{"entity":"financial-times","id":"ent_financial-times","name":"Financial Times","predicate":"founded","label":"founding date","page":"https://asof.is/record/financial-times/founded","as_of":"2026-10-31","summary":"As of October 31, 2026, Financial Times's founding date on the AsOf record is January 9, 1888, dated January 9, 1888, from 4 secondary sources (blueandgreentomorrow.com, historic-newspapers.com, niemanlab.org and dukelawref.blogspot.com). The record holds 1 claim on Financial Times's founding date, 1 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.","current":["clm_09342740A57A"],"claims":[{"id":"clm_09342740A57A","value":"1888-01-09","valid_from":"1888-01-09","valid_to":null,"published":"2013-02-13","recorded":"2026-10-27","confidence":0.9,"status":"valid","assertable":true,"superseded_by":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q183399","tier":"secondary","publisher":"Wikidata","published_at":null},{"url":"https://blueandgreentomorrow.com/features/happy-125th-birthday-to-the-financial-times/","tier":"secondary","publisher":"Blue and Green Tomorrow","published_at":"2013-02-13T00:00:00+00:00"},{"url":"https://www.historic-newspapers.com/blogs/article/financial-times-history","tier":"secondary","publisher":"Historic Newspapers","published_at":"2019-11-13T00:00:00+00:00"},{"url":"https://www.niemanlab.org/encyclo/financial-times/","tier":"secondary","publisher":null,"published_at":null},{"url":"http://dukelawref.blogspot.com/2015/03/financial-times-historical-archive-now.html","tier":"secondary","publisher":"Duke Law Library blog","published_at":"2015-03-04T00:00:00+00:00"}],"evidence":{"by":"page-read","on":"2026-10-30","quote":"The forerunner of the Financial Times was the London Financial Guide, which was founded on 9 January 1888.","url":"https://www.historic-newspapers.com/blogs/article/financial-times-history"}}],"replaced":[],"faq":[{"question":"What is Financial Times's current founding date?","answer":"January 9, 1888, dated January 9, 1888, from 4 secondary sources (blueandgreentomorrow.com, historic-newspapers.com, niemanlab.org and dukelawref.blogspot.com). The record asserts this claim as of October 31, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.90)."}],"legend":{"dates":"valid_from: when the claim took effect (a period figure: the day its period closed). published: the earliest day a source on the record published it (a filing's filing date, a post's date; null when no source carries one). recorded: the day AsOf first held it. A figure can take effect weeks before it is published.","why_not":{},"checked_by":{"page-read":"its source page states the value and the date"}}}