Reuters and International Herald Tribune launch new supplement

Reuters and the International Herald Tribune are jointly launching a special supplement that will be inserted into IHT's Middle East editions on a weekly basis. The first four-page issue of Middle East with Reuters , to be published on Thursday, will contain regional news, opinion and coverage of culture. It will draw on the output of more than 200 Reuters journalists who cover the Middle East at a local and international level. IHT's publisher, Stephen Dunbar-Johnson , said: "We are excited to be expanding our collaboration with Reuters to provide even more analysis and fresh insight for our readers in the Middle East. "There is a thirst here for the IHT's brand of high quality, independent journalism as reflected in our growing circulation numbers." IHT has a new regional headquarters in Dubai. Meanwhile, over the last 18 months, Reuters has recruited dozens of new journalists to its Middle East bureaus, doubling the amount of original Arabic-language news it produces. The joint launch emphasises the way in which large media organisations are now prepared to team up in order to reach wider audiences.