Thomson-Reuters
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Headquarters in Times Square, New York City
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| Traded as | : TRI : TRI S&P/TSX 60 component |
| Industry | Mass media |
| Predecessor |
Reuters Group The Thomson Corporation |
| Founded | 17 April 2008 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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David Thomson (Chairman) James C. Smith (CEO) |
| Revenue |
 US$ 12.607 billion (2014) |
 US$ 2.498 billion (2014) |
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US$ 1.909 billion (2014) |
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| Total assets |
US$ 30.597 billion (2014) |
| Total equity | US$ 14.178 billion (2014) |
| Owner | The Woodbridge Company (59.6%) |
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Number of employees
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53,000 (Q1, 2015) |
| Subsidiaries |
Reuters Sweet & Maxwell West |
| Website | ThomsonReuters |
Thomson Reuters Corporation (/ˈrɔɪtərz/) is a multinational mass media and information firm with operational headquarters at 3 Times Square in Manhattan, New York City. The firm was founded in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where its legal domicile offices are located at 333 Bay Street in Downtown Toronto. Thomson Reuters shares maintain a dual listing on the (NYSE: TRI) and the (TSX: TRI).
Thomson Reuters was created by the Thomson Corporation's purchase of British-based Reuters Group on 17 April 2008, and is majority owned by The Woodbridge Company, a holding company for the Thomson family. Thomson Reuters was ranked as Canada's "leading corporate brand" in the 2010 Interbrand Best Canadian Brands ranking. Thomson Reuters operates in more than 100 countries, and has more than 60,000 employees around the world.
The chief executive of the combined company is James C. Smith, who was the chief executive for the professional division, and the chairman is David Thomson, who was the chairman of Thomson.
The company is organized around eight divisions across financial, media, legal and science industries:
Thomson Reuters competes with Bloomberg L.P., in aggregating financial and legal news.
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