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Saturday 12 June 2021

I owe Manfred a lot

Wednesday 14 February 2024

Come remember Michael Arkus

Wednesday 7 September 2022

Nick Moore, true gentleman

Friday 7 May 2021

Andrew Nibley

Thursday 6 August 2020

Spotlight

Saturday 5 August 2023

Nick Moore - a true one-off

Tuesday 4 May 2021

Nick's parables

Monday 3 May 2021

Jim Hohman

Wednesday 15 December 2021

Manfred Pagel, Strategist

Monday 12 February 2024

Speedy and smart: back to the future

Wednesday 1 September 2021

Manfred Pagel was a mensch

Friday 2 February 2024

Julian Nundy

Wednesday 11 May 2022

The source

Monday 31 July 2023

Note to all: Follow his lead!

Saturday 8 May 2021

And now for the good news…

Friday 27 November 2020

Nick Moore - class act

Tuesday 4 May 2021

Communication in a Time of Plague

Sunday 20 September 2020

Has the penny finally dropped at Reuters?

Thursday 16 September 2021

Godfrey Hodgson

Friday 10 March 2023

Reuters Middle East boot camp

Sunday 21 March 2021

RIP

Davos then and now

Friday 25 January 2013

Reuters 'identity crisis'

Wednesday 22 August 2012

Value and values

Monday 10 March 2014

Waiting for the other shoe to drop

Thursday 3 October 2013

Change is hard to handle

Monday 5 December 2011

Mao, Elvis and Muhammed Ali - Reuters was there

NICHOLAS MOORE & SIDNEY WEILAND, Editors - Frontlines: snapshots of history - Pearson Education - 2001

Leaning back into the future

Friday 31 May 2013

Focus on news

Thursday 21 April 2011

Reuters man played piano for troops on D-Day ship

DAVID HALTON - Dispatches from the Front - McClelland & Stewart - 2014

Scenes from a marriage

Monday 17 December 2012

Trainees

Tuesday 1 January 2013

Jo Weir ends 25 years of fun at work

Wednesday 2 April 2014

Enthusiasm, determination and an element of luck

GILBERT SEDBON - From the Nile to the Seine: The lifelong story of a reporter in wars, revolutions and peacetime - LMB Lovemore Books - 2010

A delicate matter

Saturday 22 January 2011

Definitively not Reuters

Monday 30 July 2018

Fate and fortune: the state of Reuters

Monday 5 September 2016

Never be royals

Friday 27 December 2013

Are news agencies worth it?

Friday 16 July 2010

Vivid pictures and 'a rattling good story'

JOHN CHADWICK - Snapshots: A Reporter's Life - Athena Press - 2009

Living to tell the story

Monday 6 December 2010

Linked data and the future of the web

Friday 31 October 2014

Safeguarding Reuters

Wednesday 31 January 2018

Change for the better at Reuters

Thursday 26 July 2012

'Comandante' Fidel bows out

Tuesday 29 November 2016

Bridge of Spies: what it was really like

Tuesday 15 December 2015

Our need to be in the midst of danger

Wednesday 10 November 2010

Gauging Bloomberg's China 'Rethink'

Thursday 27 March 2014

Farewell

Wednesday 13 November 2013

News judgment and the pressure to pick up

Wednesday 25 September 2013

The Baron: rejuvenation

Wednesday 7 May 2014

A grand preparation for life

Thursday 25 January 2018

Journalism in the age of Trump

Friday 3 February 2017

Breaking News revisited

Monday 18 July 2016

Refinitiv out? Reuters back in?

Monday 5 August 2019

Breaking News remembered

Wednesday 3 August 2016

How Jim discovered treasure in Macau

Tuesday 26 January 2016

'Pursue the truth'

Wednesday 5 June 2019

Reuter Monitor: The big bet

Thursday 20 August 2015

On being 'hired hacks of the Western bourgeoisie'

JOHN MILLER - All Them Cornfields and Ballet in the Evening - Hodgson Press - 2010

Leaning back into the future

Wednesday 5 June 2013

David Fox and Andrew Marshall

Friday 13 May 2011

A future for news

Tuesday 14 December 2010

Ethics

Friday 21 June 2013

Changing journalism; changing Reuters

Friday 15 October 2010

Mohsin's royal scoop

Monday 21 December 2015

Ray Rumble

Saturday 25 January 2014

Reuters and AP

Monday 26 August 2019

A software rollercoaster

Wednesday 10 December 2014

The golden age of journalism

Monday 28 March 2011

Double agent in Warsaw

Tuesday 13 February 2018

Source to outsource

Saturday 30 August 2014

Trainees

Saturday 17 November 2012

Appointment from Mexico

Friday 6 December 2019

Reshaping the business of social change

Wednesday 10 April 2013

The Baron is ten years old

Saturday 16 June 2018

Suing for Silence: Thiel v. Gawker

Thursday 2 June 2016

Telling the story

Friday 2 December 2016

Squeezing the genie back into the bottle

Monday 21 September 2009

A Reuters moment in time

Friday 15 October 2010

Be careful what you tweet

Monday 15 August 2011

Big Bang

Tuesday 23 July 2013

Nick Carter

Tuesday 17 April 2012

The story I couldn't quite let go

Sunday 7 April 2019

Golden moments, and a certain breed

Thursday 12 January 2017

Douglas Hamilton

Monday 31 December 2012

Roland Dallas

Sunday 16 June 2013

China relations

Wednesday 27 March 2013

Sponsorship return on investment

Wednesday 10 February 2016

Marcus Ferrar

Tuesday 11 October 2016

Aubrey Higgs

Wednesday 3 November 2010

Tom Glocer and Goldman Sachs

Monday 3 May 2010

85 Fleet Street

Wednesday 16 June 2010

Farewell

Friday 8 November 2013

Journalists as friends

Sunday 26 May 2013

Douglas Hamilton

Sunday 30 December 2012

Future news network

Monday 15 March 2010

Ambush in Saigon: An update

Thursday 18 May 2017

Editorial appraisal objectives

Sunday 25 October 2009

Journalists as friends

Saturday 25 May 2013

Editorial appraisal objectives

Friday 23 October 2009

Edref

Wednesday 13 November 2013

Pensions communications survey

Wednesday 26 June 2013

Principles and power

Monday 21 October 2013

Ronald Farquhar

Thursday 21 April 2011

Fireman Doug, son of Tarzan

Friday 26 April 2019

Pensioners and former employees

Thursday 20 May 2010

Anthony Grey

Tuesday 1 March 2011

Accuracy and speed

Thursday 29 October 2009

Climate change

Tuesday 30 July 2013

Jack Hartzman

Wednesday 15 January 2014

David Nicholson

Monday 3 August 2009

Jack Hartzman

Friday 17 January 2014

Jean Espinassy

Thursday 12 May 2011

Reuters cuts

Friday 4 October 2013

Olympic Games

Friday 20 July 2012

Reuters in the US

Sunday 25 August 2019

Where are they now?

Friday 25 September 2009

News

Review of the year 2014

Monday 22 December 2014

More cost-cutting and organisational change marked the past year at Reuters and Thomson Reuters. Following are some highlights of developments reported on The Baron.

Job cuts: 'Difficult early steps' - CEO James Smith

Tuesday 29 October 2013

Thomson Reuters CEO James Smith announced a further 3,000 job cuts on Tuesday and told the group's 60,000 employees some of the early steps in its evolution into "a platform company" will be difficult.

CEO James Smith: TR stabilised, its credibility restored

Tuesday 1 October 2013

Thomson Reuters chief executive James Smith, pictured, said on Tuesday the business had been stabilised and credibility restored since he took over in January 2012 and the company is now ready to turn the page to the next chapter of its evolution.

Barry Moody is the new Editor of The Baron

Thursday 21 March 2024

Barry Moody has been named as the new Editor of the Baron, taking the helm after founder Barry May stepped back to deal with health problems.

Stephen Adler on Reuters' new editorial strategy

Tuesday 25 March 2014

Reuters editor-in-chief Stephen Adler (photo), reinforced editorial's new strategy of simultaneously reinforcing the agency's traditional core and expanding it "to include more forward-looking, insightful, exclusive and enterprising journalism".

Reuters unveils plans to face changed 'realities'

Tuesday 7 January 2014

Reuters editor-in-chief Stephen Adler, pictured, on Tuesday reiterated the agency's commitment to independent, unbiased, on-the-ground journalism, said Thomson Reuters is committed to the news operation, and unveiled plans "that respond to, and anticipate, changes brought about by new technologies, new user behaviors, new competitors, and new global business realities".

Reuters CEO suggests US is still a question mark

Wednesday 4 December 2013

Reuters will continue to see growth in the United States but whether it can break through into a heartland dominated by the Associated Press and Bloomberg will be a big ask, Reuters chief executive Andrew Rashbass said in an indication the agency's focus there may have gone too far.

What does a Chief Transformation Officer do?

Wednesday 20 November 2013

Thomson Reuters' new chief transformation officer introduced himself to the company's staff on Wednesday and tried to explain what his job entails.

Thomson Reuters staff need new thinking and behaviour - CEO

Wednesday 5 March 2014

Thomson Reuters chief executive James Smith (photo), has defined a new statement of purpose and set of values for the corporation that require new thinking and behaviour by employees to achieve a unified enterprise.

Focus on emerging markets in Reuters media shake-up

Wednesday 13 November 2013

Reuters is re-organising its media marketing and sales structure to place greater emphasis on emerging markets and new areas of growth in a "challenging and dynamic media environment". In place of the existing three regional sales teams there will be four. Some sales staff are leaving the company.

Thomson Reuters named 'best sell side data provider'

Wednesday 16 April 2014

Thomson Reuters said on Wednesday it has been recognised as Best Data Provider to the Sell Side at the Sell-Side Technology Awards 2014. The awards are designed to highlight leading technologies and third party providers to the sell side and are voted on by a panel of judges made up of senior sell-side professionals and Waters magazine staff.

Reuters climate change coverage 'worsened' - study

Thursday 27 February 2014

Reuters coverage of climate change issues has worsened in the past six months and continues to decline, according to a new analysis by US pressure group Media Matters for America.

Thomson Reuters adds tweets to Eikon for traders

Monday 3 February 2014

Thomson Reuters on Monday added news sentiment data, including analysis of Twitter feeds, to its flagship financial markets desktop Eikon. Traders can now identify trends and potential signals in huge amounts of unstructured data.

Inside story: Reuters and the Trump Effect

Friday 29 September 2017

Reuters has launched a new focus on covering US President Donald Trump - a dedicated section of the news file featuring text stories, video, photos, interactive graphics and data that identify and measure the impact of policies in the areas of energy and environment, health care, immigration and business and the economy.

Reuters will cut more jobs - editor-in-chief

Wednesday 19 November 2014

Reuters editor-in-chief Stephen Adler (photo) told staff of more imminent job cuts and said that, in "dizzyingly fast" changing market conditions, resources within the agency had to be shifted to areas where promising growth opportunities are seen.

Reuters editor-in-chief sets agenda for 2013

Thursday 24 January 2013

Following recent large-scale layoffs and tight cost controls, Reuters is committed to an ambitious agenda in 2013, president and editor-in-chief Stephen Adler said on Wednesday.

'Strong commitment' to news but 2013 will be tight - Stephen Adler

Thursday 18 October 2012

There is a strong commitment to news within Thomson Reuters but things are going to be tight in 2013 given the environment the group's financial clients are operating in, Reuters editor-in-chief Stephen Adler said on Thursday.

Layoffs at Thomson Reuters largely designated, staff told

Friday 15 February 2013

Layoffs at Thomson Reuters " 2,500 or four per cent of the 60,000 workforce this year " disclosed in a presentation to analysts on the latest financial results this week have largely already been designated, according to a discussion on the company's internal communications system.

In challenging media market, Reuters appoints new commercial chief

Tuesday 16 February 2016

Reuters appointed chief financial officer Claudia Palmer (photo) as chief commercial officer following a period in which she held the role on an interim basis after the resignation of chief executive Andrew Rashbass last April.

Reuters 2015 budget 'tight but sufficient' - editor-in-chief

Wednesday 17 December 2014

Reuters' budget for the coming year will be tight but sufficient to fund great journalism throughout the world and fuel new areas of growth, editor-in-chief Stephen Adler (photo) said.

News ethics light shines on paid Reuters article

Friday 25 January 2019

A report on Reuters' website raises questions about the ethics of paid stories that look and feel like journalism and on news providers' broader relationships with governments, Columbia Journalism Review said.

Reuters sets new objectives

Wednesday 13 February 2019

Reuters set new goals in a programme of objectives and key results being rolled out throughout Thomson Reuters.

Thomson family affirms importance of Reuters news - Stephen Adler

Saturday 25 February 2012

Thomson Reuters' business leaders and its majority shareholders " Canada's Thomson family headed by chairman David Thomson " have strongly affirmed that news is core to the products and services it provides and to the mission of the company, editor-in-chief Stephen Adler told editorial staff.

Reuters aims to become best in the world - Stephen Adler

Friday 16 September 2011

Reuters wants to raise its profile, increase the impact of its journalism and be as influential in the United States as it is in the rest of the world.

Reuters launches Insider - 'YouTube for traders'

Tuesday 11 May 2010

Thomson Reuters on Tuesday launched an online interactive financial video service, Reuters Insider - dubbed "YouTube for traders".

Thomson Reuters launches climate change news site

Thursday 25 September 2014

Thomson Reuters launched an online monitor to identify and analyse trends, topics and other information in global news coverage of climate change.

Reuters to move Americas desk, cut US editorial jobs

Thursday 10 October 2013

Reuters will move its Americas editing desk to New York from Washington, cut seven union-represented editorial staff in the United States by year-end, and offer enhanced voluntary buyout packages to all employees who have been with the organisation for at least 18 years.

'Essential' restructuring cuts 2,000 Thomson Reuters jobs, newsroom unaffected

Tuesday 1 November 2016

Thomson Reuters announced 2,000 job cuts worldwide in an "essential" restructuring and a fourth-quarter charge of $200 million to $250 million to "simplify and streamline" its business.

Thomson Reuters resilient in tough times - James Smith

Thursday 9 February 2012

Thomson Reuters' latest financial results " a steep quarterly loss following a $3 billion charge related to the falling value of its financial services division " once again demonstrated the resilience of the business in demanding times, chief executive James Smith said in a rallying call to staff on Thursday.

Thomson Reuters revenue up on legal and tax business

Tuesday 30 July 2013

Thomson Reuters posted a two per cent rise in second-quarter revenue on Tuesday on the strength of its legal and tax and accounting businesses, and reaffirmed its forecast for 2013.

Fool asks: Have we seen the worst at Thomson Reuters?

Tuesday 18 February 2014

Thomson Reuters shares are still not cheap but the attractive dividend yield, solid cash flow and ongoing share buybacks should support the stock price, the Motley Fool said in an analysis of last week's 2013 Q4 results.

James Smith aims for change plan by 1 January

Wednesday 5 October 2011

Thomson Reuters' new chief operating officer James Smith, pictured, has set out his strategy for a change plan to be in place by 1 January 2012.

Tom Glocer sees great things ahead for news

Tuesday 22 November 2011

Many people at Thomson Reuters are tired of organisational change and the rumour mill is hyperactive, CEO Tom Glocer said on Tuesday, but many of the group's businesses are growing strongly and he sees great things ahead for news as a core distinguishing asset for the whole company.

Thomson Reuters seeks new London base

Saturday 25 January 2014

Thomson Reuters is looking for a new London base and is in talks on two potential sites. It has instructed a property firm to find up to 700,000 square feet (65,000 square metres) of office space " one of the biggest requirements in the British capital since the downturn.

Changes make Thomson Reuters 'more unified internally' - James Smith

Monday 19 December 2011

Thomson Reuters' new chief executive James Smith, who takes over from Tom Glocer on 1 January, confirmed two top appointments on Monday and said that after a year of challenges and changes everyone would be relieved "to put this period of realignment behind us".

Thomson Reuters CEO James Smith charts a path to high growth

Wednesday 20 May 2015

Thomson Reuters has begun the third phase of an extensive plan to turn the business around and invest for high growth.

No going back on Reuters staff cuts, says editor-in-chief

Sunday 12 October 2014

Reuters editor-in-chief Stephen Adler (photo) has warned staff that job cuts over the past year will not be reversed and that editorial numbers world-wide will remain for the foreseeable future at around 2,500, 500 down on the level before the reductions began.

Kenneth Li joins successor to top technology site

Wednesday 18 December 2013

Kenneth Li, pictured, who left Reuters as an editor at large last week, is to be managing editor at a new technology website to be launched by two top writers from Dow Jones whose closely-watched technology columns appeared in The Wall Street Journal.

Reuters names executive editor for editorial strategy

Tuesday 25 July 2017

Reuters has promoted Asia regional editor Jean Yoon (photo) to a new strategic editorial role in New York.

Storm-hit TR services 'almost completely restored'

Wednesday 31 October 2012

Thomson Reuters said on Wednesday that customer outages caused by Hurricane Sandy have been relatively few, and services are now almost completely restored.

New desktop a 'fundamental shift' - Devin Wenig

Tuesday 14 September 2010

Eikon, Thomson Reuters' new flagship desktop launched on Tuesday, is a fundamental shift for the company and the industry, said markets chief Devin Wenig, pictured.

Disappearing headlines and other faults of flawed terminal

Monday 22 August 2011

Problems with Thomson Reuters' flawed new flagship desktop platform, part of a $1 billion technology upgrade, have been highlighted in an internal memo that acknowledges faults and goes some way to explaining why it has not been a runaway hit with financial professionals.

CNN fires ex-Reuters trainee for plagiarism

Friday 16 May 2014

CNN announced it fired a news editor in its London bureau - a former Reuters graduate trainee - for repeated plagiarism. Most of the plagiarised material came from Reuters.

How Thomson Reuters is creating a culture of innovation

Friday 3 October 2014

Innovation is now one of the hottest topics in Thomson Reuters says senior vice president Cary Burch (photo), who describes the innovation network as the most visited site on the company's intranet.

Reuters faces 'unprecedented identity crisis' - report

Wednesday 15 August 2012

The business founded by Paul Julius Reuter 161 years ago is facing an unprecedented identity crisis, with the relative value of breaking news diminishing, Reuters' financial customers retrenching and a string of operational mis-steps since the company was taken over five years ago by the Thomson group, The Independent said on Wednesday.

500-word edict cuts Reuters news file wordage

Tuesday 16 September 2014

Reuters' 500-word limit introduced four months ago for most stories in North and South America has reduced news file wordage by 16 per cent.

Climate change brouhaha a non-story - Paul Ingrassia

Tuesday 27 August 2013

Reuters managing editor Paul Ingrassia, pictured, has dismissed controversy over reduced coverage of climate change as the claims of a disgruntled former employee and a non-story.

Stephen Adler spells it out: stick to Reuters standards

Tuesday 18 October 2011

Five days after Reuters published an inflammatory report that alleged billionaire financier George Soros was behind the Occupy Wall Street protest movement, editor-in-chief Stephen Adler on Tuesday spelled out to staff the need to stick to the agency's editorial standards.

Reuters names global news editor

Thursday 16 July 2015

Reuters promoted a regional editor to be global news editor, a new position with a full-time focus on the global dimensions of stories it covers.

Guardian to Reuters: Sorry for editing mistake

Friday 12 October 2012

In a case reminiscent of the legendary Fleet Street newspaper reporter's trick of filing such stories as "I stood among the battle-scarred ruins of (pick up agencies)", The Guardian has apologised to Reuters for an editing mistake that raised an allegation of plagiarism.

New Bloomberg terminal raises questions at Thomson Reuters

Monday 27 February 2012

Thomson Reuters staff prepared for client questions following its main rival's launch of a new flagship market data service. David Craig, who heads the financial & risk business that includes Reuters news agency, circulated a list of customer talking points following the announcement.

Top editor hits back over 'reduced' climate coverage charge

Friday 18 July 2014

Managing editor Paul Ingrassia (photo) responded to critics who said he was responsible for reduced reporting by Reuters of climate change news.

Reuters, still without a CEO, loses second top executive

Wednesday 16 September 2015

Five months after the departure of Andrew Rashbass, Reuters remains without a chief executive and now another top executive is leaving.

Thomson Reuters turns to web for major product revamp

Wednesday 14 April 2010

Thomson Reuters is overhauling its markets division in the biggest technological change since the 2008 merger.

The new Reuters - ruled from New York

Thursday 6 June 2019

Editor-in-chief Stephen Adler added more detail to Reuters "newsroom of the future" initiative with a plan to increase centralisation and reduce regional autonomy.

New website trumpets firsts and exclusives

Wednesday 21 October 2009

Reuters has launched a new website to showcase news firsts and exclusives. Reuters Firsts promotes market-moving coverage where Reuters was first or alone with the story.

Chrystia Freeland 'hastened Reuters Next's demise'

Thursday 26 September 2013

Chrystia Freeland, who quit suddenly in July as Reuters' managing director and editor, consumer news, to launch a political career, was both the motivating force behind the agency's ambitious digital revamp and one of the primary reasons it was killed, according to current and former employees.

Majority stake in terminals and data business sold for $17 billion

Tuesday 30 January 2018

Thomson Reuters agreed to sell a controlling stake in its financial terminals and data business for $17 billion to US private equity group Blackstone.

Website revamp 'puts Reuters journalism at centre stage'

Wednesday 12 July 2017

Reuters unveiled a major overhaul of its story-level pages for Reuters.com including a new design that it said puts Reuters journalism at centre stage.

Editor-in-chief Stephen Adler 'could face axe' - report

Friday 20 September 2013

Reuters editor-in-chief and president Stephen Adler, pictured, could face the axe in new chief executive Andrew Rashbass's drive for profit, the New York Post said on Friday.

Bloomberg to open new front in war with Thomson Reuters

Wednesday 1 February 2012

Bloomberg is set to launch a new front in its war with Thomson Reuters by offering a free and open software interface that aims to bypass RICs, the lucrative code for identifying securities on terminals.

Refinitiv blocks Reuters stories on Tiananmen

Monday 3 June 2019

Under pressure from China's government, Refinitiv has removed from its Eikon terminal Reuters news stories related to the 30th anniversary of the bloody suppression of pro-democracy demonstrations in Beijing's Tiananmen Square.

Thomson Reuters begins search for successor to James Smith

Sunday 20 October 2019

Thomson Reuters is looking for a new chief executive to succeed James Smith (photo), the Financial Times reported.

Reuters to name its first female editor-in-chief

Monday 12 April 2021

Reuters is set to name one of its top editors, Alessandra Galloni (photo), as its next editor-in-chief. She will be the first woman to lead the agency in its 170-year history.

'Orphan asset' Reuters 'not for sale'

Friday 1 November 2019

Thomson Reuters has rebuffed takeover interest in Reuters, the Financial Times reported on Friday, betting instead on the agency's new president to turn it round.

Social media 'an amplification, a megaphone'

Wednesday 5 August 2009

Social media websites such as Facebook and Twitter have transformed the news industry forever, a paper from the Reuters Institute of Journalism says.

Bloomberg beats Thomson Reuters in revenue/headcount

Sunday 17 March 2013

Bloomberg outperforms Thomson Reuters by a wide margin in terms of revenue per employee, according to a US financial desktop product industry consultant.

Reuters rocks - US business magazine

Monday 3 August 2009

Reuters rocks, a US business magazine says. Long live Reuters and other news/press agencies that embrace the Internet and fair use.

New Thomson Reuters desktop aims at Bloomberg

Monday 13 September 2010

Thomson Reuters' next generation desktop product for financial professionals (pictured above) incorporates social media features it hopes will help win customers from Bloomberg and others.

Reuters hires Harold Evans as editor-at-large

Sunday 12 June 2011

Reuters has hired veteran journalist Sir Harold Evans, 82, as editor-at-large in its latest attempt to widen the agency's reach and journalistic aspirations.

Reuters still 'adroit and adaptable' - CEO Andrew Rashbass

Friday 12 September 2014

The inaugural meeting of the Reuter Society of America on Wednesday drew around 35-40 people and in the process signed up the first tranche of members.

Thomson Reuters Q2 profit falls, sees Q3 revenue growth

Thursday 29 July 2010

Thomson Reuters reported lower quarterly profit and revenue slightly below Wall Street expectations on Thursday but said sales trends pointed to a return to revenue growth this quarter.

Reuters boosts support for staff with mental health issues

Wednesday 17 May 2017

Reuters has appointed a veteran journalist experienced in working in hostile environments to help colleagues affected by mental health issues.

Thomson Reuters to launch video news service in June

Tuesday 3 February 2009

Thomson Reuters will launch a video news service in June for financial professionals who use its terminals, part of a $1 billion plan to appeal to a new generation of customers.

Staff given job search tips

Monday 26 May 2008

Thomson Reuters staff have been sent guides on how to apply for internal jobs, UK Press Gazette magazine reported.

Thomson Reuters aims to click with the Internet generation

Sunday 30 August 2009

Thomson Reuters is gearing up for what markets division chief Devin Wenig calls Reuters' first proper product launch - a new flagship platform for financial products for the Google, YouTube and Twitter generation.

Multi-media coverage was an Olympics win for Reuters

Tuesday 6 September 2016

Reuters rated its coverage of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro a landmark multi-media success and acknowledged there were lessons to be learned.

2,500 job cuts at Thomson Reuters this year

Wednesday 13 February 2013

Thomson Reuters is slashing 2,500 jobs, about four per cent of its 60,000 workforce, this year as it cuts costs and tries to turn around its largest division. Severance will cost $100 million this quarter.

Trust Principles 'alive and well and kicking'

Wednesday 15 October 2014

The Trust Principles are alive and well and kicking, the chairman of their guardians, Thomson Reuters Founders Share Company, said.

Top editor denies Reuters has abandoned accuracy for speed

Wednesday 28 October 2009

Is Reuters now too speedy for its own good? Has it abandoned the principle that it is better to be accurate than first with the news? Not so, despite recent examples where it republished stories by other news organisations that proved to be inaccurate, says Sean Maguire, a seasoned correspondent who now directs coverage of political and world affairs and ensures it meets Reuters' high quality standards.

Eikon upgrade rolls out in bid to win back market share

Wednesday 30 January 2013

In an attempt to win back lost market share, Thomson Reuters has begun rolling out a big upgrade to Eikon, the flagship data and trading platform that struggled at its 2010 launch.

Tom Glocer, proud of Reuters, says machines are taking over breaking news

Friday 15 May 2015

Professional journalists will remain important for the addition of context, analysis and insight but machines are taking over in breaking fast moving news, Tom Glocer (photo) says.

Foundation 'goes beyond the concept of giving grants'

Thursday 25 April 2013

The Thomson Reuters Foundation is unique, Thomson Reuters chief executive James Smith said on Wednesday on the 30th anniversary of the company's charitable arm.

Reuters drops top sports editor from Olympics team

Thursday 5 April 2012

Reuters has dropped its award-winning global sports editor from the team covering this year's Olympic Games. Thomson Reuters sources said that after a dispute over staffing Paul Radford, pictured, a veteran of 15 Olympics, would play no part in coverage of the London event.

Kurt Schork Memorial Fund to honour fixers

Thursday 27 October 2016

A new award to recognise news fixers - "the unsung heroes of modern journalism" - was launched at the annual Kurt Schork Awards in London.

Reuters beats all but NYT as world leaders' top source on Twitter

Wednesday 3 December 2014

Reuters is second only to The New York Times as world leaders' favourite news source on Twitter.

Refinitiv removes another Reuters story from screens in China

Friday 2 August 2019

Refinitiv has again bowed to Chinese pressure to remove a Reuters story from its Eikon terminals in China.

Search for Reuters CEO continues

Friday 12 February 2016

Thomson Reuters is still looking for a chief executive to run Reuters ten months after Andrew Rashbass quit the job.

Thomson Reuters launches new corporate branding campaign

Monday 24 January 2011

Thomson Reuters on Monday launched a new corporate branding campaign designed to further enhance the meaning, understanding and relevance of the Thomson Reuters brand to professional customers and leading decision makers.

Monday 19 July 2010

Three Reuters people past and present are among this year's MediaGuardian 100 - defined as the most powerful people in television, radio, newspapers, magazines, digital media, media business, advertising, marketing and PR.

Reuters editor-in-chief to step down

Wednesday 6 January 2021

Stephen Adler (photo), editor-in-chief of Reuters for the past ten years, will retire in three months' time.

FT, after spurning Bloomberg offer, rumoured talking to Thomson Reuters

Friday 10 February 2012

Thomson Reuters as owner of the Financial Times? It's no more than a rumour, but one discussed publicly and at length by a media commentator after lunch with a senior Thomson Reuters executive.

Covering Trump - the Reuters way

Wednesday 1 February 2017

Editor-in-chief Stephen Adler (photo) gave Reuters journalists a list of do's and don'ts on how to cover President Trump and told them to "keep the Thomson Reuters Trust Principles close at hand".

Reuters to provide news to Amazon for artificial intelligence applications

Friday 15 November 2019

Reuters is to provide access to news and data to Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers. AWS Data Exchange is a new service that enables AWS customers to use third-party data.

Bloomberg in major London editorial expansion

Monday 16 May 2022

Reuters rival Bloomberg is doubling down on its growing consumer subscriptions business in the UK in a bid to become the country's main destination for business and financial news.

Reuters repositioning news for 21st century

Tuesday 8 September 2009

Reuters is investing to reposition its news for the 21st century in an effort to anticipate the future needs of clients who include the Google/YouTube generation, says Chris Cramer, global multimedia editor.

Light shines on Thomson Reuters de-risking service

Monday 3 August 2015

A spotlight has been shone on a secretive Thomson Reuters service that helps businesses to identify people and entities deemed a reputational risk because of alleged links to financial crime and terrorist organisations.

Top Thomson Reuters executives set managers a new goal

Friday 25 January 2013

Thomson Reuters' executive committee headed by CEO James Smith has set a new job performance goal that will affect all of the group's 60,000 employees.

News is vital to Thomson Reuters - James Smith

Wednesday 29 April 2015

Chief executive James Smith (photo) renewed Thomson Reuters' commitment to continuing to provide high quality journalism for years to come.

Eikon sales improve, but still sluggish in the Americas

Friday 1 March 2013

Thomson Reuters' flagship desktop terminal Eikon, upgraded in January after disappointing sales since its launch in September 2010, has reached 50,000 installations ready for billing " but take-up in the Americas remains sluggish.

Reuters cans experimental e-mail and linkblog service

Monday 22 September 2014

Reuters has closed Counterparties, an e-mail and linkblog service for financial news and commentary that offered a curated look at the day's big business stories.

Reuters president steps down

Monday 13 September 2021

Reuters president Michael Friedenberg (photo) today announced his departure in December after exactly three years in the job.

Reuters names former magazine editor as Americas editor

Tuesday 6 September 2011

Reuters has appointed a former editor of Time, Life and People magazines to oversee the work of all of its journalists in North America and Latin America.

Thomson Reuters launches high-speed global network

Tuesday 20 April 2010

Thomson Reuters launched a global, high-speed network on Tuesday for financial firms to access real-time data as well as share information with each other directly.

Reuters Ukraine coverage drives record usage

Thursday 14 April 2022

Reuters extensive on the ground coverage from Ukraine has seen record-breaking use of its pictures and video content by publishers and TV stations around the world.

Thomson Reuters boosts its digital presence

Thursday 7 April 2011

Reuters has promoted its star journalist. Chrystia Freeland, global editor at large, has been named to the new position of editor, Thomson Reuters Digital, as the company puts more emphasis on Internet and mobile applications for its consumer news products.

Thomson Reuters closes upstate New York office

Friday 16 November 2018

Thomson Reuters is closing its office in Rochester, New York with the loss of about 425 jobs.

Thomson Reuters clients urge more transparency on product price list

Saturday 4 October 2014

Thomson Reuters will raise prices for dozens of data products and services by up to 10 per cent on 1 January 2015. Legacy products and services and contracts agreed at a discount to the current list price are among those affected.

Thomson Reuters joins fight against human trafficking

Wednesday 17 June 2015

Thomson Reuters is linking up with two anti-slavery organisations to turn the power of data analytics onto corrupt labour brokers and people traffickers.

The Fool asks: Is the Thomson Reuters turnaround story real?

Saturday 2 August 2014

Investors are starting to believe in the turnaround story at Thomson Reuters, investor website The Motley Fool said after this week's quarterly earnings report.

The Thomsons, Woodbridge and Reuters observed

Tuesday 4 December 2012

What can the Thomson family, majority owners of Thomson Reuters, do about Reuters? One view, aired on Forbes magazine's website, is this: "Stick it out and make cuts to get it profitable again".

Tom Glocer: We have a clear sense of mission

Thursday 7 April 2011

Three years after the merger, Tom Glocer says Thomson Reuters is achieving a better focus on where it plans to be.

Integrating Refinitiv: the LSE's challenge

Sunday 21 March 2021

Investors' worries about the Refinitiv takeover have increased over the scale of the London Stock Exchange's challenge to integrate the business, a Financial Times commentary said.

Police drop sources order

Tuesday 20 September 2011

Police dropped an attempt to force The Guardian to reveal confidential sources for stories related to Britain's phone-hacking scandal. Leading newspaper editors earlier roundly condemned the bid at a Thomson Reuters event at which the regulation of the press was debated.

Reuters cuts 25 jobs in Paris - report

Thursday 28 February 2019

Reuters is cutting 25 of its 84 editorial jobs in Paris in a voluntary severance plan, Le Monde reported, saying the plan has yet to be negotiated with unions.

Thomson Reuters close to naming new CEO - Reuters

Thursday 20 February 2020

Thomson Reuters is close to naming former Nielsen president Steve Hasker (photo) as its next chief executive, succeeding James Smith, Reuters reported.

Whistleblower says 16 big TR clients saw data early

Friday 6 September 2013

A whistleblower complaint has been filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission identifying 16 of the world's biggest banks and hedge funds as early recipients of key economic data supplied by Thomson Reuters, according to Rolling Stone magazine.

Thomson Reuters signs key Eikon deal with EU banks

Friday 8 March 2013

Thomson Reuters has scored a key win for its Eikon sales campaign " the company's flagship desktop terminal will roll out to the European Central Bank and 18 participating national central banks across Europe.

Reuters launches video app for people too busy to watch traditional TV news

Wednesday 4 February 2015

Reuters rolled out what it billed as the world's first mobile TV news service designed for "on-the-go, globally-minded consumers who don't watch traditional TV news".

Tiffany Wu appointed Reuters Americas editor

Wednesday 8 November 2017

Reuters promoted Tiffany Wu (photo) to be editor, Americas. She takes up the job immediately in succession to Kevin Krolicki who is moving to Singapore as Asia editor.

Two senior editors to depart Reuters

Tuesday 15 March 2022

Two members of Reuters editorial leadership team are leaving for new opportunities, editor-in-chief Alessandra Galloni announced.

Thomson Reuters opens new HQ in Toronto

Wednesday 10 May 2023

Thomson Reuters has moved into new headquarters in Toronto (photo) which it says will serve as a major product innovation hub for the company.

Myanmar police searched Reuters reporter's home 'for news'

Wednesday 7 March 2018

Police searched the home of Reuters reporter Wa Lone looking for material "related to news" the night after he and colleague Kyaw Soe Oo were arrested, an officer told a court.

Speed over accuracy: ex-correspondents raise concerns

Monday 26 October 2009

Former correspondents criticised Reuters' reporting standards, raising doubts about the primacy of speed over accuracy in an increasingly competitive market.

Brouhaha in the blogosphere over spiked story

Friday 8 January 2010

Editorial staff have questioned editor-in-chief David Schlesinger, pictured, over a story that was spiked after a hedge fund manager complained to a top Thomson Reuters executive.

Rebuked Reuters.com editor leaves for second time

Friday 13 December 2013

Kenneth Li, pictured, global editor of Reuters.com until he received a sharp management rebuke earlier this year, leaves the organisation today, the latest in a long line of Reuters people to go in its current round of five per cent headcount reduction. Many have been offered buyouts.

Devin Wenig sees more media sector mergers

Friday 19 February 2010

Thomson Reuters is still integrating following the April 2008 acquisition and while merger activity has fallen off smaller deals will continue, Devin Wenig, pictured, said at a media conference on Friday.

Thomson Reuters 'one of best firms for work-life balance'

Wednesday 22 July 2015

Thomson Reuters is one of the 25 best companies for work-life balance, according to a US rating.

Obituary: Thomas Ingham

Sunday 20 June 2010

Thomas Ingham, who has died of cancer in Thailand, was an information technology linch-pin during a period of exponential growth at Reuters.

Foundation launches new focus on context

Thursday 29 September 2022

The Thomson Reuters Foundation has closed its news website and launched a replacement that concentrates on climate change, the impact of technology on society and the need for more inclusive economies.

Banks blacklist ex-Reuters journalist jailed by China

Saturday 5 November 2016

Peter Humphrey (photo), former Reuters journalist turned private investigator who was jailed in China after GlaxoSmithKline's bribery scandal, has been blacklisted by banks on his return to the UK.

Reuters media chief outlines vision for future news network

Thursday 11 March 2010

Reuters has given a sneak preview of its vision for a future news network that aims to draw on the experience of online social networks.

Another PIP departure makes it 17 gone in US

Thursday 25 October 2012

Another veteran journalist has left Reuters, the 17th in the United States to depart after being targeted by performance improvement plans.

Thomson Reuters to review contracts, including data used to track immigrants

Saturday 30 April 2022

Thomson Reuters is to align with UN principles on business and human rights and conduct an independent, company-wide human rights impact assessment of its products and services, including contracts with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Reuters is The Source - ad

Monday 27 September 2021

Reuters is launching a new global multi-media advertising campaign that pitches the agency as "The Source".

Act legally and ethically, Thomson Reuters staff told

Friday 22 March 2013

Thomson Reuters employees have been reminded always to act legally and ethically in line with the company's Trust Principles and Code of Business Conduct and Ethics.

Reuters reduces carbon market coverage, journalists leave

Friday 7 November 2014

Reuters has discontinued its reports on the European Union carbon market and journalists who reported on the market have parted ways with the company.

One year behind bars: thumbs up for jailed reporters

Wednesday 12 December 2018

Journalists in Reuters bureaus around the world gave the thumbs up sign on Wednesday as they remembered their two colleagues held in Myanmar on this day 12 months ago.

Britain 'secretly funded Reuters' in 1960s and 1970s

Monday 13 January 2020

The British government secretly funded Reuters in the 1960s and 1970s at the behest of an anti-Soviet propaganda unit linked to British intelligence and concealed the funding by using the BBC to make the payments, declassified government documents show.

Reuters offers enhanced buyouts for New York-based journalists

Sunday 19 May 2019

Reuters is offering journalists in New York enhanced severance packages in a new buy-out scheme based around its "Newsroom of the Future" initiative.

Asset manager looks to cut Bloomberg fees with cheaper terminals

Sunday 11 February 2024

Looking to slash costs, UK asset manager Abrdn is exploring cheaper alternatives to Bloomberg terminals, widely used in the investment industry, according to the Financial Times. As part of a drive to cut about £150 million, Abrdn was considering scaling back its Bloomberg terminal subscriptions and trialling an alternative from FactSet, the paper quoted two insiders as saying.

Reuters to include news by US 'upstart'

Monday 15 December 2008

Reuters is to incorporate US government and political news from an "upstart news source" into its newswire in a revenue-sharing deal to offer combined coverage to American newspapers and broadcasters.

Obituary: Susan Zeidler

Thursday 28 September 2017

Former Reuters journalist Susan Zeidler (photo) died on Tuesday in Los Angeles after a long battle with cancer. She was 58.

Reuters wins big on the big stories - Flight 17 and Gaza

Monday 28 July 2014

Reuters coverage of the airliner shot down over Ukraine and fighting in Gaza won plaudits from clients that made editors proud.

Reuters tops accuracy and impartiality scores - study

Monday 1 July 2019

Reuters has the highest "accuracy score" of all publications in a recent study and tracks almost dead centre on a "bias score", showing neither left- nor right-wing bias.

Online news: the Millennials take over

Wednesday 25 November 2015

At a seminar on online news organised in Oxford on 23 November by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, the participants were the Huffington Post, Buzzfeed and Facebook.

Reuters aims at 'nimbler' newsroom

Wednesday 15 February 2023

Reuters is changing its newsroom operations team with a "single goal" defined as "to better serve our journalists, our newsroom, and our journalism".

Reuter Society launches appeal for benevolent fund

Monday 24 June 2013

The Reuter Society on Monday launched an appeal for donations to help provide a lifeline for members who need emergency support.

TR Q4 earnings down 68%, more revenue pain expected this year

Wednesday 24 February 2010

Thomson Reuters reported profit for the last quarter of 2009 down 68 per cent and signalled that financial customer losses would continue to hurt revenue in 2010.

Thomson Reuters: good news, bad news

Friday 20 January 2023

Thomson Reuters has begun the new year "in a position of strength and confidence" but merit money will be about the same as last year - 1-3% and well below inflation.

Fired editor praises colleagues and Trust Principles

Wednesday 25 September 2013

Michael Stott, until recently Reuters' editor for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, signed off on Tuesday with praise for colleagues, "two personal Reuters greats" and "those visionaries in 1941 who set down the timeless Trust Principles".

Russian tie-up with Reuters sparks hostile comment

Tuesday 2 June 2020

Russia's largest news agency TASS has become a partner on Reuters "award-winning digital content marketplace", provoking a storm of hostile comment on social media.

Hong Kong raider to target Refinitiv as a 'terminal acquisition' - report

Sunday 15 September 2019

Hong Kong's stock exchange will turn its fire on Refinitiv in an attempt to bear-hug the London Stock Exchange and win investor support for its hostile £32 billion takeover, The Sunday Times reported.

David Schlesinger: What I want from the Pentagon

Wednesday 21 April 2010

David Schlesinger on Wednesday demanded justice for journalists killed covering war and called for acknowledgment, transparency and accountability from the Pentagon.

Blackstone CEO sees 'all kinds of efficiencies' in financial data business

Tuesday 6 March 2018

Blackstone believes - and the Thomson family agrees - it can do a better job integrating Thomson Reuters' financial and risk division with "all kinds of efficiencies" when the private equity giant takes control of the business later this year.

News honcho champions 'link economy'

Tuesday 4 August 2009

Thomson Reuters' head news honcho has emerged as a champion of the link economy - welcoming the linkage of online news reports by bloggers and other third parties.

Obituary: Helen Alexander

Monday 7 August 2017

Dame Helen Alexander (photo), who died on Saturday aged 60, was chairman of Thomson Reuters Founders Share Company which acts as guardian of the Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Thomson Reuters suspends early release of key data

Monday 8 July 2013

Thomson Reuters on Sunday bowed to a New York attorney general request to suspend its early release of key market-moving data to an elite group of high-frequency traders who pay extra for the privilege.

Thomson Reuters 'working as strategic partner on BusinessWeek bid'

Friday 7 August 2009

Thomson Reuters is working as a strategic partner with a bidder for McGraw-Hill's ailing US magazine BusinessWeek, which has already attracted a bid from Bloomberg, the digital content website PaidContent said.

UK pensioners tell Thomson Reuters they feel they are 'a costly irrelevance'

Thursday 3 June 2010

Retired UK staff feel they are marginalised and are regarded by Thomson Reuters as a costly irrelevance, pensioners have told chief executive Tom Glocer.

Union accuses Thomson Reuters of illegal pay cuts and Twitter curbs

Friday 5 February 2010

A union filed a complaint against Thomson Reuters alleging it is illegally imposing pay cuts and restricting what employees can write on their Twitter accounts.

Reuters switches North American sports photo coverage

Sunday 25 August 2013

Reuters news pictures is changing the way it covers sports in North America. Starting mid-September, it will rely on a live feed of all sports photographs provided by USA Today Sports Images.

Jack Hartzman laid to rest among the great

Tuesday 14 January 2014

Karl Marx is there, writers Douglas Adams and George Eliot, actor Ralph Richardson, poet Christina Rossetti, Pre-Raphaelite model and muse Elizabeth Siddal and scores of others who achieved fame in their lifetimes. Now they have another: Jack Hartzman, legendary Horseman of Reuters' World Desk.

Obituary: Robert Eksuzyan

Saturday 24 September 2011

Robert Eksuzyan, pictured, who died in his homeland of Abkhazia on Saturday at the age of 81, served Reuters for more than 40 years as a translator and indefatigable fixer in Moscow bureau, from the Soviet period of Brezhnev, through Gorbachev's Perestroika, the chaos of Yeltsin's years to Putin's Russia of today. Over that period he became the bureau's historical memory.

Obituary: Harold Evans

Thursday 24 September 2020

Sir Harold Evans, who died in New York on Wednesday aged 92, was already a giant of journalism when he became Reuters editor-at-large in 2011.

Alexa, where do you get your news? Reuters

Thursday 19 September 2019

Reuters has struck a deal with Amazon for the voice service Alexa to use its news stories to answer questions.

Peter Humphrey apologises to Chinese government

Tuesday 27 August 2013

Corporate fraud sleuth Peter Humphrey, a former Reuters journalist, sat handcuffed and wearing an orange vest over a t-shirt and shorts as he confessed in Shanghai that he sometimes used illegal means to obtain personal information, Chinese state media reported on Tuesday.

Four Reuters.com staff depart on redundancy terms

Wednesday 23 October 2013

At least four people have decided to leave Reuters following the closure of its next-generation website Reuters Next, killed off last month as part of a cost-cutting programme.

Thomson Reuters changes its forex Rule Book to promote closer surveillance

Monday 30 June 2014

Thomson Reuters revised its Rule Book, a code of conduct for foreign exchange trading standards, aimed at preventing potential violations of market conduct rules.

Discordant notes on the economic crisis

Wednesday 17 December 2008

Reuters has been indulging in navel-gazing over the global economic crisis to try to discover whether the media has been doing its job in reporting the story.

Reuters offers multimedia news free to digital publishers

Tuesday 9 June 2015

Reuters for the first time will offer a subset of its text, pictures, video and multimedia news free to digital publishers for redistribution.

Reuters raps three editors over FBI visit

Monday 13 May 2013

Reuters has reprimanded three editors for failing to tell their superiors that the home of a colleague had been raided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Talking Biz News said on Monday it had confirmed the reprimands from multiple sources.

Three rival data firms vying to replace Thomson Reuters equities trading tool

Friday 21 November 2014

Three rival data firms are in the running to replace a European equities trading product that Thomson Reuters shut down this month after accuracy issues emerged.

Foundation rebuts LGBT+ reporting allegation

Monday 21 August 2023

The Thomson Reuters Foundation on Monday rebutted a published allegation that its CEO intervened to prevent an editor seeing an LGBT+ group on which it reports, thus calling impartiality into question.

Reuters boosts use of AI in financial news

Wednesday 31 August 2022

Thomson Reuters has acquired a small real time financial news service powered by artificial intelligence and will integrate it into Reuters News.

Obituary: Khaled al-Ramahi

Monday 2 December 2019

Khaled al-Ramahi (photo), a Reuters television veteran who won the respect and love of colleagues across the Middle East, died suddenly in Jordan on Friday.

Thomson Reuters rumoured bidder for FT

Wednesday 14 November 2012

A joint venture between Thomson Reuters and Pearson has emerged as a possible outcome to talks on the sale of the Financial Times.

CNN drops AP, resumes using Reuters

Monday 21 June 2010

CNN dropped The Associated Press on Monday and said it would use more of its own resources to cover breaking news and features, supplemented by Reuters.

Blackstone's F&R acquisition to miss closure target

Friday 4 May 2018

Blackstone will likely miss its 1 July target for completing its $20 billion acquisition of a majority stake in Thomson Reuters' terminals and data business.

Reuters links with Adobe to extend use of its photo and video libraries

Thursday 3 November 2016

Reuters video and photography are to be made available to customers of a new editorial service offered by digital media company Adobe.

$28 million traded on Thomson Reuters' early data release

Friday 7 June 2013

Faster than the blink of an eye, big market players traded stocks worth millions of dollars when Thomson Reuters accidentally leaked a key economic indicator ahead of the scheduled time.

Thomson Reuters names new CTO

Monday 21 July 2008

Thomson Reuters named James Powell as its chief technology officer. He replaces Michael Wilens who is leaving to head asset management at Fidelity Investments. At Thomson Reuters Wilens was executive vice president for strategy, technology and innovation.

Change to Google mobile searches 'will hit Reuters'

Tuesday 23 January 2018

Reuters is one of the slowest news publishers for mobile searches and will be affected when Google changes the way it ranks page speeds, according to US media and marketing industry website Digiday.

Obituary: Gilbert Sedbon

Sunday 26 June 2011

Gilbert Sedbon, pictured, who is believed to have been Reuters' longest-ever serving reporter, died in Paris on Saturday after a short illness. He was 94.

Reuters extends search for new president, names stopgap

Thursday 9 December 2021

Reuters is still looking for a successor to president Michael Friedenberg and has appointed another senior executive to take on his duties while the search continues.

Obituary: John Rettie

Wednesday 14 January 2009

John Rettie, the Reuters correspondent who broke the news of Nikita Khrushchev's world-shaking secret speech denouncing Josef Stalin in 1956, has died at the age of 82.

Obituary: Bob Taylor

Wednesday 14 June 2017

Bob (Robert) Taylor was an extraordinary man who during his 77 years was prodigiously generous to his family, to his friends, and to his work.

Obituary: Doris Frankel

Wednesday 19 January 2022

Doris Frankel (photo), who died this month in Chicago at age 75, left a strong impression on everyone she met, from colleagues to sources.

Reuters website hacked in Syrian cyberwar attack

Saturday 4 August 2012

In the latest cyberattack to strike a news organisation covering Syria's civil war, a Reuters website was hacked on Friday and used to disseminate fake stories about the country's rebel movement.

Reuters UK website gets 'gorgeous' new look

Friday 23 April 2010

Reuters' UK website has a gorgeous new look, in the words of editor-in-chief David Schlesinger. It follows the design of reuters.com which was re-launched in a new livery of red, white, black and blue in December.

Obituary: Victor Antonie

Thursday 11 March 2021

Victor Antonie (photo), whose career spanned the three big Reuters regions, died suddenly on 4 March, aged 59, in Johannesburg where he was chief producer for news and editorial in Africa for Reuters TV and Pictures.

CPJ urges Iraq to probe threats against Reuters bureau chief

Tuesday 14 April 2015

The Committee to Protect Journalists called on Iraqi authorities to investigate death threats against Reuters' bureau chief in Baghdad and ensure that journalists are able to work in Iraq without fear of reprisal. Ned Parker was forced to flee Iraq following death threats.

CPJ calls for Thai government action on slain TV cameraman

Thursday 29 July 2010

Lethal recklessness by security forces and protesters during political unrest in Bangkok led to the death of a Reuters cameraman shot whilst covering the violence, an investigation by the Committee to Protect Journalists has found.

In the news: the art of expenses

Thursday 9 April 2009

Former correspondent John Morrison has been interviewed on radio about journalists' expenses following the humiliation of a British government minister over a claim for two pornographic films watched by her husband while she was away.

Thomson Reuters bylines reporter who never was

Sunday 28 April 2013

Michelle Boatley is back. Her byline, absent for a few years from Thomson Reuters publication Australasian Legal Business, recently re-appeared. Don't try to contact her. She doesn't exist.

China frees Peter Humphrey from jail 'on health grounds'

Tuesday 9 June 2015

Peter Humphrey (photo), former Reuters correspondent held in China for two years, has been freed from prison and is in a Shanghai hospital having tests relating to cancer.

Thomson Reuters to buy back up to 10 million shares

Tuesday 25 August 2015

Thomson Reuters said it intends to purchase up to 10 million of its common shares through private agreements with four armʹs length third party sellers.

Blackstone starts marketing big F&R buyout loan

Monday 25 June 2018

Private equity giant Blackstone has begun marketing debt financing equivalent to $8 billion in euros to large institutional investors backing its $20 billion acquisition of a 55 per cent stake in Thomson Reuters' terminals and data business, Reuters reported.

Thomson Reuters puts health unit back on the block

Tuesday 20 March 2012

Thomson Reuters has resumed an auction of its healthcare business, suspended in December due to tough market conditions. Reuters quoted sources familiar with the situation for its report and said Thomson Reuters declined to comment.

Editors choose finalists for 2015 Kurt Schork awards

Wednesday 1 July 2015

Finalists in the 2015 Kurt Schork Memorial Fund awards in international journalism have been selected from a dozen countries.

Thomson Reuters to bid to run new LIBOR

Wednesday 12 December 2012

Thomson Reuters, which has been responsible for the administration of LIBOR for many years, wants to run a toughened new system after being assured by UK regulators that it is not being investigated over attempts to rig global interest rates, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.

London Stock Exchange shareholders back $27 billion Refinitiv deal

Tuesday 26 November 2019

London Stock Exchange shareholders waved through its $27 billion takeover of Refinitiv in an overwhelming vote on Tuesday.

Obituary: Diane Stormont

Thursday 15 March 2012

Diane Stormont, who worked for Reuters in Asia from 1986 to 1997, died in Queen Mary Hospital in Hong Kong on 14 March, succumbing to cancer.

Pope urges press freedom, cites case of jailed Reuters reporters

Wednesday 20 June 2018

Pope Francis (photo) appealed for greater press freedom around the world, citing the case of two Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar on accusations of possessing secret documents.

Thomson Reuters unveils second $1 billion shares buyback

Wednesday 6 May 2015

Thomson Reuters said it plans to repurchase up to an additional $1 billion of its shares by the end of next year.

ICE used Thomson Reuters database to pursue immigration violations

Saturday 27 February 2021

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers tapped a Thomson Reuters database containing hundreds of millions of utility records while pursuing immigration violations, according to public documents uncovered by university researchers and shared with The Washington Post.

Obituary: Nicholas Moore

Monday 3 May 2021

Frontline correspondent and editor, Nick Moore (photo) had a vivid, wide-ranging career at Reuters that took him from the terrors of Idi Amin's Uganda, watching the Red Army encamped up the Khyber Pass to the smoke-filled rooms and conspiracies of OPEC oil chiefs.

Pensioners seek UK government help to restore cost of living increases

Wednesday 14 February 2024

Reuters pensioners are lobbying the British government over missed cost of living boosts to pensions. They need increases of almost 48% to make up for their pensions' loss in value over the last 20 years.

Thais call for new probe into Reuters TV cameraman's death

Saturday 17 September 2011

Thai authorities are seeking a new investigation into the death of Reuters cameraman Hiro Muramoto, pictured, and 12 other civilians killed during political unrest last year. Troops may have had a hand in the shootings, they said.

Irish mortgage lender may sue Reuters

Monday 8 September 2008

Irish Nationwide Building Society is considering legal action against Reuters over an inaccurate report that the home loan firm was holding talks with its lenders to avoid insolvency.

Promises to confidential sources sacrosanct, says Reuters, but stick to expenses policy

Wednesday 24 February 2016

Reuters reminded its senior journalists and editorial managers about rules for identifying sources in expenses claims.

Thomson Reuters Twitter account hacked

Monday 29 July 2013

Thomson Reuters suspended its Twitter account on Monday after it became the latest victim of the Syrian Electronic Army. The hacking group tweeted links to political cartoons supporting Syrian president Bashar Assad.

UK ministries row over debt linked to Nazanin's release

Tuesday 28 May 2019

Two UK government departments are in disagreement over millions owed to Iran which, if paid, could help the release of Thomson Reuters Foundation manager Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe (photo), The Guardian reported.

Obituary: Gerald Ratzin

Sunday 13 January 2013

Gerald Ratzin, who as a correspondent scored what he remembered as a bittersweet scoop on the death of a United Nations secretary-general in Africa half a century ago, died at home in London on Sunday after a long illness. He was 79.

Refinitiv doubts complicate LSE CEO's pay hike

Sunday 25 April 2021

The London Stock Exchange is scrambling to bolster support for its chief executive's pay rise as it prepares for a revolt at a shareholder meeting this week over problems with his $27 billion takeover of Refinitiv.

LSE offers no concessions to avert deeper EU probe of Refinitiv deal

Monday 15 June 2020

The London Stock Exchange will not offer concessions to EU antitrust regulators reviewing its bid for Refinitiv, Reuters reported two people familiar with the matter saying.

'Don't drag out case against Reuters reporters' - embassy

Wednesday 14 March 2018

Myanmar was urged on Wednesday not to drag out legal proceedings against two Reuters journalists, as they appeared in court for the tenth time since their arrest three months ago on charges of possessing secret government papers.

Thomson Reuters shares top five leading publishers

Thursday 16 September 2010

Thomson Reuters tops a list of the five leading companies in the publishing industry as measured by their shares' relative performance, the website SmarTrend said on Thursday.

Thai investigators say army did not kill Reuters TV's Hiro Muramoto

Sunday 27 February 2011

Thailand's Department of Special Investigation has concluded that Reuters cameraman Hiro Muramoto, pictured covering political protests in Bangkok last year, was not killed by security forces.

Reuters bureau chief leaves Iraq after threats

Sunday 12 April 2015

Reuters Baghdad bureau chief Ned Parker has left Iraq after being threatened on Facebook and denounced by a Shi'ite paramilitary group's satellite news channel in reaction to a report last week that detailed lynching and looting in the city of Tikrit.

Thomson Reuters wins India trade mark - seven years after asking

Monday 29 September 2014

Thomson Reuters has been formally granted the right to use the name Thomson Reuters as a trade mark in India six years after the merger that formed the company and nearly seven years after filing its application.

Thomson Reuters to buy back shares in private deals

Friday 23 September 2016

Thomson Reuters said it would buy up to 6.5 million of its shares in private deals.

Obituary: Claude Salhani

Wednesday 24 August 2022

Claude Salhani (photo), an Arab-American photo-journalist who has died at home in Paris aged 70 after a prolonged illness, was inside a news media building in Beirut in 1981 when an Israeli heavy artillery shell struck. He escaped with a sprained ankle.

China TV violated UK law in airing ex-Reuters man's forced confession - Ofcom

Monday 6 July 2020

Broadcast regulator Ofcom said China's state television is responsible for serious violations of UK broadcasting rules by airing the forced confession of former Reuters correspondent Peter Humphrey (photo).

Reuters shares in £2.5 million insider dealing case

Thursday 22 April 2010

Reuters shares traded in the run-up to the 2008 takeover by Thomson were among those involved in a £2.5 million insider dealing investigation, Britain's largest, a London court heard on Thursday.

Thomson Reuters mulls sale of stake in Reuters HQ

Tuesday 6 October 2020

Thomson Reuters is considering selling its 50 per cent stake in the New York skyscraper that serves as Reuters News headquarters, Bloomberg reported.

Nazanin faces fresh trial on Monday

Wednesday 28 October 2020

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe (photo) has been told she will stand trial in Iran on fresh charges next Monday.

Obituary: Penny Watson

Tuesday 11 May 2021

Penny Watson (photo), formerly a bi-lingual secretary at Reuters for ten years, died aged 71 on 15 April after a short illness.

Reuters journalist expelled by Algeria

Sunday 31 March 2019

Algerian authorities expelled Reuters journalist Tarek Amara on Sunday after he was arrested for covering a protest against president Abdelaziz Bouteflika.

Obituary: Peter 'Cal' Ebert

Thursday 26 March 2015

Peter "Cal" Ebert, for 25 years a stalwart of four Reuters editing desks around the world, has died suddenly in Thailand at the age of 74.

Obituary: Irina Demchenko

Wednesday 3 May 2023

Irina Demchenko (photo), former head of Reuters Russian language service in Moscow, died on 1 May in London aged 66.

Obituary: Adrienne Farrell Jackson

Wednesday 28 January 2015

Adrienne Farrell Jackson, who played a key role in two Reuters reporting triumphs of the mid-20th century - the conquest of Everest and the escape of the Dalai Lama - died in London on Tuesday. She was 94.

David Nicholson's memory honoured in wine

Sunday 9 August 2009

The toast to a great man, great editor and great friend was raised at a reception after a thanksgiving service for the life of Nicholson, former Night Editor on the World Desk, London, who died on 2 August aged 68.

Funeral of Patrick Massey

Monday 6 April 2009

Strains of "The Mountains of Mourne", the 19th century song which was a favourite of the late Patrick Massey, rang out at his funeral on Monday.