GLOBAL: Reuters, the international news agency, has launched a new app that aims to provide business professionals with personalised content, in a move that marks a shift away from general news provision. According to a press release the company released last week, the new app will enable users to construct topic-based feeds based on the vast number of stories that Reuters produces each day. Discussing the development in an interview with The Drum, Isaac Showman, the New York-based managing director of Reuters Consumer, explained that Reuters had come to realise that newspapers and other mainstream news organisations are often better-placed to serve general news services and that allowing its users to curate their own news represents a big shift. By focusing on user utility and personalisation, Reuters wants to make its news app an indispensable tool for professionals, The Drum reported, although the content won't exclusively cover business stories. Reuters TV, which Showman used to manage, has been integrated into the new app, which is free to access, supported by advertising and is being launched on the iOS platform with an Android version coming at a later date. After much testing and market research, Reuters discovered that "Breaking News" is the most useful service that the new app can provide, although more than 5,000 highly focused subject news feeds are available. "The new Reuters news app is born out of the fact that people aren't reading Reuters content with their feet up on the sofa," Showman said. Read more