Wall Street Journal parent beats earnings estimate
The parent of the Wall Street Journal beat analyst estimates for its fourth quarter earnings but fell shy of estimates for its revenue. Excluding gains and charges, the company reported earnings of 11 cents per share, higher than the expected earnings of 10 cents per share. News Corp. reported fiscal 2017 fourth quarter total revenues of […]
Dow Jones launches group for LGBT employees
Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, Marketwatch.com and Barron’s, sent out the following to its employees on Monday: Pride@DJ, a new organization for LGBTQ employees at Dow Jones, has officially launched and is welcoming new members. Similar to the successful efforts of Women@DJ, Pride@DJ will bring together lesbian, gay, bisexual, […]
Dow Jones seeks copy editors for Barcelona newsroom
Dow Jones seeks copy editors for its real-time newswire focused on European business, finance, markets and economics. Based in Barcelona, these editors will be wordsmiths who can digest copy quickly and thoroughly for style and substance. They are responsible for ensuring our content, written in English, meets the highest standards for our professional readers. As […]
WSJ seeks global newswires chief
The Global Newswires Chief is the main advocate for Dow Jones Newswires in our newsroom. He or she will work with our commercial colleagues to establish a clear understanding of the real-time needs of financial professionals and ensure that the wires has the content it needs to serve them, including scoops and insights from the […]
Dow Jones accidentally exposes data online
An error by Dow Jones & Co. in configuring a cloud-computing service left addresses and other information about subscribers to some of its products, including The Wall Street Journal, exposed to possible unauthorized access, reports Robert McMillan of The Journal. McMillan writes, “About 2.2 million subscribers’ records were affected, a Dow Jones spokesman said. Some of the […]
How Dow Jones is helping companies mine cloud data
Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, is offering access to its archive of 1.3 billion articles to other companies, which can use data analytics and machine learning to integrate that information into their workflows. Alison DeNisco of TechRepublic.com reports, “While Dow Jones has offered digital products including Factiva’s global news database for […]
Dow Jones Media Group seeks a reporter/editor
Dow Jones Media is seeking a full-time reporter/editor for Special Projects and new products. The ideal candidate should be a features junkie who always spots the angles everyone else is missing. We’re looking for someone curious, passionate and able to report, write and edit stories that people want to read and share. Experience with video […]
Dow Jones folding Heat Street into MarketWatch
News Corp.’s conservative digital media site Heat Street is folding in August into personal finance and business news site MarketWatch.com, reports Steven Perlberg of BuzzFeed. Perlberg writes, “Heat Street, which has about 15 employees, launched as a right-of-center digital media upstart in an increasingly crowded conservative media field, taking on sites like Breitbart, the Daily Caller, IJR, […]
Dow Jones names global managing director
Katie Vanneck Smith, the president and chief customer officer of Dow Jones, sent out the following announcement on Thursday: Dear All, I am pleased to announce that Jonny Wright has been promoted to the role of Global Managing Director, Dow Jones. Jonny’s leadership has been instrumental in helping define and drive The Wall Street Journal’s […]
Dow Jones refuses to talk about its pay gap problem
Dow Jones, the parent company of The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and other news publications, is refusing to publicly discuss a report showing evidence of a widespread gender pay gap at the company, reports Kelsey Sutton of Mic. Sutton writes, “IAPE, believing more people at the company needed their salaries adjusted, hired its own consultancy to review […]
