Barron's on the rebound
Forbes.com media writer Louis Hau takes a look at the business news media property at Dow Jones & Co. that is being virtually ignored during talks to sell the company. Barron’s has reported a 14.5 percent jump in total advertising pages and a 17 percent surge in advertising revenue in the first five months of the year […]
Statement from WSJ publisher on editorial changes
Wall Street Journal publisher Gordon Crovitz sent out the following e-mail to people at Dow Jones & Co. on Wednesday about the editorial changes announced earlier today by managing editor Marcus Brauchli. Crovitz stated, “Marcus has created a structure that will accelerate the growth of the Journal in all its current forms–print, online, audio, video, […]
Dow Jones union says Murdoch bid is threat to jobs
Steve Yount, the president of the union that represents business journalists at The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, Marketwatch and Dow Jones Newswires, says in a statement to members that the $5 billion offer to purchase Dow Jones & Co. from News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch must be opposed to protect quality journalism. Yount wrote, “We […]
Advertising down at WSJ and Barron's in May
Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal and Barron’s, reported lower advertising revenue for both newspapers in May. Advertising revenue at The Journal decreased 3.4 percent in May on a 7.3 percent decrease in advertising volume, due to declines in technology, general and classified advertising partially offset by a slight increase in financial […]
Dow Jones extends severance program
Dow Jones & Co. extended a severance pay program to more senior executives that would pay them money in the event the company is sold, according to an Associated Press story. The severance pay extension likely includes editors at The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and Dow Jones Newswires. The AP story stated, “In a regulatory […]
Internet executive, Wall Street group interested in Dow Jones
Reuters reports that a “Wall Street group” and an Internet entrepreneur want to mount a counterbid to News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch‘s $5 billion offer for Dow Jones & Co., according to an interview with an advisor for the union that represents business journalists at The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, Marketwatch and Dow Jones Newswires. The story stated, […]
Dow Jones union stronger than in the 1980s, but will still lose
Forbes.com columnist Gary Weiss writes on the Seeking Alpha web site that the union representing business journalists at Dow Jones & Co. properties The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, Marketwatch and Dow Jones Newswires is much stronger than it was in the 1980s, but will still lose out to News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch. Weiss wrote, […]
Rupert Murdoch and Clarence Barron, separated at birth
UNC-Chapel Hill journalism professor Chris Roush writes for Slate.com that the Bancroft family needs to go back and revisit former family leader Clarence Barron‘s running of The Wall Street Journal because it’s a lot like how News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch has run his media empire. The Bancrofts have implied that Barron created this great legacy […]
Union's list of potential Dow Jones bidders came from reporters
Frank Ahrens of The Washington Post writes for Wednesday’s paper that the union representing business journalists at The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s Marketwatch and Dow Jones Newswires got its list of billionaires who might be interesting in bidding for parent company Dow Jones & Co. to thwart the offer made by News Corp. CEO Rupert […]
Dow Jones union seeks alternatives to Murdoch bid
The union that represents business journalists at The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Newswires, Barron’s and Marketwatch said Monday that it has hired an advisory firm to help it seek alternatives to selling Dow Jones & Co. to News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch. The statement said, “IAPE believes that the best safeguard to the independence […]
