February 11, 2009 3:03 PM
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Glocer: I May Have Drunk the Kool-Aid, But it Sure Tastes Good
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This story was written by Rafat Ali.
And no, we're not talking about Facebook or Ning here. This is about one of the biggest and oldest business media companies in the world. Line of the week goes to Tom Glocer, the CEO of the newly merged giant *Thomson Reuters*, who wrote this on his occasionally-updated blog today. "I usually try to avoid talking too much shop, as most corporate blogs bore me to death, and *Thomson* *Reuters* operates a perfectly adequate corporate site at http://www.thomsonreuters.com. However, the planning and launch have been so time-consuming, and I am genuinely so excited about the people, business and prospects of the company, that I can't think of anything else that is even remotely as interesting to write about." We're marking the calendar now to see how that Kool-Aid tastes this time next year
By Rafat Ali
And no, we're not talking about Facebook or Ning here. This is about one of the biggest and oldest business media companies in the world. Line of the week goes to Tom Glocer, the CEO of the newly merged giant *Thomson Reuters*, who wrote this on his occasionally-updated blog today. "I usually try to avoid talking too much shop, as most corporate blogs bore me to death, and *Thomson* *Reuters* operates a perfectly adequate corporate site at http://www.thomsonreuters.com. However, the planning and launch have been so time-consuming, and I am genuinely so excited about the people, business and prospects of the company, that I can't think of anything else that is even remotely as interesting to write about." We're marking the calendar now to see how that Kool-Aid tastes this time next year
By Rafat Ali
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