FT Deutschland skips online-only, closes entirely

Four years after it was divorced from the Financial Times, FT Deutschland will close in December, leaving 258 staff affected after its publisher failed to find a buyer. Publisher Gruner + Jahr’s CEO Julia Jäkel says (via announcement): “Newspapers are under pressure, especially in the economic sector. With these losses … we see no way to operate FT Deutschland further.” FTD was half-owned by...