OLD Media Moves

Reuters removes Tass content from service

Reuters will remove all the content of the Russian state news agency TASS from its business-to-business service Reuters Connect, reports Camille Gijs of Politico.

Gisj reports, “The well-known news wire service said that ‘making TASS content available on Reuters Connect is not aligned with the Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.’

“The move follows growing criticism of how the war in Ukraine was portrayed by the Kremlin-backed news organization. Earlier this week, accounts from multiple Reuters journalists raised alarms over the company’s partnership with the Russian state-controlled media organization, which dates back to 2020. Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, this partnership and TASS’ ties with the Russian government prompted more scrutiny from Reuters employees.

“‘Reuters newsroom operates independently of any Reuters Connect marketplace agreements,’ the note sent by CFO Matthew Keen further reads.”

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.

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