catalogue on purpose, labelled.

## Latest headlines

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- [The politics of data centres](https://www.ft.com/content/55b21118-4c02-4f43-a2b8-8c38ff46a504?syn-25a6b1a6=1) — 2026-08-31T13:00:03.000Z
- [Sixty years of Notting Hill Carnival](https://www.ft.com/content/4bb264f2-73f1-4c9b-a9d7-4d792294c281) — 2026-08-31T13:00:02.000Z
- [Mel Stride sacked as shadow chancellor](https://www.ft.com/content/f16c178f-b07c-4b79-a8fc-2bf4c70d43e2?syn-25a6b1a6=1) — 2026-08-31T12:30:52.000Z
- [Happy birthday to the First Index Investment Trust](https://www.ft.com/content/c0341d15-482e-41a6-abe1-ef3e5e9a0d0b) — 2026-08-31T12:23:11.000Z
- [Reading Festival shows rude health of British and Irish music](https://www.ft.com/content/7ad8348c-0b90-4cdd-b2e4-e18f61cf7842) — 2026-08-31T12:03:02.000Z
- [Activist pushes EPAM Systems for buybacks as AI hits its shares](https://www.ft.com/content/d938c799-a188-4bfe-bf5e-bbaeb208cb8e?syn-25a6b1a6=1) — 2026-08-31T12:00:01.000Z
- [ChatGPT faces tougher rules under EU online safety regime](https://www.ft.com/content/6af706a3-6e63-46c2-926b-85461a355e9b?syn-25a6b1a6=1) — 2026-08-31T11:06:25.000Z
- [Software companies pay steep price to buy time against AI threat](https://www.ft.com/content/485a3d1c-d282-4921-9dee-c644c5856030?syn-25a6b1a6=1) — 2026-08-31T11:00:02.000Z

## Assessment note

Latest assessment: 2026-05-10. Generated with TOLD Source Prompt Brief v1.2.7. TOLD summarizes framing patterns and third-party classifications; it does not assess factual accuracy, intent, or legitimacy. External classifications: 9 (3 themes).

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