Romenesko

Financial Times
Thomson Financial has been using computers to generate some stories since March and is so pleased with the results -- an earnings story can be released within 0.3 seconds of the company making results public -- that it plans to expand the practice, reports Aline van Duyn. Senior veep/strategy Matthew Burkley says: "This is not about cost but about delivering information to our customers at a speed at which they can make an almost immediate trading decision. This means we can free up reporters so they have more time to think."