Paul Julius Reuter Communications pioneer Paul Julius Reuter (1816 - 1899) exploited the crude technology of the telegraph to create one of the world's first international news services. The news agency he founded, Reuters, established the model for transmitting news quick... more
Reuter, Paul Julius, Baron Von Reuter (born July 21, 1816, Kassel, Electorate of Hesse—died Feb. 25, 1899, Nice, France) German founder of the news agency Reuters. He was a bank clerk and partner in a small publishing concern before initiating a prototype news service in Paris in 1849,... more
