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Reuters (via StreetInsider/U.S. News syndication)

global center, Canadian-owned wire service

Owned byThomson Reuters Corporation, majority-controlled by the Woodbridge Company Limited, the private holding company of the Thomson family of Canada, which holds approximately 70% of outstanding shares
FundingSubscription-based; Thomson Reuters earns roughly 82% of its approximately $7.5 billion annual revenue from recurring subscriptions, primarily in legal, tax, and financial data services. The Reuters news wire earns revenue by licensing its content to media outlets, financial institutions, broadcasters, and other subscribers worldwide.
On the administrationmostly neutral

Background

Reuters was founded in London in 1851 by Paul Julius Reuter, a German-born entrepreneur who used telegraph cables — and briefly carrier pigeons — to transmit stock prices between London and Paris. It grew into one of the world's foremost international wire services, notably scooping rivals with early European reports of Abraham Lincoln's assassination in 1865. Reuters pioneered international radio transmission of news in 1923 and computerized financial data delivery in the 1960s. For much of the 20th century it operated under a trust structure designed to prevent single-owner control and preserve editorial independence. In 2008, the Thomson Corporation of Canada acquired Reuters Group to form Thomson Reuters Corporation, ending that trust arrangement; the Thomson family's Woodbridge Company now controls roughly 70% of shares. Thomson Reuters has since evolved primarily into a legal, tax, and financial-information software company, with the Reuters news wire now a smaller segment of its overall business. The wire employs about 2,500 journalists and 600 photojournalists in roughly 200 locations worldwide and is consistently rated as center and highly factual by independent organizations including Media Bias/Fact Check, AllSides, and Ad Fontes Media.

Sources

  1. Reuters - Bias and Credibility - Media Bias/Fact Check
  2. Reuters Media Bias | AllSides
  3. Reuters Bias and Reliability | Ad Fontes Media
  4. Reuters - Wikipedia
  5. Thomson Reuters | History & Facts | Britannica
  6. Thomson Reuters Reports Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2025 Results
  7. Reuters – The White House (administration's own media bias page)
  8. Who Owns Reuters? | Quantumrun
  9. Trump administration's 'media bias' list raises alarm, CPJ says

Profile compiled 2026-07-13; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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