The Financial Times won five honours at the 2026 Publisher Newsletter Awards, including Publisher Newsletter of the Year award for The AI Shift.

The AI Shift, which covers how artificial intelligence is transforming business, technology and society, also won Best Newsletter Launch and Best Technology Newsletter. The judges described the newsletter as one of the strongest newsletter submissions they had ever read.

Unhedged won Best Individual-Led Newsletter in the Specialist category, and India Business Briefing was awarded Best News & Analysis Newsletter.

FT senior newsletter editor, Stephen Harris said: "These awards reflect the strength and range of the FT's newsletter offering, and the expertise and personality of the journalists behind them. From helping readers make sense of artificial intelligence to authoritative analysis on markets and India, our newsletters bring subscribers closer to the stories that matter."

The recognitions follow further success for the wider FT Group, with FTAdviser Deputy News Editor Sonia Rach named Campaigning Journalist of the Year at the WTW Awards 2026.

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