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The Financial Times began printing on light pink paper on the 2nd of January 1893. This distinctive salmon hue originated from unbleached China clay sourced from the Bodelva clay pit near St Austell in Cornwall. The paper maintained this unique color even as it became more expensive to produce.
Brendan Bracken purchased the Financial Times from Lord Camrose in 1945 and merged it with the Financial News. This merger ended 57 years of competition between the two publications. Bracken is often credited as the effective founding father of the modern Financial Times.
The Financial Times became the first UK-based newspaper to sell more copies internationally than within the UK in September 1998. This marked a pivotal shift in its business model. By 2012, the number of digital subscribers surpassed the circulation of the newspaper for the first time.
The Financial Times began a series of investigative articles detailing fraud suspicions at German payments group Wirecard in January 2019. This led to the company's eventual collapse and €1.9 billion worth of cash reported in its accounts being declared as potentially non-existent. The investigation sparked accusations of market manipulation and led to formal investigations by the Public prosecutor's office in Munich.
The FTSE 100 was introduced on the 13th of February 1984. It represents about eighty per cent of the London Stock Exchange's value. The letters F-T-S-E represented that FTSE was a joint venture between the Financial Times and the London Stock Exchange.
Robert Thomson, previously the paper's US managing editor, became the editor of The Times and is now the chief executive of News Corporation. He is one of the many former Financial Times journalists who have gone on to hold positions of significant influence in journalism, politics, and business.