Big hat tip to my friend Jason Wilson in pointing out the new rebranding of Westlaw into the new “Legal Solutions” product, and for pointing out that Thomson Reuters is using a very familiar looking color and layout design that seems to be borrowing heavily from the Bloomberg Law product. Perhaps Orange, Gray, Black, and
Thomson Reuters' Eikon Flop Causes More Layoffs
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Thomson Reuter’s flagship financial product, Eikon, is turning out to be more like the Titanic after hitting an iceberg. According to reports from the New York Observer, Thomson Reuters has laid off around 3,000 employees, most from the financial sector, including sales, training and analysts’ divisions. In addition to these,
On the Tendency of Vendors to Release New Products and then Seek Publicity
Kevin O’Keefe, wrote about the dueling Lexis and Thomson Reuters blogger summits on Tuesday in his post, Who’s Influencing Who. He seems to be concerned that the big L and TR are trying to curry favorable blog content by lavishing a few bloggers with fancy perks. I happened to stumble across his post as
The "Shrinkage" Tri-Fecta – Thomson Reuters Acquires LearnLive
Many of us have a macabre habit of believing that famous people die in groups of three. Last week, when I saw that Thomson Reuters had acquired PLC, and then Lexis announced they had acquired Knowledge Mosaic, I waited for the third announce, which I assumed would come from Bloomberg. I was right
A Bit More "Shinkage" – Thomson Reuters Acquires PLC
Oh joy!! Just when you thought that LexisNexis acquiring Knowledge Mosaic was the big legal publishing news of the day. Along comes Thomson Reuters to one-up them. Practical Law Company (PLC) just sent out the news that they’ve been acquired by Thomson Reuters (TR). Everyone I’ve talked to in the past hour has groaned about
Thomson Reuters Doubles-Down on Mobile Apps with Apsmart Acquisition
Thomson Reuters announced last Friday that it is acquiring the London-based mobile platform developer Apsmart for an undisclosed amount. Apsmart founder Rahul Powar was the creator of the first Shazam iPhone app that is recognized by many as one of the top innovative mobile apps created for the mobile industry. So, what does this mean
Flattening Content: Why Legal Publishers Will Shun Customization
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[Guest Post from Jason Wilson, VP at Jones McClure Publishing, and blogger at rethinck.]
On her blog, Dewey B. Strategic, Jean O’Grady took direct aim at large legal publishers—Thomson Reuters, Reed Elsevier, Bloomberg, and Wolters Kluwer—and urged them to customize their database offerings at the practice-group level rather than taking
Glocer Steps Down: Has Thomson Reuters Become the Next General Motors?
By now you may have heard that Thomson Reuters CEO, Tom Glocer will step down at the end of the year and the current COO, James Smith, will take over at TRI. In a year of turmoil for TRI, plus watching its stock value drop over 36 percent this year (see chart), it wasn’t surprising
Could Thomson Reuters Be In Trouble?
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One might think that the mighty Thomson Reuters (TRI) empire, with its $23 Billion market cap would be a safe place to park your money in a faltering economy. However, David Sterman, analyst for Street Authority, has placed TRI on a list of “12 Companies that Could Go Bankrupt Very Soon.” In
What's the Best & Worst Legal Publishing Merger? – Dewey B Strategic Is Asking
Leave it up to Jean O’Grady to come up with a fascinating question to end the week. On her wonderful blog, Dewey B Strategic, she is running a quick and dirty survey on the “Best and Worst Legal Publishing Mergers.” Although, it is not a purely scientific survey, I suggest that you go over and