Dow Jones launches Heat Street website
Dow Jones & Co. launched a new website called Heat Street on Monday that will cover tech and business news as well as politics, culture and entertainment. In an email, Heat Street said: We plan to break news, move the media and mock the mainstream. Heat Street is a journey in a very different direction […]
Dow Jones CEO: We will address pay inequity
Dow Jones & Co. CEO William Lewis sent out the following to the staff of The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch.com and Barron’s on Wednesday: Dear Colleague, Recently our union published information showing a pay gap between women and racial minorities and their white and male counterparts. Any pay disparity relating to an employee’s race or […]
American Petroleum Institute upset about its data being published
The American Publishing Institute has complained about the data from its weekly oil inventory report being posted on Twitter and published by news organization, writes George Kantchev of Dow Jones Newswires. Kantchev writes, “API has also complained to Dow Jones & Co., publisher of Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal, an API spokesman said. He […]
News Corp. CEO to receive annual $2M to $4M bonus beginning in 2016
Robert Thomson, the CEO of News Corp., the parent company of The Wall Street Journal and Barron’s, will receive a guaranteed $2 million bonus in 2016 and a guaranteed $4 million bonus for the three years after that, according to an SEC filing Wednesday. The filing includes a new contract for Thomson that pays him […]
Union: Dow Jones pays women less than men
The union that represents business journalists at Dow Jones & Co. properties such as The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch.com and Barron’s reports Tuesday that the company pays women less than men in comparable jobs. The IAPE 1096, in a post on its website, notes, “In recognition of International Women’s Day, the Union decided to take […]
Dow Jones seeks private equity reporter in London
Dow Jones is looking for a London-based private equity reporter to write for Private Equity News, our online and print product that’s a must-read in the industry for its broad coverage of deals, funds, firms and people. We need a curious and self-motivated journalist who can work fast on scoops but also write sophisticated analysis […]
News Corp., parent of WSJ, reports lower revenue, profit
News Corp., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, Marketwatch.com and Barron’s, reported lower profit and revenue in the second fiscal quarter on Thursday. Revenue in the division that includes the business news operations fell to $1.4 billion, down 8 percent from $1.5 billion in the same quarter a year earlier. Operating earnings in that […]
Dow Jones/WSJ seeks copy editor in London
The London NewsPlus desk seeks a copy editor to join the team that compiles the Web-based front page for Dow Jones Newswires. Working on a shift-based system that includes some unsociable hours, the successful candidate will join a group of Web editors who choose the best breaking news and analysis stories from across Dow Jones […]
Dow Jones CEO Lewis explains restructuring
Here is the note that Dow Jones CEO William Lewis sent to the staff on Tuesday: Dear colleague, I am pleased to announce some important structural changes to Dow Jones. These developments build on the excellent work already done over the past 18 months and will provide the platform the company needs to achieve our […]
Dow Jones creates new publishing unit headed by Latour
Dow Jones, the financial news and information company within News Corp. responsible for The Wall Street Journal, has created a new publishing unit, reports Joe Pompeo of Politico. Pompeo writes, “Dow Jones Media Group will include existing brands like the magazine Barron’s and the websites Marketwatch and Mansion Global. It will also explore the launch […]
