Reuters Group

This article is about Reuters Group prior to its 2008 acquisition by The Thomson Corporation. For the resulting company, see Thomson Reuters. For the Reuters news agency which was owned by Reuters Group and continues as a division of Thomson Reuters, see Reuters.

Reuters Group plc
Company typePublic limited company
IndustryMass media
FoundedOctober 1851
Defunct17 April 2008 (2008-04-17)
FateAcquired by the Thomson Corporation
SuccessorThomson Reuters
HeadquartersLondon, United Kingdom
DivisionsReuters

Reuters Group plc was a British multinational media and financial information company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It was acquired by the Thomson Corporation in 2008, forming Thomson Reuters, and moved its head office to Toronto.

Reuters Group was best known for the Reuters news agency, which was the original business of the company. By the time of its acquisition by Thomson, the bulk of Reuters Group's revenues came from the provision of financial market data, with news reporting comprising less than 10% of its turnover.[1]

  1. ^ "Reuters – About Reuters – Investor Relations". Market Update & News Provided by Reuters.com. Archived from the original on 3 February 2003.