OLD Media Moves

Dow Jones names new senior VP

December 18, 2007

Posted by Chris Roush

Ian Weston, corporate development director of News International Ltd. in England, will become senior vice president of special projects, for Dow Jones & Co., CEO Les Hinton announced Tuesday.

Dow Jones & Co.Hinton said: “I am delighted Ian will be joining the Dow Jones team to help us shape our future. This is a time of exciting change for the company, and Ian brings years of top-level experience in the newspaper industry. He has been key to developing radical change in News Corporation’s British newspapers, in particular the company’s recent $1.3 billion project to install state-of-the-art printing presses.”

Weston said: “Dow Jones is a phenomenal company with great potential to grow and prosper in the years to come. I am honored to be invited to play a part in making it happen.”

Weston, 43, served as director of circulation and sales and head of business development at News International. Before joining News in 1995, he was a consultant with the Boston Consulting Group.

Read the rest of the release here.

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