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Is quitting Reuters hurting CNN?
On the one hand, they’re putting money into aggressive expansion of the newsgathering base (good strategic move), on the other – people are starting to notice their exposure. Take this from Follow The Media: It was 1100 CET (0500EST) and having heard on the radio of bombings in Algiers FTM switched on CNN International to…
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Should CEOs be bloggers or bosses?
Reuters CEO Tom Glocer thinks it is no longer either/or. He writes on blogging, Facebooking etc: …it could be argued, I suppose, that imagination and experimentation should be left to more junior or younger staff, and the chief executive should only perform “serious” duties like strategy formulation and ordering people around. I think this is…
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CNN drops Reuters TV
Every time an agency contract comes up for review at a news organization, there will always be someone saying: “Couldn’t we just do without [insert name of agency here]?” Generally, it is what’s known as a negotiating tactic. This time it’s Tony Maddox of CNN International, and the agency is Reuters, and apparently he means…
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Thomson buys Reuters
Thomson buys Reuters. And whilst we all expect decency to prevail, I can’t help thinking that the first line of the Reuters Trust is this: that Reuters shall at no time pass into the hands of any one interest, group or faction Thoughts anyone?