A family concern until 1915, the agency became a private company later that year with the name Reuters Limited. The Press Association, an organization representing the provincial press of Britain,...

A family concern until 1915, the agency became a private company later that year with the name Reuters Limited. The Press Association, an organization representing the provincial press of Britain, took a majority holding in Reuters in 1925, and in 1939 the company moved its corporate headquarters to London.