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. […]
Chopra named editor of Financial News
Francesco Guerrera, head of international, Barron’s Group and publisher, Financial News, sent out the following announcement: I am delighted to announce that Shruti Tripathi Chopra has been appointed Editor of Financial News. Shruti is a tremendous journalist and a sharp editor who inspires other journalists with her work ethic and news-breaking abilities. She is the […]
Dow Jones CEO: We did not mean to offend with headline
Dow Jones & Co. CEO William Lewis sent out the following to the staff on Thursday: Hello, I am sure many of you have seen the deeply disappointing news yesterday that China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced it is expelling three of our Wall Street Journal colleagues – Josh Chin, Chao Deng and Philip Wen – from […]
Using finance and data to hold power accountable is important, says Dow Jones CEO
Using a knowledge of finance and data to hold powerful figures to account is still important, said Dow Jones & Co. CEO William Lewis at a talk at City University London. Amy Borrett of City University writes, “Lewis called on publications to support the ‘risky, heroic work’ of journalists by personalising content, so that they […]
Dow Jones sets subscription record
News Corp. announced Friday that Dow Jones & Co. set a new record of 3.5 million subscriptions and The Wall Street Journal crossed the 2 million digital subscriptions mark for the first time. Dow Jones is publisher of The Wall Street Journal and Barron’s Group, and its Professional Information Business includes Risk & Compliance, Newswires and Factiva. […]
