Reuters Snatches Up Ex-NYT Editor Jim Roberts

Reuters has hired former New York Times managing editor Jim Roberts as executive editor of Reuters digital, per a company memo from Reuters digital editor Chrystia Freeland to staff this afternoon. Roberts, who has amassed 80,000-plus followers on Twitter and remains a go-to resource for breaking news obsessives, took a buyout last month from The New York Times, where he worked as assistant...