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Thomson Reuters CEO Tom Glocer is Out, COO Jim Smith to Replace Him; What’s Next?

02 Dec

Yesterday, TRI reported in a press release, Thomson Reuters Announces New Organizational Structure and Leadership, the Company’s latest shake up in its executive suites: On December 31, 2011, Thomas H. Glocer, chief executive officer of Thomson Reuters and Reuters Group…

 

TR/Westlaw China Gobbles Up iSinolaw

22 Nov

Sadly, I must report about the latest so-called merger of online publishers. I just received a letter from Stephan Yao, CEO or Thomas Reuters Legal, China and Gordon Wong, Business Director of iSinolaw. According to this letter, the two companies…

 

Pollak Stepping Down as President and CEO of ALM

18 Nov

When the licensing and content co-generation agreements between ALM and Lexis were announced, many folks began speculating that Lexis would acquire ALM eventually. Will the recent announcement that Bill Pollak is stepping down as ALM’s President and CEO early next…

 

Massacre in the Executive Suite of Thomson Reuters Markets: Is TRI’s Cash Cow, TR Legal, Next?

13 Sep

Devin Wenig, a 17 year veteran at Reuters and CEO of TR’s Markets Divison, was given the boot in July 2011 just ahead of the release of TRI’s 2Q 2011 financial report. It came with a “wish you the best”…

 

What’s Next for Carol Bartz?

10 Sep

As a quick follow-up to Mark Giangrande’s Yahoo Fires CEO Bartz, What Next For The Company?, how about what’s next for Carol Bartz? Considering all the drama, perhaps a Reality TV show called “How I Spent My $10 Million Severance…

 
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Yahoo Fires CEO Bartz, What Next For The Company?

07 Sep

The news came in late yesterday that the Yahoo Board of Directors fired CEO Carol Bartz even though she had about a year to go on her contract. There are various angles to the story. One is the way Bartz…

 
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"Trusted Legal Resources:" A Recognized Brand Will Not Retain Its Strength by Continued Dilution of Editorial Quality

18 Aug

At MIT last year, my favorite global publishing CEO, Tom Glocer, explained to MIT students that a “strong brand” is a signal for quality content (video below). Hardly a new idea. I don’t know any law librarians who don’t check…

 

Thomson Reuters Legal’s First Quarter 2011 Financials: TRI CEO Tom Glocer is "a happy little hamster again."

10 Jun

The post’s subtitle is a direct quote from Sean Hocking’s Slaw post. Sean writes Unfortunately our naive dream that Lexis or West would change their spots to reflect a new market was short lived. Remember the talk at West of…