Press release: 

"The 'new newsroom' plan is based on a radical re-working of the FT's current newsroom structure to interweave online and print editing, reporting and production. It includes:

• Creating single newspaper/website news desks
• Creating an FT Interactive content team
• Deepening writers' multimedia skills
• Creating a new production structure capable of integrated print and online publishing
• Streamlining newspaper editionalisation

The newsroom restructure may result in around 50 redundancies. The Financial Times is today entering a 30-day consultation period with the NUJ aimed in particular at keeping redundancies to a minimum. A voluntary redundancy programme is part of the consultation process, and this launches today.

"Lionel Barber, editor of the Financial Times, commented:

'We start from a position of strength as a market-leading international newspaper with a highly-respected website and other emerging online channels. The FT has long been a pioneer in forging an integrated online and print newsroom, with web-first publishing and a unified editorial department. Now we must take the next step.

'Our plans will help us to create an editorial organisation fully equipped to meet the challenge of the digital age. The plans will shape the news operation into one of the most advanced multi-media newsrooms in the world.'"

Source: Publicitas