Financial Times staff back call for Nikkei guarantee of independence

The issue was initially raised by three former FT editors in a letter that was published in the FT on 24 July, the day after Nikkei agreed to pay £844m to acquire the FT from Pearson. Geoffrey Owen (editor, 1981-1990), Richard Lambert (1991-2001) and Andrew Gowers (2001-2005) wrote: “There is nothing at present in the governance structures of the publication to guarantee the continued independence

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“There is nothing at present in the governance structures of the publication to guarantee the continued independence of the editor. Since this is the key to the FT and to what it stands for, Nikkei would do well to put this right.”