Financial Times joins Flipboard, says it’s a better deal than Apple
The Financial Times is the latest publisher to strike a partnership with Flipboard. The deal is interesting because the FT recently left another third-party platform, iTunes.
FT launches “second generation” web app, says online payments will soon be much easier
The FT launched a new version of its iPad offering, a move that reinforced the publication’s contrarian web-only mobile strategy, and an FT executive predicts that the problem of collecting mobile payments outside of app stores will soon be solved.
Video: What works in paid content
At our recent paidContent 2012 conference FT’s Rob Grimshaw and Piano Media’s Tomas Bella discuss not just the future of online content payments, but also how to most effectively price your content when there are free alternatives elsewhere.
FT’s Grimshaw: Digital subs will soon beat print circulation
Rob Grimshaw runs The Financial Times’ digital operations. He talked to me about HTML5, premium digital content and digital overtaking print in this short video on the fringes of last week’s paidContent 2012 conference.
Financial Times exec: iOS apps don’t work for publishers
FT.com Managing Director Rob Grimshaw made no secret of his distaste for Apple’s in-app subscription terms at padContent 2012. iOS apps don’t work for publishers, he told the audience, and the Financial Times’ decision to leave the iTunes store was a success.
What Publishers Can Learn From Online Retailers
What does content mean for online retailers, and how can publishers successfully work commerce into their websites? Those were the questions…
Interview: Financial Times’ Grimshaw: ‘App Stores Are Not A Panacea’
Anything an iOS app can do, the web can do better, Rob Grimshaw, The Financial Times’ online managing director, told paidContent:UK, after l…
@ pC2011 Video: Interview With FT.com MD Rob Grimshaw
Financial Times online MD Rob Grimshaw, who debated on our paidContent 2011 conference panel in New York on Thursday, caught up with me back…
@ pC2011: Paywalls And Their Discontents
As the NYTimes.com prepares to launch its metered pay model any day now, the topic of paywalls is something every media organization is expl…
Video @ paidContent 2010: How To Make Money From Digital News
The Financial Times has a sizeable and nicely growing subscription business– so why mess with micropayments? FT.com Managing Director Rob G…