Last night, Thomson Reuters launched a new version of their Web site with a more user-friendly interface and sleek design approach.

According to a statement on the site by Reuters editor-in-chief David Schlesinger:

“This site is for you; we want it to be your ticket to a wealth of news, information, and analysis presented in a cutting-edge format, including text, video, pictures, graphics, user interaction, and personalization features (try the new toolbar at the bottom of every page).”

And he’s not lying: the new Reuters.com front page offers a hundred different starting points into the site, including tag clouds (that’s how you know a site is web 2.0). Reuters is also working on developing apps for smartphones and wireless devices, so that the news org will be up to speed with the digital age right after it’s finished cutting 240 employees from its legal department.

Compare and contrast the old and new Reuters’ homepage, after the jump.

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Earlier this year, we learned of Atlantic Media‘s plans to launch a new digital property when it brought on Slate founder Michael Kinsley to oversee the mysterious project.

Today, the parent company of The Atlantic announced another new hire for the project, Adam Pasick, who will serve as managing editor. The new digital property is set to launch in early 2010 and we now know that whatever it is, it will target “global business executives.”

Previously, Pasick worked as an editor in the U.S. bureau of Reuters.com.
Atlantic Media (which also owns The National Journal Group and Government Executive magazine) has been focusing on its online presence since August of last year, when it hit a traffic peak and hired Felix DiFillipo and Bill McGarry from Forbes and CondeNet. In September, Atlantic Media launched The Atlantic Wire as a sister site to TheAtlantic.com. The Atlantic‘s most notorious columnist, Andrew Sullivan, blogs regularly, and we look forward to seeing what writers Atlantic Media scoops up for their new site.

Previously: Atlantic Shifts Tide With Hires, Atlantic Wire Launches With (Media) Star-Studded Fete