International Business Times

International Business Times (IBT) is a US-based online publication covering business, finance, technology and world news, operating separate editions for several English-speaking markets since the mid-2000s.

Its angle on major events tends to run through the economics: hospitality and travel-sector data, revenue projections and market impact, rather than the events themselves. That is why the same outlet turns up across sport, politics and business topics whenever there is a number to report, as with its World Cup host-city hotel-occupancy figures drawn from industry data rather than original reporting.

That business-first framing distinguishes IBT from sports or general-news outlets covering the same tournament: it is the numbers behind the event, not the event, that define its coverage.