Reuters confirmed it has received a preliminary takeover approach from an unnamed suitor after shares jumped as much as 30 percent on the London Stock Exchange early this morning on…

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The season of website and service upgrades in UK: -- Sky says it will do a massive overhaul of its digital offer. The new portal, possibly launching this summer, will…

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Reuters plans to start its own social network this year – aimed at fund managers, traders and analysts, not teens, The Guardian reported. CEO Tom Glocer: “It won’t have the…

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This was the “grubby”, hands-on session after all that aspirational, world-changing stuff. It’s is a big panel (maybe too big - six people?!) including Rafat, Dave Sifry of Technorati and…

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Conferences without tables. Pah. Reuters CEO Tom Glocer opened the second day of WeMedia explaining why Reuters is “constitutionally made up to live in an online world” because of its…

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At the OPA Global Forum, Tom Glocer, CEO of Reuters, is giving the opening keynote. He is giving a paean to MySpace, specifically how smart News Corp’s acquisition of MySpace…

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An analysis of Reuters’ efforts to develop a direct media brand, (from a UK perspective) an effort we’ve been documenting here in much detail. As usual, the expert opinion on…

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Lots of cross-movement of digital media exectuives these days, again, indicative of the activity in the market: Reuters.co.uk has appointed Tim Faircliff, from Telegraph.co.uk, as its new GM for UK…

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A good overview story of Reuters’ consumer efforts in UK, through Reuters.co.uk, mobile and iTV offerings...The drive aims to expand consumer revenues and audiences by 50 per cent this year.…

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Reuters has launched a mobile news service offering global news stories to mobile users in the UK and the US, as the news service aims expand its mobile audience. The…

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Reuters recurring revenue from subscription products - which represents 93% of the Reuters’ core revenue - was £609 million for Q3 2003, a fall of 10.9% compared to a year…

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(subscription required): Reuters Group has spent the past few years telling investors and everyone who would listen that it has evolved into a data provider, but a new corporate-branding campaign…

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Pity this story is not available online: if you happen to be in UK, then pick up a copy of Esquire (UK edition). This is a good story on how…

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Wonder when this will start as trend for media companies? Well, it already has: Reuters is planning to move much of the core of its operation to India in an…

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Bloomberg, Reuters Face Challenge From New-Tech Upstarts: Reuters Group and Bloomberg may be heading the same way as the now-defunct telex machine, as upstart rivals are developing extremely low-cost systems…

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Reuters to Buy Multex: Reuters, which has just announced a major restructuring, has also announced an agreement to buy the rest of Multex.com, a U.S.-based financial information provider, that it…

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Reuters Signs Up to New 3G Service: Reuters will provide news and financial text alerts to users of Hutchison’s new third generation mobile phone company, 3. With 3G phones, UK…

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Reuters’ Results Hit by Online Cancellations: Reuters has blamed a drop in its media revenues on the cancellation of online services. Online clients cancelled services such as news and information…

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