FT's CEO Ridding Talks Paywalls and FT Tilt

The Guardian‘s Roy Gleenslade got an opportunity to talk to The Financial Times‘ CEO John Ridding about the company’s success with pay walls as well as gave a little more info about FT’s newest plan, FT Tilt.

Ridding was all smiles, following the release of the FT’s parent company Pearson’s second quarter release yesterday, which saw a 79 percent increase in first half profit, compared to 2009. First Ridding talked pay walls, and with success like the FT’s, it’s a surprise US publications have taken so long to implement the model.

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