Reuters CEO leaves; Adler reassures the troops
Reuters CEO Andrew Rashbass has resigned to become executive chairman of Euromoney. Reuters editor in chief Steve Adler sent out the following message Thursday morning to the editorial staff: Colleagues: As you have seen in the note from Jim Smith, Andrew Rashbass will be leaving the organization at the end of the month to take […]
Reuters losing West Coast tech editor to Bloomberg, reporter to Business Insider
Dina Contini, the West Coast bureau chief for Reuters, sent out the following announcement Tuesday evening: I regret to announce that Edwin Chan and Alexei Oreskovic are leaving Reuters. Edwin will be joining Bloomberg as Asia technology editor in Hong Kong. A Reuters veteran, he came on board as an editorial assistant in 1997 in […]
Reuters hires online producer/social media deputy
Cassandra Garrison, social media and live news editor for Reuters.com, sent out the following announcement on Wednesday: We are thrilled to welcome Jamillah Knowles, our newest online producer/social media deputy, who is based in London. She brings to Reuters a diverse background across many journalism platforms and has a rooted history as one of the […]
Reuters seeks Japan bureau chief
Reuters is looking for a dynamic bureau chief for Japan, to take the file and the team to the next level with fast, differentiated spot news, more exclusives and stronger thematic enterprise coverage. The bureau chief will sit at the heart of one of Asia’s biggest news bureaus, overseeing some 100 journalists working in both […]
Reuters reporter Finkle resigns
Jim Finkle, a correspondent in the Boston bureau of Reuters, has resigned. In an email to the staff, Finkle writes: I resigned yesterday to take a job running communications for a cybersecurity company. I turned 50 in September, after spending more than 30 years in journalism, and decided in the subsequent months that this would […]
Lawsuit alleges lapses in company that controls Thomson Reuters
A lawsuit aimed at a member of Canada’s Thomson family alleges serious governance lapses involving the company through which the country’s richest family controls media giant Thomson Reuters Corp. Alistair MacDonald of The Wall Street Journal writes, “In his suit, which is still pending, Mr. Lawson also accuses members of the Thomson family of an […]
Asia company news editor leaving Reuters
Jean Yoon, regional editor for Asia at Reuters, sent out the following announcement on Thursday: Dear colleagues, I regret to announce that after a stellar 19 years with the company, Emily Kaiser is leaving us to pursue her own endeavours. Miyoung Kim will stand in as acting EIC in the interim, and I will be […]
Reuters seeks deputy company news editor in London
Reuters is looking for an experienced and imaginative journalist to join the news editing team as deputy company news editor. The successful candidate will have a strong history of breaking news and coming up with memorable story ideas that push our reporting forward and make a difference for clients.The company news file is huge, spread […]
Reuters seeks ag commodities columnist
Reuters is looking to appoint an agriculture analyst/columnist to join its highly respected team of analysts and columnists covering all aspects of the global commodity markets. This is a high-profile position on a small team that has a very big impact. Other columnists cover the energy and industrial metals markets as well as commodities in […]
Bloomberg widens lead over Reuters
Bloomberg LP has widened its market share lead over Reuters for market data and analysis, according to Burton-Taylor International Consulting LLC, an industry research monitor. Lauren Thomas of TheStreet.com writes, “Bloomberg and Thomson Reuters remained the market share leaders, but the gap between the two widened even as global spending for financial market data and news in 2014 jumped 4.1%, to $26.49 […]
