Company type | Independent business |
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Industry | News agency |
Founded | October 1851 |
Founder | Paul Julius Reuter |
Headquarters | City of London, London, England, United Kingdom |
Area served | Worldwide |
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Number of employees | 2500 |
Parent | Thomson Reuters |
Website | reuters.com |
Reuters (/ˈrɔɪtərz/ (listen) ROY-terz) is a British news agency owned by Thomson Reuters Corporation.[1][2] It employs around 2,500 journalists and 600 photojournalists in about 200 locations worldwide.[3][4] Reuters is one of the largest news agencies in the world.[5][6]
The agency was established in London in 1851 by the German-born Paul Reuter. It was bought by the Thomson Corporation of Canada in 2008.[6]