Dow Jones apologizes for fake Newswires story and headlines
Dow Jones & Co., the parent of Dow Jones Newswires, The Wall Street Journal and MarketWatch.com, apologized Tuesday for sending out a false story and headlines about Google acquiring Apple. The headlines and story were published on its Dow Jones Newswires Tuesday between 9:34 and 9:36 a.m. ET. The items, which were never intended for […]
CEO compensation at WSJ parent rose 20 percent in fiscal 2017
News Corp. chief executive officer Robert Thomson received total compensation of $13.5 million in the company’s 2017 fiscal year, up nearly 20 percent from his total compensation of $11.3 million during the previous year. Thomson, the former publisher and managing editor of the company’s Wall Street Journal, received a base salary of $2 million, similar […]
Dow Jones ending service awards, says union
The IAPE 1096, which represents business journalists who work at The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and MarketWatch.com, sent out the following to its members on Friday: Dow Jones employees who have reached ten, twenty, thirty or forty years of service anniversary dates since July 1st and who are waiting for an invitation to pick out […]
Dow Jones/WSJ seek editor for spot news team
Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal seek an experienced editor to lead a breaking news reporting team. The person in this position will oversee a group of reporters focused on corporate disclosure news, quickly and expertly producing articles primarily for Dow Jones Newswires and as needed for WSJ.com. Working in close collaboration with […]
WSJ has added 300,000 subscriptions since Trump election
Matthew Gwyther of The Sunday Times in London profiles Dow Jones & Co. CEO William Lewis in this Sunday’s paper. Gwyther writes, “Subscriptions are the way to go, according to Lewis, and he says the WSJ has added 300,000 since Trump’s election. It has the advantage of being a necessary tool for most in US […]
Mansion Global seeks a managing editor
Mansion Global, the premier destination for news, analysis and trend stories on the luxury residential market worldwide, is seeking a Managing Editor for its newsroom. The candidate will work with staff writers and freelancers to produce weekly features and monthly special reports Mansion Global produces, which go beyond real estate coverage to that involving interior […]
Dow Jones saw 10 percent circulation growth in the fourth quarter
William Lewis, the chief executive officer at Dow Jones & Co., sent out the following note to the staff on Friday: Dear Colleague, Yesterday afternoon News Corp released its earnings results for the fourth quarter and full fiscal 2017. I would like to share information on the company’s overall performance, as well as highlights related […]
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 […]
