Hans Ouwerkerk
Namir Noor-Eldeen and Saeed Chmagh
Wednesday 21 April 2010
Two small points in response to Hans Ouwerkerk's intervention. Firstly I am not English, secondly Hans should know me well enough to know that I am concerned not only for the welfare of journalists and that I would have made as much fuss for a technician, a salesman or an accountant. I was merely applying the conventional wisdom, reaffirmed many times when issues of murder by government forces, kidnap and unlawful detention have been discussed in the International Press Institute or the Inter-American Press Association which groups employers as well as editors. That wisdom says make a loud noise and keep the spotlight on the case, never let it off the front pages or out of sight until you have the desired result. An exception is if noise is likely to endanger the life of the victim further. If that has been the case I of course bow to Tom Glocer's and David Schlesinger’s knowledge of the situations. It is perhaps time I shut up. Let me cast one more small pebble: It is galling that the nation which purports to teach the world democracy, human rights, the rule of law and freedom, should so blatantly flout the principles it claims to uphold. Every American should be ashamed of the recent events on which we have touched in this column.
Michael Reupke
Michael Reupke
Namir Noor-Eldeen and Saeed Chmagh
Tuesday 20 April 2010
Since 1984 Reuters PLC was motivated to provide shareholder value and not just governed by news or news people as Michael Reupke implies. It was then headed by a non journalist Australian CEO and an English Editor-in-Chief (Michael Reupke). Thereafter, by an English CEO and a Dutch Editor-in-Chief. Would any of these two preceding tandems have reacted differently? They probably might have, simply because they were different. Would their reactions have been "better" or "more appropriate"? We can only be left to speculate.
Hans Ouwerkerk
Hans Ouwerkerk
John Jessop's book
Thursday 09 October 2008
If correctly quoted from his book, Jessop is factually incorrect to credit the introduction of Stockmaster and Videomaster to Michael Nelson.
I do wholeheartedly share the view though that Michael Nelson deserves much, much more credit for Reuters successes than he has been given publicly. He indeed initiated the establishment of winners such as Reuters Monitor and Dealing.
The significance and fundamental Strength, as in Strengths, Weaknesses, Threats and Opportunities (SWOT) of the highly innovative Reuters Monitor in Reuters modern history may not be fully appreciated.
Videomaster, the Stockmaster successor, introduced by Glen Renfrew in 1964, was successfully challenged by Switzerland’s Telekurs’ Investdata Service in 1975. By February 1976, Reuters had a negative (cancellation) order book, amounting to US$1.3 million annual revenue in Switzerland alone. This was a highly significant part of Reuters total revenue and generator of profits in those days. By integrating Reuters Monitor and Videomaster functionality into a Single Terminal, a project spearheaded by David Ure, Reuters managed to see off Telekurs, after a four year dogfight for market share.
The strong currency, money market and news content of Reuters Monitor allowed Reuters to mask its lack of depth in fundamental equity coverage at the time.
Reuters Monitor, a project managed by André Villeneuve from the outset, also became the platform and funding cash cow for other ventures such as Dealing and Matching.
Hans Ouwerkerk
I do wholeheartedly share the view though that Michael Nelson deserves much, much more credit for Reuters successes than he has been given publicly. He indeed initiated the establishment of winners such as Reuters Monitor and Dealing.
The significance and fundamental Strength, as in Strengths, Weaknesses, Threats and Opportunities (SWOT) of the highly innovative Reuters Monitor in Reuters modern history may not be fully appreciated.
Videomaster, the Stockmaster successor, introduced by Glen Renfrew in 1964, was successfully challenged by Switzerland’s Telekurs’ Investdata Service in 1975. By February 1976, Reuters had a negative (cancellation) order book, amounting to US$1.3 million annual revenue in Switzerland alone. This was a highly significant part of Reuters total revenue and generator of profits in those days. By integrating Reuters Monitor and Videomaster functionality into a Single Terminal, a project spearheaded by David Ure, Reuters managed to see off Telekurs, after a four year dogfight for market share.
The strong currency, money market and news content of Reuters Monitor allowed Reuters to mask its lack of depth in fundamental equity coverage at the time.
Reuters Monitor, a project managed by André Villeneuve from the outset, also became the platform and funding cash cow for other ventures such as Dealing and Matching.
Hans Ouwerkerk
