J.co.uk ain’t in the old boys’ financial club just yet
Journalism.co.uk got a long chat with the FT’s Rob Grimshaw last week, as reported over on the main news channel. He’s been ever so busy talking to lots of media reporters about FT.com’s new, and exclusive, Long Room facility.
Sadly, Journalism.co.uk can’t report back on the exact nature of the Long Room … we did try and sneak in this morning but this has just pinged back:
“Thank you for your application to join FT Alphaville’s Long Room. We regret to inform you that your application has been unsuccessful, as you don’t appear to meet our strict criteria for membership.”
We’re told we can try again if our situation changes. Ho hum. Looks like we’ll be gazing in the windows of the old boys’ club for a while, from the cold and snowy outside. We’d chosen a little profile cartoon and everything.
We did know we weren’t exactly qualified, but our multimedia curiousity got the better of us. To be fair, we probably have don’t have much to take to the online financial ‘table’.
We’ll just have to make do with Markets Live for now.
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October 27th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
[...] although we’re not having a drink in the Long Room we did get to ask FT.com’s Rob Grimshaw about his views on the BBC’s Robert Peston [...]
October 29th, 2008 at 10:38 am
Judith, sincere apologies, we are more than happy to give you a sneak peek. While it is true that you don’t technically meet the criteria for permanent membership we have issued you with a one week pass.
http://v2.ftalphaville.ft.com/longroom
Best,
FT Alphaville
October 29th, 2008 at 11:21 am
Many thanks Alida – looking forward to having a nose around!
October 29th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
Remember to play nice… and what’s said in the Long Room stays in the Long Room…