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Reuters Insight project screeches to a halt

February 15th, 2008 at 08:55am David Bush - Iasta

I was actually starting to get used to my daily email from Reuters, which I was eventually able to set up with a better topic rule list. So, in the middle of December, I scratched my head a couple times trying to remember the last time I got my sourcing news. Finally, I took the time to email Maud Larpent about it, who graciously replied.

Hi Dave

Yes the daily emails have been stopped… Reuters has moved to the next stage of development of the Reuters Insight service and as a result has closed the pilot on Monday 17th December 2007. The team will use learnings, and your feedback, to drive the next stage of developing the business.

This approach will ensure we are able to concentrate on providing the best service possible. We appreciate your commitment to and support of the Reuters Insight service. We’ll continue to keep you up to date with our plans for the future and please continue to contact us, at go.global@reuters.com.

Kind Regards

Maud

I really liked that service, although I never understood what Reuters was getting out of it. Although, I thought the filters could be improved, it did a pretty good job of sending me about 1-2 articles of interest per day.

So, that’s the update, if any one else was getting those and wondered what happened, since I never got a notice of suspension. Maybe it will be back with more features and push traffic into more Reuters affiliated sites. If I could have drilled into more specific categories, it would have been a really slick way to automate my sourcing news.

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5 Comments Add your own

1. bravo | February 25th, 2008 at 10:03 am

I got an invite from Reuters last week and registered as a ‘community expert’ - not sure what (if any) it will lead to. I was looking for others that are also registered in that community.
2. Diane Markowitz | June 17th, 2008 at 5:42 pm

I have also just been invited to join their stable of “experts” and want to learn more before agreeing.
Bravo: did you get any replies to your query? What have your experiences been?
3. v | June 18th, 2008 at 1:59 am

I too was invited but have no idea what it is all about. CAn anyone tell me their experiences with Reuter’s Insight?

Thanks
4. Tom Chedester | June 30th, 2008 at 2:58 pm

I registered a while back and haven’t heard anything, either. There are ads still running in my local area (Augusta, GA), buthte only GA locations listed on their web site is the Atlanta area. That’s fairly common, though. A lot of larger companies do not think there is life outside I-285 in Georgia.
5. Chuck | July 3rd, 2008 at 4:06 pm

I have also received an invitation to join but do not know anything about the consulting service. Has anyone ever joined and received a referral?

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