Dow Jones parent to buy Oil Price Information Services for $1.15B
News Corp., the parent of Dow Jones & Co., has agreed to buy IHS Markit Ltd. ’s Oil Price Information Service, an energy and renewables information-services company, and related assets for $1.15 billion in cash, the latest addition to the company’s growing portfolio of publications catering to investors, reports Dave Sebastian of The Wall Street Journal. Sebastian reports, […]
Dow Jones appoints GMs for WSJ, Factiva and Risk & Compliance
Dow Jones & Co. CEO Almar Latour sent out the following on Thursday: Colleagues, As we step into FY22 with significant momentum, I’m pleased to announce three new General Manager roles for our Wall Street Journal, Factiva and Risk & Compliance franchises. The appointments reflect our focus on strengthening our communities, or verticals—a key strategic […]
Dow Jones union staffers to get small raise
The negotiated compensatory raise for eligible union-represented Dow Jones employees has been increased by a quarter-percent to 2.75%. Under the terms of Article IV of the collective agreement between IAPE and Dow Jones, whenever the “standard merit increase guidance for non-IAPE corporate staff” exceeds the raise negotiated by IAPE and Dow Jones, that negotiated percentage […]
Union challenges new Dow Jones book leave policy, Greater New York layoffs
IAPE, the union that represents journalists at The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch.com and Barron’s, has demanded Dow Jones & Co. rescind any changes to its Book Leave policy and has insisted the company withhold any layoff notices it plans to issue to reporters affected by the closing of the Greater New York section of The […]
Union opposes new Dow Jones policy over books and external projects
The IAPE 1096, the union that represents journalists at Dow Jones & Co. publications such as The Wall Street Journal and Barron’s, issued the following statement on Friday: Dow Jones announced a new policy Friday for WSJ news personnel in which the company claimed new and potentially expansive rights over employees’ efforts to write books […]
Mansion Global hires Hendrickson as a reporter
Dow Jones real estate publication Mansion Global has hired Leslie Hendrickson as a reporter. Hendrickson has been previously freelancing for publications such as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Mansion Global, Barron’s, The Real Deal, The Hollywood Reporter, Getty Images, amNewYork, Family Circle, ARTNews, Jane magazine, The New York Sun, Columbia Magazine and The Union […]
Dow Jones hires Hayes as chief business officer, new ventures
Dow Jones & Co. CEO Almar Latour sent out the following announcement on Thursday: Colleagues, We’re pleased to share that Robert Hayes is appointed Chief Business Officer, New Ventures. In this newly created role, Rob will oversee growth across our franchises by driving emerging businesses and platforms, such as audio, video, events, strategic partnerships and gaming. These […]
Dow Jones names chief subscriptions officer and consumer EVP
Dow Jones & Co. CEO Almar Latour sent out the following announcement on Tuesday: Colleagues, We’re pleased to share two new key appointments aimed at helping Dow Jones grow faster and become the world’s leading business news and information platform: Suzi Watford is appointed EVP, Consumer, while Karl Wells is appointed Chief Subscriptions Officer. In the newly created role of EVP, […]
S&P Global to add Dow Jones content
S&P Global Market Intelligence announced that it is adding Dow Jones news content to its service. The deal will give customers access to premium news from Dow Jones Newswires, and select content from The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, and MarketWatch.com. S&P Global Market Intelligence will also distribute Dow Jones’s Chinese- and Japanese-language newswire content. “We are […]
Guerrera departs Barron’s Group for GlobalData as editor in chief
Francesco Guerrera, head of international at Barron’s Group at Dow Jones & Co., is leaving the company to become editor in chief of GlobalData Plc. GlobalData has news sites covering everything from health care to consumer goods, mining, finance, technology, defense and clean energy. Guerrera was previously head of Europe for Dow Jones, which he […]
