Mark Glaser, who writes the MediaShift blog--a more refined blog you'll never find, perhaps because this one is associated with PBS--writes that the sprawling Reuters empire has failed to adapt to the
wonders of the World Wide Web. Reuters remains, to a large extent, an old-line newswires company, slow to utilize the Web, writes Glaser. Which is a shame, because Reuters' resources are vast and
not easily duplicable. Glaser: "Reuters oozes with potential for a makeover. Here's a service with 2,300 editorial staff in 130 countries that produces 600 photos per day, and in 2005 filed more
than 2.7 million news items in 18 different languages. You just want to grab hold of it, try to comprehend it all, and make it relevant for each curious reader who could interact with it in some way
to create a nouveau two-way, collaborative wire service of the future. Right now, the Reuters portals offer precious little in the way of customizing my experience or letting me interact in some way
with the media there."
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