Reuters to offer free content to online publishers

Reuters announced Tuesday that it will offer a portion of its multimedia news content for free to digital publishers through its publisher platform, Reuters Media Express.

This move marks the first time in its more than 160-year history that Reuters has offered its content free-of-charge to publishers at this scale.

Digital publishers can now download and use a limited set of free, ready-to-publish Reuters news items per month – including text, pictures, video and multimedia packages.

Produced by Reuters more than 2,500 staff journalists worldwide, available content covers world news, finance, business, sports, health, entertainment politics, and much more. The move will also allow users to search and view content without registration, only requiring a log-in to download content from the Media Express site.

“We are committed to innovating so that even more digital publishers and bloggers can take advantage of Reuters high-quality, relevant multimedia content to engage their audiences,” said Steven Schwartz, global managing director, in a statement. “As the industry transforms we are willing to disrupt traditional approaches to gain insights and help news publishing flourish, while also growing our reach and our business.”