Schlesinger is new Reuters editor-in-chief

Reuters has a new editor-in-chief. David Schlesinger, the agency's global managing editor, is to succeed Geert Linnebank, who is taking up a role as adviser to the chief executive, Tom Glocer, and will continue as chairman of the Reuters Foundation. Glocer says: "Geert has led editorial through a period of great change, laying strong new foundations for Reuters' continued success... I am particularly glad that I will continue to work closely with Geert and receive his counsel." Schlesinger, who has been Linnebank's deputy, has a long track record with Reuters, having started in 1987 in Hong Kong. After running the agency's Chinese operations, he oversaw editorial in the Americas. "There can be no one better able to build on Geert's vision and his legacy of integrity and commitment", says Glocer. (Via Reuters)