Thomson Corporation

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information services company media company multinational corporation

Thomson Corporation was a major Canadian multinational media and information company that became one of the world’s largest providers of news and financial data before merging to form Thomson Reuters.

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Label Occurrences
Thomson Corporation canonical 7
Thomson Organization 2
Thomson media empire 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf information services company ⓘ
media company ⓘ
multinational corporation ⓘ
acquired Dialog information services ⓘ
Gale Group ⓘ
Sweet & Maxwell ⓘ
Thomson Financial ⓘ
West Publishing Company ⓘ
surface form: West Publishing
acquisitionOfWestPublishingDate 1996 ⓘ
areaServed worldwide ⓘ
chairman David Thomson ⓘ
chiefExecutiveOfficer Richard J. Harrington ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
dissolved 2008 ⓘ
division Thomson Financial ⓘ
Cengage Learning ⓘ
surface form: Thomson Learning

Thomson Reuters ⓘ
surface form: Thomson Legal & Regulatory

Clarivate Analytics ⓘ
surface form: Thomson Scientific & Healthcare
fate merged to form Thomson Reuters ⓘ
foundedBy Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet ⓘ
surface form: Roy Thomson
headquartersLocation Canada ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
Toronto ⓘ
inception 1934 ⓘ
industry financial information ⓘ
media ⓘ
news ⓘ
publishing ⓘ
mergerDate 2008 ⓘ
mergerWith Reuters ⓘ
surface form: Reuters Group
notableBrand Dialog ⓘ
Gale ⓘ
Thomson Financial ⓘ
Westlaw ⓘ
originalName Timmins Daily Press ⓘ
owner Thomson family ⓘ
parentOrganization The Woodbridge Company ⓘ
predecessor Thomson Newspapers ⓘ
product educational publishing ⓘ
financial market data ⓘ
legal information services ⓘ
scientific information ⓘ
tax and accounting information ⓘ
reasonForDissolution corporate merger ⓘ
saleOfThomsonLearningDate 2007 ⓘ
sold Cengage Learning ⓘ
surface form: Thomson Learning
successor Thomson Reuters ⓘ
tradedAs NYSE:TOC ⓘ
TSX:TOC ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

TRI → foundedBy → Thomson Corporation ⓘ
subject surface form: Thomson Reuters Corporation
TRI → formedByMergerOf → Thomson Corporation ⓘ
subject surface form: Thomson Reuters Corporation
Thomson family → associatedWithCompany → Thomson Corporation ⓘ
Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet → notableWork → Thomson Corporation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thomson media empire
Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet → notableWork → Thomson Corporation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thomson Organization
Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet → founded → Thomson Corporation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thomson Organization
Cengage Learning → foundedBy → Thomson Corporation ⓘ
Cengage Learning → acquiredFrom → Thomson Corporation ⓘ
ISI → acquiredBy → Thomson Corporation ⓘ
subject surface form: Institute for Scientific Information
Baron Thomson of Fleet → connectedTo → Thomson Corporation ⓘ