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Type
  
Weekly newspaper

Founded
  
1996

Circulation
  
15,808 (June 2016)

Owner(s)
  
Dow Jones & Company

Language
  
English

Headquarters
  
The News Building, London

Financial News is a financial newspaper and news website published in London. It is a weekly newspaper, published by eFinancial News Limited, covering the financial services sector through news, views and extensive people coverage. Financial News was founded in 1996.

Contents

Financial News is owned by Dow Jones & Company, who acquired eFinancial News in 2007. Financial News is part of the Dow Jones Media Group division, which also includes Barron's, Factiva, MarketWatch, Heat Street and Mansion Global.

Financial News launched a revamped, mobile-first website and new weekly print edition in January 2017.

Titles

In addition to the publication of the Financial News, the company also operates:

  • FNLondon.com - www.fnlondon.com - an updated daily website version of Financial News
  • The Private Equity News - www.penews.com - provides daily news and analysis for Europe's private equity industry. The Private Equity News website is the counterpart to the weekly Private Equity News hard copy - Europe's only weekly private equity publication. Private Equity News was launched in 2003.
  • Coverage

    The newspaper and website's coverage is primarily Europe, UK-focused. It is stratified by the financial services industry, with major weekly news and views pieces on investment banking, asset management, private equity, fintech, trading and regulation as well as people coverage spanning key moves, recruitment and employment trends, regulation around salaries and bonuses, business education, diversity and more.

    Circulation

    The ABC Audited average circulation for the Financial News print edition for the six-month period ending June 2016 was 15,808. The readership profile is highly educated and affluent professionals, mainly in the London-based financial services industries. The average annual income of Financial News readers is over 200,000 pounds sterling.

    Visits to the main website in June 2016 was 319,728. The page views for the same month were about 720,000.

    The Financial News website is fully mobile-responsive, allowing subscribers to access FN content via any mobile device, including phones and tablets.

    References

    Financial News Wikipedia