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James Montgomery has been appointed as Director of Digital Content for ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ World News, taking responsibility for leading the editorial development of the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ’s commercially funded news website available outside of the UK.

He will take up his post in late May. Β He is currently the Editor of the financial news site FT.com and Assistant Editor of the Financial Times newspaper.

In addition to leading editorial development for the international news, sports and weather sites, he will also lead the development of cross-platform commercial content for ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ World News.

The ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ’s international news website is operated by the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Global News Division – which contains ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ World Service, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ World News, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Monitoring and the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Trust - ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ’s international charity arm. Β He will be a member of the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ World News board, reporting to ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ World News Director Sian Kevill.

β€œWe have the world’s largest international broadcast news website* with a global reputation for authority, innovation and distinctiveness. James Montgomery’s award-winning record for merging high quality editorial, technical development and design flair with commercial success will help us improve our service to international audiences and maximise revenues,” says ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ World News Director Sian Kevill.

James Montgomery has been with the Financial Times since 1997. He became Editor of FT.com in 2006 having previously been the Financial Times’ US News Editor.

ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ.com is the online expression of the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ.co.uk outside of the UK, covering news and non-news content, and is run by ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Worldwide, the commercial arm of the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ. Β In November 2007 the site introduced advertising outside of the UK to an audience of 29* million unique users generating revenues to reinvest in ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ content and services.*Source: comScore – Q1 Β 2009