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Reuters Insider is a video platform owned by
Refinitiv Refinitiv is an American-British global provider of financial market data and infrastructure. The company was founded in 2018. It is a subsidiary of London Stock Exchange Group after a US$27 billion sale from previous owners Blackstone Group LP ...
that enables the integration of video content into news and research workflows of financial professionals and individual investors. It was initially launched by
Thomson Reuters Thomson Reuters Corporation ( ) is a Canadian multinational media conglomerate. The company was founded in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where it is headquartered at the Bay Adelaide Centre. Thomson Reuters was created by the Thomson Corpora ...
on May 11, 2010, as a website which allowed visitors to watch on-demand videos relating to the financial industry free-of-charge. The website was described as "
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for traders" and consisted of video content created by Thomson Reuters' own reporters, as well as the company's roughly 150 partners. Thomson Reuters spent about $100 million to develop the website and targeted its site and content to financial professionals, while Thomson Reuters primary competitor,
Bloomberg L.P. Bloomberg L.P. is a privately held financial, software, data, and media company headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It was co-founded by Michael Bloomberg in 1981, with Thomas Secunda, Duncan MacMillan (Bloomberg), Duncan MacMi ...
, had begun to focus more on targeting the average consumer by purchasing business magazine ''
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''. The website was part of an overall $1 billion plan by the company to update its technology to make financial information accessible to more users.


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