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The Financial Times (FT) is an international business newspaper printed on distinctive salmon pink broadsheet paper. It is regarded as a newspaper of high repute, and has moved in recent years to become the most upmarket newspaper in Britain.

Trivia

  • In 1893, the Financial Times first began printing on salmon pink paper as a stroke of marketing genius to distinguish the FT from its major competitor, the Financial News.
  • On January 4, 1993, the FT was printed on white paper to celebrate 100 years "in the pink."
  • The Financial Times is one of the few publications to have a larger circulation outside its home market than within its home market.
  • The FT is the only non-domestic newspaper delivered to the White House on a daily basis.
  • The FT newspaper and its reporters regularly win awards, including' Business Journalist of the Year' award across 4 categories in 2004.
  • The Weekend FT supplement 'How To Spend It' was also named newspaper supplement of the year.
  • The Financial Times is the only newspaper read on the beach in Steven Spielberg's "."
  • The character James Bond 007 pretended to be an FT reporter in "A View To A Kill."
  • The FT was the newspaper of choice of the villain Max in the Tom Cruise hit film, "."
  • The Anchor, the Financial Times' local pub in London, was also the pub of choice in the same film.
  • The Financial Times can be spotted in British film 'Love Actually' and the Hollywood remake of 'Thunderbirds'.