Pesek hired as executive editor of Barron’s Asia

William Pesek, a columnist for Bloomberg View based in Asia, has been named executive editor of Barron’s Asia. Pesek will write a daily column that will focus on macroeconomics, policy, politics and markets in Asia. Barron’s Asia celebrated its first anniversary in October. Tokyo-based Pesek has more than 20 years of economics, business and political […]

Barron’s Asia celebrates first birthday

Edward Finn, the editor and president of Barron’s, writes about the one-year anniversary of its Asia edition. Finn writes, “Editor Kopin Tan went to Hong Kong more than a year ago and hired a top-notch team to fill the Barron’s Asia home page with actionable investment ideas every weekday. Under Kopin’s expert tutelage, the team […]

Dow Jones publications were hacked

Business publications owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., including  The Wall Street Journal and Barron’s,  found evidence of hacking to their systems going as far back as 2012, reports Kaja Whitehouse of USA Today. Whitehouse writes, “Company officials said  the breach was ‘likely part of a broader campaign involving a number of other victim companies.’ “In a letter to customers Friday, William Lewis, CEO […]

Born, former WSJ and Barron’s reporter, dies at 95

Roscoe Born, who wrote for The Wall Street Journal and Barron’s out of their Washington bureaus, died Sept. 30 at the age of 95. Tim Hrenchir of the Topeka (Kans.) Capital-Journal writes, “He left the State Journal in August 1957 to join the Washington, D.C., Bureau of the Wall Street Journal. The State Journal, an afternoon […]

Barron’s seeks wealth management reporter

Barron’s seeks an energetic, self-starting reporter to cover wealth management and luxury lifestyle topics. The reporter will produce stories for the print and online editions of Barron’s and for Penta, a quarterly magazine aimed at the wealthiest of Barron’s readers. The position requires some knowledge of personal finance and investing, strong writing and reporting skills, […]

Barron’s seeks reporter in New York

Barron’s is seeking a multi-talented financial reporter with the judgment to analyze and recommend stocks and other investments and the speed to write quick, typo-free blog posts on tight deadlines. The job involves writing one or two short pieces each week keyed to fresh ideas from mutual fund managers, as well as other investment stories, […]

Union members approve Dow Jones contract extension

IAPE members at Dow Jones & Co. locations across North America have voted to accept an extension of their previous contract through June 30, 2016, by a 567-75 margin. With the final count, and more than 87% of ballots cast in favor of the extension, IAPE members approve a deal that will preserve all current […]

Dow Jones union to extend contract for a year

The union that represents business journalists at The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and Marketwatch.com sent out the following announcement to its members: IAPE members – thanks to all who responded to our survey request last week. To refresh your memory, we asked whether you would prefer to extend our current contract for another year – […]

DC editor for Barron’s is leaving

Jim McTague, the Washington editor for Barron’s, announced on LinkedIn that he is leaving the financial newspaper. McTague wrote, “I am leaving Barron’s after 21-plus years June 30, generous package in hand, to open Act IV of my writing career. I will remain on the masthead as a contributing editor. Other publications already have reached […]

Dow Jones makes layoffs, brings 2015 total to 90

Dow Jones & Co. has laid off employees in its circulation department, its Professional Information Business, and perhaps at least six jobs cut in Barron’s editorial staff, according to the union that represents employees. A statement on the union website reads: The cuts announced this week bring the total of IAPE-represented positions eliminated through layoff […]