Dow Jones chief operating officer Sedgley is leaving

Dow Jones & Co. chief executive officer William Lewis sent out the following announcement on Monday: Dear Colleague, As of today, and after a decade of service, Anna Sedgley, our Chief Operating Officer, has decided to leave Dow Jones to take on fresh challenges outside News Corp. Just over a year ago, I asked Anna to apply her well-tuned […]

Dow Jones Media Group hires Steiner as EMEA bureau chief

Rupert Steiner has been hired by Dow Jones Media Group as EMEA bureau chief. In his new role, Steiner will be based in London and lead a team charged with breaking stories and building content and readership for audiences in the UK and Europe.  His focus will include retail and consumer goods, as well as […]

Dow Jones Newswires seeks chief Asia editor

Dow Jones Newswires seeks a dynamic news leader for its Asia operations. We are looking for someone with deep knowledge of APAC markets and companies, as well as a passion for real-time coverage, deep insights into the minds of traders, and experience managing and motivating effective and creative teams. This role oversees all of the […]

Flexible paywall helped Dow Jones hit 3 million subscribers

Dow Jones & Co. hit 3 million paying subscribers across its portfolio of brands this year, thanks to its data-driven, customer-focused paywall strategy, reports Sara Guaglione of MediaPost.com. Guaglione writes, “Dow Jones, which oversees The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch and Barron’s, among other brands, worked to rebuild the paywall, which was a ‘one-size-fits-all approach dictated by content’ for over 20 […]

Dow Jones Media hires Saigol as head of corporate news for EMEA

Francesco Guerrera, head of international for Dow Jones Media Group, sent out the following announcement on Tuesday: We are delighted to announce that Lina Saigol, one of the best business journalists in Europe, is joining Dow Jones Media Group as Head of Corporate News, EMEA. In her new role, Lina will be based in London and lead DJMG’s European coverage […]

ALM Media hires Hodkinson as editor of Legal Week

Paul Hodkinson has been hired as editor in chief of ALM Media’s Legal Week publication. He will start in mid-December. Hodkinson has been deputy editor, acting editor and comment editor of Dow Jones Media Group’s Financial News over the last five years and was editor of its Private Equity News publication before that. Previously, he […]

Dow Jones Media taps Pettit to be ME for strategy and operations

Almar Latour, publisher and executive vice president of the Dow Jones Media Group, sent out the following announcement on Thursday: All, I’m extremely pleased to announce that Dave Pettit is appointed Managing Editor, Strategy and Operations, for Dow Jones Media Group and all its titles. In this important new role, Dave will serve as the […]

Dow Jones Media hires head of strategic initiatives

Brad Westbrook has been hired as head of strategic initiatives for Dow Jones Media Group. In this newly created position, Westbrook will oversee business development and new commercial alliances for Barron’s, MarketWatch, Mansion Global and Financial News. Prior to joining Dow Jones Media Group, Westbrook was vice president of sales and strategy at Seeking Alpha […]

Dow Jones Newswires seeks a commodities reporter in New York

Dow Jones Newswires is looking for a commodities reporter to provide real-time coverage and analysis of global futures and pricing of a wide variety of goods for a professional audience of institutional investors, active traders and financial advisers. The right candidate will be passionate about crops, livestock and metals, as well as a broad understanding […]

Yahoo Finance, CNBC websites gained in July

Yahoo Finance and CNBC were the other two top business news websites — beside No. 3 Forbes, which reported a record number — that saw an increase in unique visitors in July, according to comScore data. Yahoo Finance remained the No. 2 site in the category with 65.9 million unique visitors, up 3.9 percent from […]