Tag: Dow Jones & Co.

Dow Jones hires chief diversity and inclusion officer

Dow Jones & Co. chief executive officer William Lewis sent out the following announcement on Wednesday: Dear Colleague, I am determined to ensure that measurable and meaningful improvements in diversity and inclusion become critical elements in the growth of our great company. Such words need to be backed up with firm action. So I am […]

Dow Jones CEO: We expect to continue to grow

Dow Jones & Co, CEO William Lewis sent out the following announcement on Friday: Dear Colleague, Yesterday afternoon, News Corp released its earnings results for the third quarter of fiscal 2018. I would like to pick out some of the highlights as they relate to Dow Jones. During the analyst call that complemented the earnings release, News […]

Wall Street Journal’s parent reports earnings that match expectations

News Corp., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, reported third-quarter earnings on Thursday that beat expectations while revenue came in higher than expectations. The New York-based company reported a loss of $1.13 billion, or $1.94 per share, compared with a loss of $5 million, or 1 cent per share, in the same quarter a […]

Dow Jones Newswires seeks spot news reporter

Dow Jones Newswires, the real-time professional news service of The Wall Street Journal, seeks a dynamic, fast reporter to cover company-related breaking news for the world’s most influential investors. This job positions you on the front line of our real-time coverage, writing stories about mergers and acquisitions, executive changes and quarterly earnings for some of […]

Dow Jones sued for selling subscriber information

Dow Jones & Co. was slapped with a proposed class action in New York federal court accusing the parent company of The Wall Street Journal of violating a Michigan privacy law by selling subscribers’ personal information to data miners, reports Shayna Posses of Law360.c0m. Posses writes, “Robert Jeremy Horton’s complaint alleges that the publishing company flouted the […]

Dow Jones Newswires breaks embargo, causes stock price drop

Dow Jones Newswires prematurely published headlines on Activision Blizzard Inc.’s quarterly earnings ahead of a Thursday afternoon embargo, including an incorrect revenue figure that the company blamed for a significant drop in its stock price. Austen Hufford of The Wall Street Journal reports, “Activision shares fell as much as 6% after the headline error but later […]

Dow Jones seeks news writer in Barcelona

Dow Jones seeks a smart, versatile News Writer as part of its real-time news service for financial professionals. Based in Barcelona, the news writer will monitor press-release feeds, websites and other sources of news and send headlines and short stories on key developments for publication in real time. Writers will be proficient at identifying important, […]

Dow Jones reaches 3 million subscribers

Dow Jones & Co. chief executive officer William Lewis sent out the following announcement to the staff: Dear Colleague, We’ve done it! We have burst through our 3M membership target. This is an incredible achievement and one that we will celebrate, shout about and rightly revel in over the next few weeks – especially when PwC’s official […]

Dow Jones Newswires seeks financial editors

Dow Jones Newswires seeks digitally savvy financial editors with the experience and speed to meet the needs of professional investors seeking real-time delivery of news and insights. The successful candidates must have top-notch management and editing skills along with the news judgment to assign, curate and package content for a sophisticated, professional audience. Much of […]