The figure, which strips out the effect of currency exchange rates, comes as the title "faced a weak market for financial and corporate advertising in the third quarter", according to its parent company, Pearson. FT.com reported a paying base of 121,000 subscribers - up 22 per cent on the same period last year.
The Week: City News - FT suffers revenue drop
FT Publishing, the owner of the Financial Times, saw revenues dip 14 per cent year on year in the first nine months of 2009.