Dow Jones launches custom news feed for client

Dow Jones & Co. has launched a custom news feed for users of London Stock Exchange Group’s Workspace financial data platform, reports Charlotte Tobitt of Press Gazette.

Tobitt reports, “News and data from Dow Jones publications The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, Market Watch and Investor’s Business Daily will appear in a customised dashboard, curated by a team of the company’s journalists to include the top stories of the day.

“The launch is the first customised solution built for an enterprise partner by Dow Jones with more expected to follow.

“Dow Jones chief marketing officer Sherry Weiss told Press Gazette the launch is part of an evolution of the publisher’s enterprise subscriptions strategy.

“‘For us, both our direct subscription business and our enterprise subscription business are equally important to achieve our growth aspirations, and frankly to deliver the needs of our customer base, we need both those strategies going forward.'”

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.