Thomson Reuters Launches Blackberry And IPhone Apps

“We’re investing $1 billion in the middle of what is arguably one of the most difficult economic periods we’ve seen in decades,” Chris Ahearn, Thomson Reuters’ president of media, tells PaidContent. Step one: launching the News Pro app for both Blackberry and iPhone. The apps are free to download, carry some advertising, and will launch into subscription mode somewhere down the line.

The Blackberry app, PaidContent reports, is more text-centric and will feature commentary, while the iPhone application will make use of the phone’s rich media capabilities.

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