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Accdg to wiki:
"Pearson plc held a 50% shareholding via
until August 2015. At that time, Pearson sold their share in the Economist. The Agnelli family's Exor paid £287m to raise their stake from 4.7% to 43.4% while the Economist paid £182m for the balance of 5.04m shares which will be distributed to current shareholders. Aside from the Agnelli family, smaller shareholders in the company include
,
(21%),
,
and other family interests as well as a number of staff and former staff shareholders. A
formally appoints the editor, who cannot be removed without its permission. The Economist Newspaper Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of
. Sir
was chairman of the company from 1972 to 1989.
Although
The Economist has a global emphasis and scope, about two-thirds of the 75 staff journalists are based in the London borough of
. However, due to half of all subscribers originating in the United States,
The Economist has core editorial offices and substantial operations in
,
,
, and
"
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The article seem no aithor cited?
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