Reuters postpones website paywall
Reuters News postponed the launch of its website paywall following a dispute with financial data provider Refinitiv over whether the move would breach a news supply agreement between the two companies, reports Kenneth Li of Reuters. Li reports, “Reuters, a unit of Thomson Reuters Corp, had been planning to start charging for news on Reuters.com from June […]
London Stock Exchange says Reuters paywall violates deal terms
A rift between the London Stock Exchange Group and Reuters has opened up over the media company’s plans for a new paywall, which the exchange claims is in breach of a 30-year agreement in the sale of its news to data provider Refinitiv, reports Lucy McNulty of MarketWatch.com. McNulty reports, “The letter requests ‘a prompt meeting […]
Reuters, Facebook debut journalism course
Reuters has launched the Reuters Digital Journalism Course, produced in collaboration with the Facebook Journalism Project. The course aims to provide free online training for journalists to improve their digital newsgathering, verification and publishing skills. It will also provide knowledge on digital news reporting for new and seasoned journalists using learning materials and hands-on tutorials […]
FT hires Franklin as U.S. banking editor
The Financial Times has hired Joshua Franklin as its U.S. banking editor. He started this week. He previously was at Reuters covering mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings and corporate finance since May 2019. He previously covered private equity and IPOs. He was also in the Reuters bureau in Zurich, where he covered Swiss investment banks as well as […]
Reuters seeks an auto correspondent in Germany
Reuters is looking for an experienced journalist to help lead ambitious coverage of the German automotive sector at the world’s largest multimedia news provider. This posting comes at a time when a shift from combustion engines to electric and autonomous cars intensifies competition between established automakers and newer players such as Tesla or Apple. The […]
Reuters parent reports earnings that beats estimates
Thomson Reuters exceeded first quarter revenue and operating profit forecasts on Tuesday, helped by gains in its three main divisions and a rebounding economy, as the global news and information company predicted full-year sales growth at the high end of earlier estimates, reported Nick Zieminski and Kenneth Li of Reuters. Zieminski and Li report, “Thomson Reuters, which owns Reuters […]
Reuters Legal hires Jackson to cover M&A
Reuters Legal has hired reporter Sierra Jackson to cover mergers and acquisitions. She has spent the past year at Law360 as a general assignment reporter. Jackson covered daily news stories and occasional features about M&A, private equity, venture capital, asset management, real estate, initial public offerings and other capital market and finance happenings. Before Law360, she worked […]
Reuters reporter Franklin is departing
Reuters reporter Joshua Franklin is leaving the news organization after seven and a half years. His last day is Friday. “Stay tuned for news soon on my next move,” he wrote on Twitter. Franklin has been covering mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings and corporate finance for Reuters since May 2019. He previously covered private equity and […]
Reuters creates new roles for sustainable finance coverage
Reuters editor in chief Alessandra Galloni sent out the following announcement on Thursday: Colleagues, Sustainable Business has exploded as a major growth area for companies, investors and markets. Funds that focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues – from carbon emissions to worker conditions to boardroom diversity have seen huge inflows. Last year, we created two […]
Reuters reporter Whitesides set to retire
Longtime Reuters journalist John L. Whitesides is retiring. He will leave the news service at the end of the month. Whitesides joined Reuters in Hong Kong in 1990 on the Asia desk after 10 years in newspapers at the Omaha World-Herald and Hartford Courant. He also worked briefly for a newspaper in Hong Kong. He later […]
