The Financial Times will publish a single global newspaper beginning during the first-half of next year, according to editor Lionel Barber.

He said the relentless pace of technological change is driving the shift at the Pearson-owned property.

In a staff memo, Barber noted that the "1970s-style newspaper publishing process -- making incremental changes to multiple editions through the night -- is dead."

He said the print FT will get its news from the web, not vice versa.  It will concentrate on long-form pieces, opinion, features and analysis and graphics.

The future FT will have a small print team supported by a larger integrated web staff focused on putting breaking news on computer screens, tablets, smartphones and soon-to-emerge informational platforms.