By Adriano Marchese


Thomson Reuters Corp. on Tuesday said it has appointed Paul Bascobert as president of its Reuters News segment.

He replaces Michael Friedenberg, who left the company in December.

The Canadian multinational media conglomerate said Mr. Bascobert worked most recently as chief executive of special purpose acquisition company Blue Ocean Acquisition Corp.

He has also previously served as chief executive of USA Today owner Gannett Co. Inc.

Prior to that, Mr. Bascobert held senior roles at the consumer arm of Bloomberg L.P. media business, as well as at News Corp's Dow Jones. News Corp owns Dow Jones & Co., publisher of this newswire, and The Wall Street Journal.


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06-28-22 1415ET