The Economist is a magazine in the United Kingdom covering National News.
Based in London, The Economist is a weekly magazine covering business, politics and technology around the world. It is published worldwide and all editions include the same editorial matter. The Economist is somewhat eccentric in that its articles do not include writers' bylines (the name of the writer of each article). Also, the magazine refers to itself as a newspaper, saying it is "because it started off as a newspaper, and the habit stuck," which makes one wonder if the staff still wear diapers.
The first issue of The Economist was a broadsheet newspaper dated September 2, 1843. It was founded by Scottish economist and banker James Wilson, whose aim was to promote economic freedom and the principles of "free trade, internationalism and minimum interference by government." Today the magazine says it is not attached to any political party and that its public agenda is "liberal in the classical sense," emphasizing support and expansion of individual freedoms.
British publishing company Pearson PLC owned 50% of The Economist Group until 2015, when it sold part of its interest in the business to Exor, the investment company of the Agnelli family of Italy, which founded the Fiat car business. Exor now controls 43% of the company and is its largest shareholder. Pearson's remaining shares were bought back by the The Economist Group.
This magazine is owned by The Economist Group.
The website is presented in the English language.
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-- The British magazine that calls itself a newspaper gained over 90,000 subscribers in the year ending March 31, 2021, and most of the news subs are digital-only. Subscriptions now account for 68% of revenues at The Economist. North America accounts for 53% of the magazine's circulation.
Charlotte Tobitt wrote at Press Gazette on June 22, 2021:
The Economist grows subscribers by 9% to 1.1m in 2020/21 and pays back furlough cash
Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder, Colorado USA, July 6, 2021
-- For a guy who doesn't "do publicity," the Microsoft billionaire spends a whole lot of time in the spotlight. In a recent interview with Zanny Minton Beddoes, The Economist's editor-in-chief, the plutocrat prognosticated that the Covid-19 pandemic will be over by the end of 2021 and that millions more people will die. Such is the stuff of headlines, and celebrity.
Someone at The Economist wrote on August 18, 2020:
The covid-19 pandemic will be over by the end of 2021, says Bill Gates
Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder, Colorado USA, August 25, 2020
-- August 12, 2015: Pearson PLC, the British education and book publishing company, has agreed to sell its 50% interest in The Economist Group, which publishes The Economist magazine in London and CQ Roll Call in Washington DC.
Pearson will be paid about $730 million in cash for the shares. The main buyer is Exor S.p.A., which will pay about $447 million to acquire 27.8% of The Economist...
Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder Colorado USA, June 29, 2012
-- The Economist Group announced a record operating profit of 67.3m pounds for the full year ending March 31, 2012, which is up 6% compared to the previous year. Total revenues rose 4% to 361.8m pounds.
The company also announced that circulation for its flagship Economist Magazine came in at a record 1,624,000 in March 2012, comprised of 1,501,000 in print and 123,000 in digital.
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