How the WSJ and Dow Jones are weathering the pandemic
Anna Nicolau and Alex Barker of The Financial Times examine how The Wall Street Journal’s business model is working during the current pandemic. Nicolau and Barker write, “While parts of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp business are struggling financially, the Dow Jones division has fared relatively well with the WSJ reaching 3m subscribers for the first […]
New Dow Jones CEO Latour: I will move quickly and decisively
New Dow Jones & Co. CEO Almar Latour sent out the following to employees on Monday: Hello Everyone, Today is my first day as CEO – a humbling moment, which comes 25 years after starting here as a news assistant delivering mail and archiving clips. Over that time period, I have worked with many of you across […]
New Dow Jones CEO Latour: A reputation for being creative and innovative
Max Willens of Digiday profiled new Dow Jones & Co. CEO Almar Latour, who rose to that spot last week. Willens writes, “Under Latour, the titles in Barron’s Group began to work together more closely, sharing resources and content while also diversifying their respective businesses. ‘There was this vision of what we could be together,’ an […]
ProPublica, Dow Jones, Bloomberg, NY Times sue SBA
ProPublica, The Washington Post, Bloomberg, The New York Times and Dow Jones, the publisher of The Wall Street Journal, sued the Small Business Administration on Tuesday over its refusal to release detailed information for loans provided through the $659 billion Paycheck Protection Program. Paul Kiel of ProPublica writes, “The SBA hasn’t argued that the names […]
Dow Jones hits 3.6 million paid subscribers
Dow Jones & Co. set a new record of nearly 3.6 million total subscriptions in the third quarter across The Wall Street Journal and Barron’s Group, representing a 10% increase year-over-year, including a 20% increase in digital only growth. As part of the company’s third quarter earnings report, News Corp. also noted that The Wall […]
Latour named CEO of Dow Jones, publisher of WSJ
News Corp. announced Monday the appointment of Almar Latour as the new chief executive officer of Dow Jones and publisher of The Wall Street Journal. Latour, who is currently publisher for Barron’s Group and executive vice president at Dow Jones, will assume the post with the departure of William Lewis, effective May 15. The Barron’s […]
Ingrassia named to Dow Jones Special Committee
The Dow Jones Special Committee, formed under an Agreement between the former shareholders of Dow Jones & Co. and News Corp. in December 2007, announced Monday that Lawrence Ingrassia, a longtime Wall Street Journal reporter and editor who subsequently served as deputy managing editor of The New York Times and managing editor of the Los […]
Holden, former Dow Jones News Fund executive director and WSJ editor, dies at 70
Richard S. Holden, who retired in 2014 after 22 years as executive director of the Dow Jones News Fund and 19 years as an editor of The Wall Street Journal, died Wednesday in Morristown, New Jersey, after a lengthy illness. He also served on the News Fund’s Board of Directors. He was 70. Holden was appointed executive […]
Dow Jones CEO Lewis: I’m proud we’ve promoted female colleagues
Dow Jones & Co. CEO William Lewis sent the following note to the staff about his departure: Hello, I’m sad to let you know that, after six years as your CEO, it is time for me to move on. This is an extraordinary time to be sharing the news — in the midst of a […]
Dow Jones CEO Lewis is leaving the company
Will Lewis is stepping down as chief executive of Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch.com and Barron’s, reports Anna Nicolau and Mark DiStefano of the Financial Times. Nicolau and DiStefano report, “The British media executive is leaving ‘amicably’ from the company, according to people with knowledge of the decision. […]
