Pearson boss defends sale of Financial Times to Nikkei

John Fallon says it was getting harder to run education and journalism arms well and is confident Japanese firm will honour editorial freedomPearson was no longer the best owner of the Financial Times, the publishing group’s chief executive has said in defence of the decision to sell the 127-year-old newspaper to Japan’s Nikkei.John Fallon gave assurances that the Japanese financial media company would respect the FT’s independence, ensuring that the title would remain “a great British institution”. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2015-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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