Some more M&A afoot in the media industry. Pearson has sold the Financial Times Group to Japan’s Nikkei Inc for £844 million ($1.3 billion) in cash. The news comes after a morning of fervent speculation that the Financial Times was on the block. Release below. More to come. Pearson to sell FT Group to Nikkei Inc. Pearson is today announcing that it has agreed the sale of FT Group… Read More...