Thomson Reuters Powers Multimedia Experience on Smartphones

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Mon May 11, 2009 12:48pm EDT

NEW YORK and LONDON, May 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Thomson Reuters launches new
mobile applications for the iPhone and BlackBerry, to better serve its
audience of global, on-the-go business professionals. Following are two news
releases detailing each application separately. 

Thomson Reuters Launches Multimedia Application on Apple App Store

NEW YORK and LONDON, May 11 -- Thomson Reuters today announced the
availability of a new mobile application on the Apple App Store. The app lets
iPhone and iPod touch users pull from the depth and breadth of Thomson Reuters
multimedia content including the latest breaking news, updated stream of
award-winning photographs, video coverage, financial charting, customized
market data and company profiles. As part of its commitment to multimedia, the
organization has been investing in the mobile space since the late 1990s,
experimenting with product development and monetization models.

"We learned a lot of lessons over the last two decades - the most important of
which is to focus on delivering great user experiences," said Chris Ahearn,
president of media for Thomson Reuters. "This app for iPhone and iPod touch is
an excellent way to give our business professional audience convenient access
to Reuters content anytime, anyplace."

The app was designed to leverage many of the revolutionary capabilities of
iPhone and iPod touch for a better user experience. Designed with a
professional commuter audience in mind, the app also allows offline browsing.

"Rather than merely talking about innovation, we are actually putting
substantial resources behind experimentation and development of new multimedia
products for innovative devices and platforms", said Ahearn. "This application
is another way we provide our content across multiple platforms, enabling our
business professional audience to access to Thomson Reuters content anytime,
anyplace and anyway."

The application is currently available for free from Apple's App Store on
iPhone and iPod touch or at http://reuters.com/iphone.

About Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters is the world's leading source of intelligent information for
businesses and professionals. We combine industry expertise with innovative
technology to deliver critical information to leading decision makers in the
financial, legal, tax and accounting, scientific, healthcare and media
markets, powered by the world's most trusted news organization. With
headquarters in New York and major operations in London and Eagan, Minnesota,
Thomson Reuters employs more than 50,000 people in 93 countries.  Thomson
Reuters shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: TRI); Toronto
Stock Exchange (TSX: TRI); London Stock Exchange (LSE: TRIL); and Nasdaq
(Nasdaq: TRIN). For more information, go to www.thomsonreuters.com. 



Thomson Reuters Powers Multimedia Experience on BlackBerry Smartphones

NEW YORK and LONDON, May 11 -- Thomson Reuters launches new mobile application
for BlackBerry(R) smartphones to better serve its audience of global,
on-the-go business professionals. As part of its commitment to multimedia, the
organization has been investing in the mobile space since the late 1990s,
experimenting with product development and monetization models. 

"We learned a lot of lessons over the last two decades - the most important of
which is to focus on customizing the experience for the end-user," said Chris
Ahearn, president of media for Thomson Reuters. "With a renewed commitment to
mobile solutions, we have relied on our experience to develop what our
customers truly want and this is only a taste of what is to come."

The new application for BlackBerry smartphones pulls from the depth and
breadth of Thomson Reuters multimedia content including customized business
news, award-winning photography optimized for the mobile device, market data
by region, company profiles, and personalized stock tabs. Designed with a
professional commuter audience in mind, the application also allows offline
browsing. 

"Rather than merely talking about innovation, we are actually putting
substantial resources behind experimentation and development of new multimedia
products for innovative devices and platforms," said Ahearn. "This application
is another way we provide our content across multiple platforms, enabling our
business professional audience to access to Thomson Reuters content anytime,
anyplace and anyway."

The application is currently available in the English language for the US, UK,
Canada and India. 

Please visit http://reuters.com/bb to download this free application.  It will
also soon be available for download on BlackBerry App World(TM) at
www.blackberry.com/appworld.

About Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters is the world's leading source of intelligent information for
businesses and professionals.  We combine industry expertise with innovative
technology to deliver critical information to leading decision makers in the
financial, legal, tax and accounting, scientific, healthcare and media
markets, powered by the world's most trusted news organization. With
headquarters in New York and major operations in London and Eagan, Minnesota,
Thomson Reuters employs more than 50,000 people in 93 countries.  Thomson
Reuters shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: TRI); Toronto
Stock Exchange (TSX: TRI); London Stock Exchange (LSE: TRIL); and Nasdaq
(Nasdaq: TRIN). For more information, go to www.thomsonreuters.com.      

The BlackBerry and RIM families of related marks, images and symbols are the
exclusive properties and trademarks of Research In Motion Limited.




SOURCE  Thomson Reuters

Erin Kurtz, Head of PR - Media Group, Thomson Reuters, +1-646-223-8149,
erin.kurtz@thomsonreuters.com
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