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Thomson Reuters Completes Acquisition of Breaki...
Thomson Reuters Completes Acquisition of Breaki....
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n\n\n\n Deal positions the newly combined team as the global leader in\n financial commentary\n\n\nNEW YORK/LONDON (December 1, 2009) -Thomson Reuters today confirms\nthat it has completed its acquisition of Breakingviews, a leading\nprovider of agenda-setting financial insight, positioning the newly\ncombined commentary organization as the global leader in\npoint-of-view journalism servicing the financial markets.\n\nReuters Breakingviews provides concise, relevant and sophisticated\ncommentary on all major economic and business news, including key\ndevelopments in monetary and fiscal policy, mergers and acquisitions,\ncapital markets, and commodities and energy. Reuters Breakingviews\ncomments on those developments that are critical to, and have the\npotential to move, financial markets.\n\nThe output of the combined team of Reuters original commentary team\nand the Breakingviews commentary team will be known as Reuters\nBreakingviews making a clear distinction between the organization's\nnews service and commentary offerings. The Reuters Breakingviews\nattribution will designate the commentary and opinion of the\nnamed authors, while Reuters will designate the expert sourced news\nand analysis that has moved markets and provided insight for more\nthan 150 years.\n\n\"A fundamental plank of our Editorial strategy for making Reuters the\nindispensable news service for the 21st century is to expand our\ntraditional fact-based news coverage to also offer agenda-setting\npoint-of-view journalism. I am confident we will build upon\nreputation and expertise from both Reuters and Breakingviews and\nleverage the expertise of the combined organization,\" said David\nSchlesinger, editor in chief, Reuters.\n\nReuters Breakingviews currently has about 30 columnists based in\nLondon, New York, Hong Kong, Paris, Washington, Moscow and Madrid,\nwith immediate plans for expanded coverage in the Gulf, Japan,\nGermany and India.\n\nThe newly combined service is available on all Thomson Reuters\ndesktops with selected commentaries to appear on Reuters.com.\nReuters Breakingviews also reaches a broader audience of nearly 4.5\nmillion investors and opinion formers via daily columns in many of\nthe world's most influential newspapers, including The New York\nTimes, Le Monde, The Daily Telegraph and the International Herald\nTribune.\n\nHugo Dix...