Media Masters - John Ridding

Published: Aug. 30, 2018, 4 a.m.

John Ridding is chief executive of the Financial Times. Since starting his career on the newspaper\u2019s international desk, he has reported from South Korea, Indonesia and China. After he introduced a paywall in 2008, the FT is now celebrating the highest paid-for readership in its 130-year history. In this in-depth interview, he talks fondly about the \u2018serendipity factor\u2019 that print brings, and warns how the world risks missing the \u2018tectonic shift\u2019 happening in China while we\u2019re distracted by Trump and Brexit.