Financial Times Group - facts

The FT Group is one of the world's leading business information companies.
4.5 million readers were reached by the FT in print and online in 2005.
FT Interactive Data delivers vital content and tools to global financial institutions when, where and how they need it.
94% of the world's top securities firms use IDC's services.
The FT newspaper launched in 1888 as 'the friend of the honest financier'. It is now printed in 23 cities worldwide.
First printed on pink paper in 1893, the FT always wanted to distinguish itself from its rivals.
Les Echos is the leading business newspaper in France, with a circulation of over 119,000.
Launched in 2000, FT Deutschland was the first national daily newspaper to be launched in Germany for over 50 years.
FT readers worldwide earn over £155 billion each year - more than the GDP of Switzerland.
The FT has attracted over 48 editorial awards since the start of 2004.
The FT reached the Guinness Book of World Records in 2003, by wrapping Hong Kong's tallest building in newsprint to create the world's biggest outdoor advertisement.
FT.com celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2005 - the site has 3.2 million unique users and 84,000 paying subscribers.
The Economist, which is 50% owned by the FT Group, took its circulation past 1 million copies in 2005 for the first time in its history.

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