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Pearson is said to be considering selling the Financial Times

By Quartz Staff
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A link from Bloomberg BusinessWeek

Pearson, which owns the Financial Times, is said to be planning to sell the newspaper to focus instead on its education business after Marjorie Scardino, the CEO, steps down in January. The buyers being mooted include “wealthy individuals from Russia, the Middle East or Asia, as well as Bloomberg LP,” reports Bloomberg.

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