- The Economist Group
The Economist Group is a group of companies that sell publications and services under The Economist brand, such as
The Economist (called a newspaper for historical reasons, but to all appearances a weekly news magazine), Economist.com,Economist Intelligence Unit , Economist Conferences, Intelligent Life and The World In. The Group’s other global brands include CFO, a publication for senior financial executives (CFO, CFO Europe, CFO Asia, CFO China, CFO.com),Roll Call and European Voice (aimed at decision-makers inCapitol Hill andBrussels respectively).The Economist Group is an associate and not a subsidiary of
Pearson PLC . TheFinancial Times Limited, which is a Pearson sudsidiary, owns 50% of theshare capital of The Economist Group but does not have a controlling interest. The bulk of the remaining 50% is owned by individuals including members of theRothschild banking family of England . The Economist Group operates as a separate and independent business.In 2005, the Economist Group's turnover was £197m resulting in an operating profit of £23m (£23m in
2004 , £21m in2003 , £9m in2002 ). Income streams are split roughly 50-50 between advertising and other areas, such as subscriptions.In July
2004 , The Economist Group launched an upmarket lifestyle magazine called "Intelligent Life", an annual publication. This magazine is to be redesigned as a quarterly from September 2007.Its latest major project is the recently unveiled
Project red stripe , which aims to come up with new businesses.Governance
Current members of the
board of directors of the Economist Group are: SirRobert Wilson (non-executive chairman),Helen Alexander CBE, SirDavid Bell ,Rona Fairhead , John Gardiner,Philip Mengel ,John Micklethwait ,Nigel Morris ,Simon Robertson ,Lynn Forester de Rothschild , Lord Stevenson of Coddenham, andChris Stibbs .Current trustees of the company are:
Lord Renwick of Clifton , Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone, andClayton Brendish . Former trustees include Lord Alexander of Weedon.(See [http://www.economistgroup.com/pdf/Annual_report2006.pdf Economist Group Annual Report 2006] )
External links
* [http://www.economistgroup.com/ The Economist Group]
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