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Reuters

United Kingdom · founded 1851

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Wire-service style: sourced, attributed, little commentary. Among the least editorialised large newsrooms.

Who owns it

Owner

Thomson Reuters, majority-controlled by the Thomson family (Woodbridge Company)

Ownership type

Listed company

Funding

Newsroom licensing to media clients; parent earns mainly from legal and tax data

Who runs it

Chief executive

Steve Hasker (CEO, Thomson Reuters)

Editorial lead

Alessandra Galloni (Editor-in-Chief)

Track record

Factuality

Very high

Reach

Supplies thousands of publishers in 16 languages

Worth knowing

Bound by the Thomson Reuters Trust Principles, which require freedom from bias.

Ownership, leadership and funding are drawn from public filings and the outlet's own disclosures. The editorial lean is an editorial judgement, not a measurement — read it as a starting point, not a verdict.