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1. November 7, 2012 06:50 AM

   Audit Notes: FT denies Bloomberg report, Drudge stats, financialization

   Misleading with bogus statistics

   By Ryan Chittum

   Bloomberg News reports that Pearson is considering putting the Financial Times up for sale, as Michael Wolff predicted a month ago. Pearson Plc is planning to explore a sale of the Financial Times newspaper as the company focuses on its faster-growing education business, people with knowledge of the situation said. The company has decided to consider offers for the newspaper...

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2. November 28, 2012 06:50 AM

   Audit Notes: FT’s Fairhead is out; BofA CEO stonewalls; Rent a Quote

   But Pearson says the paper is not for sale.

   By Ryan Chittum

   FT Group CEO Rona Fairhead got denied the top job at Pearson and so is stepping down as chairman and CEO of its unit the FT Group, with a $1.8 million exit package. The Guardian's Nils Pratley asks a good question: "Why is Pearson paying Rona Fairhead to go?" The New York Times reports that the new Pearson CEO visited...

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