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AOL taps Thomson Reuters's Hunt as marketing chief

Market Watch :: AOL Inc., the New York Internet-services firm, named Jolie Hunt chief marketing and communications officer. Hunt, 34, joins AOL from Thomson Reuters, where she was senior vice president and global head of brand and public relations.

A report by Robert Daniel, www.marketwatch.com

Thomson Reuters: Gay marriage ban in Minnesota bad for business

Huffington Post :: The legal, business information and media company Thomson Reuters said Friday that an amendment to ban gay marriage in Minnesota would be bad for business. Prominent companies including General Mills and St. Jude Medical spoke out earlier against the proposed amendment, which goes to the voters in November.

A report by Patrick Condon, www.huffingtonpost.com

Caution on Thomson Reuters' FT acquisition, a rumor put forth by Michael Wolff

Politico :: Senior staffers at Reuters write in to provide some context for a rumor put forth by Michael Wolff today that Thomson Reuters is in talks with the Financial Times to buy the salmon-colored daily:

"That rumor has been around for years," one senior staffer told me. "Wolff hedges quite a bit... It appears he says with some certainty that talks are now on, then says it's very informal, then says it might not amount to anything." "Some version of the FT rumor has been floating around for a long time," another wrote. "Much depends on what the selling price would be, and whether the Thomson Reuters board and shareholders, who've been dealing with an underperforming stock for some time, would be willing to support it." Part of the problem here is that Wolff's source is a single senior executive at Thomson Reuters, who also appears to be hedging.

Continue to read Dylan Byers, www.politico.com

Thomson Reuters and Bloomberg compete for the Financial Times

Guardian :: Let me follow a rumor in real time … My lunch companion, a senior executive at Thomson Reuters – where, it seems, just about every journalist of a certain age and experience is going to work, or wants to go to work – drops a passing remark about how, at Thomson Reuters, they might use the Financial Times. Then, this is contrasted with how the FT might be used at Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters' great rival, and the other place where all out-of-work, or worried-that-they-soon-will-be-out-of-work, journalists want to be.

Then, it trips out, according to my friend – said quite unselfconsciously, rather as though it should be obvious to all; for a moment, I actually think I've somehow missed the story – that the FT, having flirted with and then turned down an acquisition offer from Bloomberg, is now talking to Thomson Reuters.

Continue to read Michael Wolff, www.guardian.co.uk

Thomson Reuters CEO Tom Glocer is stepping down

Washington Post | Associated Press :: Thomson Reuters CEO Tom Glocer is stepping down and will be replaced by an executive with closer ties to the family that owns a controlling interest in one of the world’s largest news and information companies. The change in command, announced Thursday, will take effect Jan. 1 when James Smith becomes Thomson Reuters Corp.’s new CEO.

Details - continue to read www.washingtonpost.com