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Financial Times reaches highest circulation in its 125-year history

30 Oct 2013:
FT's print sales are profitable for the first time
23. John Fallon

1 Sep 2013:
Job: chief executive, Pearson
Age: 50
Industry: publishing, education, digital media
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Plot thickens for authors as Penguin and Random House merger creates £2.6bn powerhouse

28 Jul 2013: The new Penguin Random House will control a quarter of world book publishing, and this has many in the industry, from writers and agents to smaller publishers, worried, says Jennifer Rankin
Pearson puts FT Group's Mergermarket up for sale

26 Jul 2013: Pearson explores possibility of selling off financial intelligence business as company announces yearly rise in revenues of 7%, to £2.75bn. By Mark Sweney
Pearson on EdTech startups: 'These are kids that are going to change the world'

23 Jul 2013:
Company kicks off first three-month pilot of its Catalyst accelerator scheme while hailing 'laser focus' of education startups, including those fresh out of college. By Stuart Dredge
Financial Times faces weak advertising market, says parent company

26 Apr 2013: Pearson predicts difficult first quarter for newspaper, with total group revenues down 1% year on year to £1.2bn. By Mark Sweney
Will we suffer being read to by an automated voice?

31 Mar 2013: iSpeech could dramatically cut the cost of audiobooks. Shame the reading voice still sounds like a bus announcement, writes James Bridle
Pearson gives Marjorie Scardino a painting worth up to £100,000

21 Mar 2013: Retirement marked with £6m remuneration and gift of an Ivon Hitchens canvas, bought by the company for £12,000 in 1988. By Mark Sweney
Pearson says FT is not for sale as digital subscriptions overtake print

25 Feb 2013: Media and education group to spend £150m on restructuring, including preparing Penguin for merger with Random House. By Lisa O'Carroll
Financial Times editor Lionel Barber: 'News now is not the newspaper'

10 Feb 2013: Roy Greenslade: As the FT celebrates its 125th birthday, Barber outlines his plans for a digital revolution
Bauer Media's bid to buy Absolute Radio falters at the 11th hour

1 Feb 2013: Music station's future still uncertain but Pearson or UTV Media could possibly step in. By John Plunkett
Pearson reports slight profit downgrade

21 Jan 2013: Parent company of FT Group says weak market conditions means that it expects operating profits of £935m for 2012. By Mark Sweney
The Financial Times needs to make a signal to the market

6 Jan 2013: Peter Preston: Is the FT for sale now that Dame Marjorie Scardino has retired? If not, hadn't someone at Pearson better say so, and quickly?
Pearson to take on Amazon by buying stake in e-reader venture Nook

28 Dec 2012: Financial Times owner looks to tap into student market by taking 5% share in digital book venture in a deal worth $89.5m. By Mark Sweney
Print in 2013: Newspapers cut costs and seek tablets of salvation

16 Dec 2012:
Alexander Lebedev needs an investor, there's a new boss at Pearson, and the regional press faces further advertising woe. By Mark Sweney