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Reuters175 | 2013: Thomson Reuters launched a personalized news app for iOS. Users could customize feeds from 5,000 hyper-niche news streams. The app ranked number one in iTunes and reached 1 million downloads by 2014. #Reuters175
Reuters175 | 2012: The Reuters Institute launched its first Digital News Report with YouGov, tracking how digital media was transforming news consumption across multiple countries. It's now one of the world's most established studies of digital news trends. #Reuters175
Reuters175 | 2011: Reuters photographer Paul Hackett and roughly 35 other foreign correspondents were detained at Tripoli’s Rixos Hotel during the Libyan uprising. After five days, Red Cross officials told the group to leave. #Reuters175
Reuters175 | 2010: Thomson Reuters launched Eikon, a single destination for global information and market access, and Elektron, an open high-speed trading infrastructure. These were the first products launched following the Thomson-Reuters merger. #Reuters175
Reuters175 | 2009: Thomson Reuters acquired Breakingviews, merging independent financial commentary with global news. Co-founder Hugo Dixon called it combining "our views and their news" into a winning cocktail for financial markets coverage. #Reuters175
We're delighted to announce a new partnership with Sky News, bringing more than 150,000 archival clips from over 35 years of award-winning journalism to Reuters Connect.
Learn more here: hubs.ly/Q04Cj2J00
Reuters175 | 2008: On April 17, Thomson completed its acquisition of Reuters, creating Thomson Reuters. The combined company had 50,000 employees in 93 countries, guided by the Reuters Trust Principles. Shares began trading on NYSE, TSX and LSE. #Reuters175
Reuters175 | 2007: Photographer Namir Noor-Eldeen and driver Saeed Chmagh were killed by U.S. military Apache helicopter fire in Baghdad. The full circumstances remained obscured until WikiLeaks released classified footage on April 5, 2010. #Reuters175
Reuters175 | 2006: Reuters covered the World Cup in Germany using Paneikon, a breakthrough photo editing system that reduced delivery time by up to five minutes. On July 9, Italy's captain Fabio Cannavaro's photo reached customers four minutes after the final. #Reuters175
Catch up on Reuters president Paul Bascobert’s interview with The Rebooting Show to discuss how AI is impacting news production. Topics discussed include the shift from distribution to production as the main disruption and whether this could be a golden age of journalism.
Listen to the full episode here: therebooting.com/podcast/s/t…
Reuters175 | 2005: Reuters acquired Action Images, Britain's largest independent sports photo agency founded in 1983. The acquisition expanded Reuters into the commercial market and extended the Action Images brand beyond Britain. #Reuters175
We are proud to announce that Reuters photographer Phil Noble has been named Photographer of the Year by the London Press Club.
Read the story behind Phil's iconic photograph of the former prince Andrew here: hubs.ly/Q04C6Pz40
Reuters175 | 2004: On 29 October, Reuters photographer Ammar Awad captured the final photograph of Yasser Arafat. Days later, Arafat was flown to France for treatment. He died less than two weeks later at age 75. The image has been used by media worldwide ever since. #Reuters175
Reuters175 | 2003: Reuters photographers captured the fall of Saddam Hussein's 20-foot statue in Baghdad's Firdos Square. The image was widely published across global media. #Reuters175
Reuters175 | 2002: For nearly a century, founder Reuter's gravestone carried a misspelling: "Juluis" instead of "Julius." In 2002, Reuters corrected the record by placing a tablet beside the memorial. #Reuters175
Reuters175 | 2001: Six Reuters staff, Anil Bharvaney, Alex Braginsky, Geoff Campbell, Doug Gurian, Chris Hanley and Steve Tompsett, died in the September 11 attacks. Reuters covered the unfolding tragedy from newsrooms across Washington and New York. #Reuters175
Reuters175 | 2000: An eyewitness photographed the Air France Concorde seconds before it crashed in Gonesse, France. Reuters secured the exclusive image, an early predecessor to user-generated content. #Reuters175
Reuters175 | 1999: Reuters and Dow Jones launched Factiva, combining 7,000+ international business news and information sources in 20 languages. The 50/50 venture brought nearly one million subscribers access to fast, accurate global business intelligence. #Reuters175
Reuters175 | 1998: At the World Cup, Reuters revolutionized sports photography with wireless technology. Photographers sent digital images from laptops to Paris, cutting time from 20+ minutes to 7-8. 50 million saw Reuters pictures in their daily papers. #Reuters175
