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 […]
Dow Jones Newswires seeks a deputy editor
Dow Jones Newswires seeks a dynamic news leader with a passion for real-time coverage, deep insights into the minds of traders, and experience managing and motivating effective and creative teams. This role positions you on the front lines of our global editing and reporting operations, serving a diverse mix of sophisticated market professionals around the […]
News Corp creates NewsTech business unit
Ramin Beheshti, chief product and technology officer at Dow Jones, sent out the following announcement on Friday: Hello Everyone, I wanted to make you all aware of an exciting change that is happening within Technology, not only at Dow Jones but at News Corp. First, as many of you may have heard, News Corp is […]
Dow Jones launches effort to make better use of its data
Chris Lloyd, head of the professional information business at Dow Jones, sent out the following email to the staff on Thursday: Dear All, In February, William Lewis announced the launch of a new Dow Jones Data Task Force, challenging me and Clancy Childs to explore the different ways our company can become ever-more data centered. […]
