WSJ parent reports decline in revenue, profit
News Corp., the parent company of The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch.com and Barron’s, reported second-quarter earnings and revenue fell, but matched analyst expectations. The news and information division of the company, which includes the business news operations, saw revenue fall 1 percent to $1.24 billion. Dow Jones’ consumer products saw a 5 percent increase in […]
Financial News editor Newlands set to depart
Chris Newlands will be leaving his post as editor at Financial News at the end of the month after almost three years. During his term as editor, Newlands has led the team to deliver various scoops while also winning the publication numerous awards. Previously, Newlands was with the Financial Times as a launch and managing […]
Dow Jones hires Martinez to cover European economics
Maria Martinez has been hired as a reporter on the Dow Jones Newswires EMEA desk in Barcelona, where she covers European economics. Before starting with Dow Jones in Spain — the country where she was born — she spent three years in New York City. Martinez started her days at 4 a.m. as a producer […]
Dow Jones Newswires hires Wright as publishing editor
Stephen Wright has been hired as a publishing editor for Dow Jones Newswires in Wellington, New Zealand. He returns to Dow Jones after more than a decade in various roles for the Associated Press in Asia, mostly recently a regional reporter based in Jakarta. Wright is a former Asia business editor for AP and Thailand […]
Barron’s Group seeks Washington bureau chief
Barron’s Group is seeking a bureau chief for Washington, D.C. The successful candidate will lead a team of reporters covering crucial stories that will be published in print and online. The reporters will write frequently, covering the ground and also delivering original, richly-reported journalism and artful storytelling. We are looking for a high-energy bureau chief […]
Guix hired by Dow Jones Newswires in Barcelona
Sabela Ojea Guix has been hired by Dow Jones Newswires in Barcelona as a reporter covering banking and finance companies. Guix was born in Madrid and has just moved to Barcelona to expand her knowledge of finance reporting after working for Reuters as a general news and multimedia reporter. She has two bachelor’s degrees in […]
Dow Jones Newswires seeks real-time reporter
Dow Jones Newswires, the real-time professional news service of The Wall Street Journal, is looking for 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 […]
Financial News wins three State Street awards
Financial News, a Dow Jones publication, won three prizes at the prestigious State Street Institutional Press Awards this past week. Editor Chris Newlands won two awards — one for Breaking News Journalist of the Year and the other for Best Editorial Comment. Lucy McNulty won Journalist of the Year for Regulation. “Financial News works very […]
Dow Jones union approves new contract
A majority of the members of IAPE The NewsGuild-CWA Local 1096 have voted to approve a new, three-year collective agreement with Dow Jones. Polls closed on Sunday at 11:59 a.m. EST and 91.2 percent of voting members approved the new agreement while about 8.8 percent chose to reject the deal. Seven hundred forty members voted. […]
Union reaches tentative agreement with Dow Jones
IAPE 1096, the union that represents business journalists at The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch.com and Barron’s, sent out the following to its members on Monday: IAPE’s board of directors has approved a tentative agreement for a new contract that was hammered out Thursday night between Dow Jones representatives and our bargaining committee. Now the majority […]
