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FT leaving behind the print edition

Written by Roy Greenslade The Guardian In effect, it means that the FT's paper will no longer be a "news"paper. There will be only "minimal late evening changes". Late-night working will virtually cease. Barber explains: "The 1970s-style newspaper publishing process - making incremental changes to multiple editions through the night is dead. In future, our print product will derive from the web offering - not vice versa." Barber says "journalists will publish stories to meet peak viewing times on the web rather than old print deadlines," adding: "The process will be akin to a broadcasting schedule. Where once we planned around page lay-outs, we will now adopt a news bulletin-style approach." In pointing out that "news editors and reporters will shift further away from reactive news gathering to value-added 'news in context'", he then stresses that staff will be expected to remain "faithfu...