Editorial advancement

The new recruitment by Steve Adler [Reuters taps top WSJ editor for global role] suggests that Thomson Reuters will become a completely North American managed service. It would be hard to imagine a British editor-in-chief in the years ahead. Tom Glocer has cynically orchestrated profound changes which will see a great British institution disappear to be replaced by something most media people outside the United States and Canada don't want to see. Suddenly I found myself supportive of the ethos behind AFP. Vive la France. ■