NEW YORK, Feb. 27, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Reuters, the
world's largest international multimedia news provider, announced
today that it is further expanding its sports content offering to
Reuters News Agency customers through multimedia partnerships with
the Players' Tribune, AFLO, Panoramic, Sporting Images and MB
Media. These new partnerships add to a growing roster of sports
partners on Reuters Connect at the same time that Reuters own
sports coverage is expanding, making Reuters Connect an essential
tool for sports desks.
Through these new partnerships, Reuters News Agency customers
will have access to candid athlete video interviews via the
Player's Tribune; more than 50,000 curated archival images from
Sporting Images; more than 6,000 player headshots through MB Media;
and regional photo coverage from Japan via AFLO and France via Panoramic.
"Reuters Connect has become an essential tool in every newsroom
and adding these partners to the already impressive roster of
sports contributors makes it easier than ever for sports desks to
license the visuals that help them cut through the noise and tell
their stories in more captivating ways," said Rob Schack, Vice President, Reuters Sports.
Content from the Players' Tribune, AFLO, Panoramic, Sporting
Images and MB Media is available to Reuters News Agency customers
exclusively on Reuters Connect. Launched in 2017, Reuters Connect
is designed to be a faster, more intelligent way for Reuters News
Agency customers to source all the content they need via a single
destination. Reuters Connect is built to make content discovery
quicker and easier, improving clients' editorial efficiency and
enabling them to deliver more stories to their audiences faster
than ever before.
For more information on Reuters Connect and its growing list of
partners visit
https://agency.reuters.com/en/reuters-connect.html
Reuters
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Thomson Reuters, is the world's largest international multimedia
news provider, reaching billions of people every day. Reuters
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Reuters
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