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Reuters News<\/a> announced Thursday that it is to start charging for access to its website as part of a new digital subscript<\/a>ion strategy designed to attract business professionals.<\/p>\n

The agency, one of the largest news organizations in the world, said a subscription to Reuters.com would cost $34.99 a month, the same as financial news competitor Bloomberg.<\/p>\n

The website will remain free for a period but will require users to register after clicking on five stories, Reuters said in an article about the paywall on its site.<\/p>\n

The report did not say when the charges will start. The website will receive a face lift, with subscribers gaining access to content not available to readers using the site for free.<\/p>\n

Reuters chief marketing officer, Josh London, described the move as “the largest digital transformation at Reuters in a decade.”<\/p>\n

The announcement sees Thomson Reuters-owned news division become the latest news organization to charge for online content.<\/p>\n

The Wall Street Journal was the first to launch a paywall, back in 1996. Most major US publications have since followed suit, including The New York Times.<\/p>\n

Around half of Reuters’ revenues come from Refinitiv, a financial and market data firm it sold to private equity group Blackstone in 2018.<\/p>\n

Refinitiv entered into a 30-year contract with Reuters, paying around $325 million a year for its content. <\/p>\n

The London Stock Exchange bought Refinitiv for $27 billion in January.\n <\/p>\n\n

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EU clears LSE’s $27bn takeover of Refinitiv with conditions\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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