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Reuters video journalist Issam Abdallah (photo), killed in southern Lebanon by missiles fired from the direction of Israel, had a reputation among his peers as careful and cautious in difficult environments.

Reuters plans to put many articles behind a paywall

Friday 3 July 2020

Reuters will put many of its articles behind a subscription paywall and redesign its homepage to highlight digital advertising.

Obituary: Roger Jeal

Wednesday 1 September 2021

Roger Jeal (photo), who died on Wednesday aged 72, was a Reuters journalist who put a natural talent for teaching to beneficial use on editing desks and later with the Reuters Foundation and a university.

Nazanin freed temporarily from Iranian prison

Tuesday 17 March 2020

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe (photo), the Thomson Reuters Foundation project manager jailed in Iran, has been temporarily released and is required to wear an ankle brace and not move more than 300 metres from her parents' home in Tehran.

Obituary: David Skinner

Sunday 14 August 2022

David Skinner, whose commodities expertise took him to senior editorial positions in London, Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong and Sydney and whose wit, dry humour and kindness earned him friends everywhere, died on 31 July after a fall at his home south of Sydney. He was 81.

LSE expects final approval for Refinitiv takeover

Thursday 10 December 2020

The London Stock Exchange said it expects the green light from outstanding regulatory scrutiny of its $27 billion takeover of Refinitiv.

Obituary: Bernard Edinger

Saturday 25 June 2022

Bernard Edinger (photo), who died on Saturday in Paris aged 80, was what you might call the tribal Reuters correspondent.

Thomson Reuters launches new iPhone, iPod Touch and Blackberry apps

Saturday 11 April 2009

Thomson Reuters launched new applications for the iPhone, iPod Touch and Blackberry mobile devices and plans to charge for its content on smartphones.

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.

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.

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.

Reuters deals aim at 'best-in-class' content

Sunday 24 November 2013

Reuters has struck deals with The New York Times and global political polling and market researcher Ipsos aimed at delivering best-in-class content on two big stories in 2014 " the winter Olympics and US elections respectively.

Sir Peter Job under fire over executive pay at Shell

Sunday 24 May 2009

Sir Peter Job, former Reuters CEO, is under fire for his handling of a controversial executive pay decision he made as a non-executive director at oil group Royal Dutch Shell.

Reuters releases new-look apps for iPad, iPhone

Wednesday 20 March 2013

Reuters launched new versions of its applications for Apple's iPad and iPhone on Wednesday and offered a sneak preview of its re-designed Reuters.com website due to be rolled out this spring.

The origin of Reuters dot-matrix logo, by Michael Nelson

Saturday 6 February 2010

Reuters old dot-matrix logo, one of the world's most recognised brands for over 40 years, was not based on the ticker tape of newswires, as some believed, but rather on the holes in teleprinter tape.

Obituary: Arthur Spiegelman

Saturday 20 December 2008

Arthur Spiegelman, global entertainment editor, died on Saturday at his home in Los Angeles aged 68. After a Reuters career of 42 years, he went on permanent medical leave only a few weeks ago and his health declined rapidly on Wednesday. He had suffered from cancer for several years.

Reuters TV, now free, seeks more viewers

Friday 13 November 2015

Two months after abandoning its pay model, Reuters TV is going for scale with its personalised video app.

Thomson Reuters Foundation launches pro bono legal service

Tuesday 22 June 2010

The Thomson Reuters Foundation on Tuesday launched what CEO Tom Glocer called "an ambitious and transformative global service" for lawyers to promote pro bono legal work around the world.

iKick for reporter who got too close to Apple supplier in China

Thursday 18 February 2010

Guards at a high-tech complex in China scuffled with a Reuters journalist taking photos at the factory gates. He escaped with threats and a kick to the leg to write about the encounter - and the obsession with secrecy of Apple, US producer of computers, iPods and iPhones.

Reuters adds conservative writer to its opinion roster

Thursday 30 August 2012

Reuters has added to its roster of columnists with the appointment of a conservative writer and policy analyst. Reihan Salam, pictured, a lead blogger and contributing editor for conservative magazine National Review, will write a weekly column for Reuters Opinion.

Thomson Reuters launches staff supervision software

Friday 25 October 2013

Thomson Reuters has launched a web-based solution for streamlining employee supervision and code of conduct management.

'Organisational turmoil' hits Thomson Reuters brand value

Wednesday 12 June 2013

The value of the Thomson Reuters brand slipped from a peak of $9.5 billion in 2011 to $8.4 billion last year, the brand consultancy Interbrand said on Wednesday.

Tom Glocer's radical ideas about newspapers

Tuesday 7 April 2009

Tom Glocer has weighed in on the crisis in US newspapers with some trenchant ideas - The New York Times could get by with 60 journalists instead of 10 times that number, he says.

Coders: Thomson Reuters offers $20,000 for Eikon filter

Tuesday 15 July 2014

Thomson Reuters is offering $20,000 for help to improve Eikon, its flagship desktop data terminal.

Mark Wood's digital Future shock

Thursday 27 October 2011

Mark Wood, pictured, former Reuters editor-in-chief, was appointed chief executive of Future Publishing, a UK-based international special-interest media group, on Thursday after its CEO and finance chief resigned suddenly.

Tom Glocer, blogging again, defends lawyers

Tuesday 18 May 2010

Tom Glocer, criticised for publicly supporting a major Thomson Reuters client under investigation by US authorities for alleged fraud, returned to his blog on Tuesday to argue in defence of lawyers.

Obituary: Christian Wiessner

Tuesday 12 January 2010

Christian Wiessner, a stalwart of the commodities and energy file in New York, died on Tuesday of cardiac arrest a day after being admitted to hospital with pneumonia. He had just celebrated his 46th birthday.

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".

Reuters to unveil new TV product in November, release to subscribers in January

Saturday 11 October 2014

Reuters is working towards a November launch for advertisers and media and a January release to consumers for its latest subscription-only television product. Editorial teams are being prepared for production of Reuters TV.

Reuters TV reaches one million monthly viewers

Wednesday 11 January 2017

Reuters' TV video streaming service now has one million monthly users, but only a fraction of them still pay $2 for the service.

TV app aims to make Reuters 'greatest, most objective' as well as largest

Friday 6 February 2015

Reuters' new TV app for Apple's iPhone launched this week is part of a strategy to make it "the greatest, the most objective" in addition to being the largest news the organisation in the business, the product's executive editor said.

Reuters TV app, website to close, merge with reuters.com

Wednesday 4 December 2019

Reuters is closing its four-year-old Reuters TV app and website and folding them into its text and pictures offerings online.

Reuters unveils TV app for news junkies

Tuesday 11 November 2014

Reuters launched its new TV product - a $1.99-a-month smart video app aimed at young professionals hooked on news - at a glitzy party at its New York headquarters on Monday.

Reuters' new TV service for mobiles aims at tech-savvy professionals who don't watch TV

Friday 3 October 2014

Reuters' new digital television news service will target educated professionals aged between 27 and 47 who use Apple mobile devices. They are tech savvy but also the least interested in news.

More change at Reuters as some senior editors leave, others move

Friday 12 July 2019

Some senior editors are leaving Reuters, some of them today, and others are moving in further fallout from the Refinitiv transaction. Those affected are veterans with decades of Reuters service.

Reuters restructures: sales jobs go

Thursday 17 November 2016

Reuters reorganised its sales operation and made some executives redundant in another restructuring aimed at coping with a rapidly changing media market in which people turn increasingly to digital platforms and social media for news.

Exciting times ahead for Reuters, says Stephen Adler

Tuesday 20 September 2011

Reuters is trusted to be fast, accurate and fair but still has a way to go to be the dominant news organisation worldwide, editor-in-chief Stephen Adler, pictured, told former staff members. Those at the top of Thomson Reuters want to own the world's best news organisation and they want to invest in it, he said at a special meeting of The Reuter Society on Monday.

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.

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.

Obituary: Patrick Massey

Tuesday 17 March 2009

Patrick Massey, one of the most seasoned correspondents of his era, died in hospital on Tuesday, two days after his 81st birthday.

Microsoft staff demand end to US Border Patrol contract

Wednesday 20 June 2018

Microsoft employees have called on the company to stop working with US immigration enforcers because of the Trump administration's policy of separating migrant children from their parents at the Mexican border.

Refinitiv said to be exploring sale of financial media unit

Friday 26 October 2018

Refinitiv, the Thomson Reuters terminals and data business now controlled by private equity investors, is exploring the sale of its International Financing Review media division, according to Bloomberg.

China arrests ex-Reuters investigator and wife

Wednesday 21 August 2013

Shanghai police have formally arrested former Reuters correspondent Peter Humphrey, pictured, and his wife Yu Yingzeng, corporate investigators based in China, on suspicion of breaking Chinese laws related to purchasing personal information.

Thomson Reuters 'one of world's most admired companies'

Saturday 20 February 2016

Thomson Reuters is one of the world's most admired companies, receiving high marks for people management, social responsibility and global competitiveness but lower scores for long-term investment value and use of corporate assets, according to Fortune magazine.

Obituary: Jonathan Gould

Friday 4 November 2016

Jonathan Gould (photo), a Reuters correspondent in Frankfurt, died on Sunday after a complicated heart operation. He would have been 54 on 6 November.

Obituary: James Forrester

Monday 25 January 2016

Jim Forrester (photo), formerly Reuters overnight editor known affectionately as the Prince of Darkness, died at home in Edinburgh on Sunday aged 89.

Obituary: Gaby Sommer

Thursday 11 October 2018

Former Reuters photographer Gaby Sommer (photo), who in the 1980s was a trailblazer for female photo journalists in what was a tough male-dominated profession, died on Wednesday of cancer. She was 58.

Obituary: Peter Jackson

Friday 16 December 2016

Peter Jackson (photo) achieved distinction in two careers - as a Reuters correspondent and as a leading wildlife conservationist.

Obituary: John Hopper

Tuesday 13 November 2018

John Hopper (photo), who died from cancer in London on 9 November aged 84, began a 40-year career with Reuters as a telegraphist in the days before video-editing and computers.

Reuters instructs staff concerned about travel under Trump ban

Monday 30 January 2017

Reuters issued instructions to its journalists and other staff on what to do about changes to US border controls and practices ordered by President Donald Trump.

Pension increase in 2009 'uncertain'

Thursday 25 September 2008

Prospects for an increase in Reuters UK pensions next year to keep pace with sharply rising prices are still very uncertain, the Pension Review Group said.

Obituary: Diana Drayton

Sunday 29 November 2015

Diana Drayton (photo), who has died, was for the whole of her 40 years with Reuters at the centre of its direction and saw at first hand its growth from a news agency serving mainly media to a global information organisation indispensable to financial markets.

Nazanin ends Iran hunger strike after 15 days

Saturday 29 June 2019

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the Thomson Reuters Foundation project manager jailed in Tehran for alleged spying, has ended her hunger strike after 15 days.

Nazanin taken to prison clinic after panic attacks

Wednesday 29 August 2018

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe (photo) has been taken to a prison clinic in Tehran after passing out, her husband said.

Obituary: Gordon Martin

Friday 29 July 2016

Former Reuters journalist Gordon Martin (photo) died from a heart attack at his home in Geneva on Wednesday. He was 88.

Obituary: Allan Barker

Monday 9 January 2017

The Sarge is dead. Allan Barker (photo), a 35-year veteran Reuters journalist who retired in 1995, died in hospital on Monday after a short illness. He was 83.

Obituary: Daniel Sullivan

Wednesday 12 November 2008

Daniel Sullivan, former assistant communications supervisor and one of Reuters' last uniformed messengers, died on 6 November 2008 aged 93.

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