Well, people who are surprised to see Pasadena incident and asking all over the places with strange face, how can this happen, how can local journalism be outsourced, let me tell you, yes, local journalism outsourcing sounds too much, but content and editing work are routinely being outsourced to India for quite some time now. We all know Reuter has a center in India, from analyzing stock market to editing other content related work is a normal thing. There are other small and medium sized companies also who are pat of the practice.
Thomson Scientific is the latest on the block.
Excerpts from Hindu
Thomson Scientific, the Thomson Corporation arm that assists professionals in various stages of research and development, on Thursday said it would move editorial operations to Chennai from centres abroad. It would be looking to hire around 500 employees, including experienced professionals and scientific researchers from leading educational institutions, over the next few months.
Senior vice president-editorial operations of Thomson Scientific Stephen Quinn said Chennai was chosen, after a survey of 19 cities in the region, for its ability to attract qualified individuals who can be retained over the long term.
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