WSJ’s union wants data on women vs. men pay
The Independent Association of Publishers’ Employees, which represents business journalists at The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and MarketWatch.com, sent the following to its members on Wednesday: It’s International Women’s Day, and we’re proud to recognize that at IAPE TNG/CWA Local 1096. As you may remember, a year ago today we published a preliminary review of […]
Dow Jones launches Moneyish, a personal finance site for millennials
Max Willens of Digiday writes about Moneyish, a personal finance site for millennials that has been launched by the Dow Jones Media Group. Willens writes, “Where sites like Vice Money, which launched in October, or Coinage, Time Inc.’s video-focused brand that bowed in February, or Mic Money, which went live last July, are focused on […]
Dow Jones, union agree to keep contract in place for 2017
Mark Musgrave, the chief people officer at Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, sent out the following announcement on Monday: Dear All, Dow Jones and IAPE have decided to keep the parties’ labor contract in place for the coming year, unchanged. As you may recall, we had agreed to a […]
News Corp. CFO Singh is leaving
News Corp., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch.com and Barron’s, announced Thursday that Chief Financial Officer Bedi Singh is leaving the company. He will be replaced by Susan Panuccio, currently chief financial officer of News Corp Australia. “We said at our rebirth in 2013, when Bedi was recruited back into the News Corp […]
WSJ seeks two copy editors In London
The Wall Street Journal /Dow Jones Newswires is looking for two copy editors to join its London desk to edit the major economic, political, business and markets stories of the day for its website and newswire. You will have exceptional editing skills, strong news judgement and the ability to work accurately at speed. You will […]
WSJ2020 expected to produce $100 million in cost savings
Here are comments made about The Wall Street Journal during the News Corp. earnings conference call Thursday afternoon: Chief executive officer Robert Thomson: Audiences are craving integrity, which is why so many of our markets have reported strong growth in readers and subscribers. As an example, The Wall Street Journal experienced a significant increase in […]
Dow Jones/WSJ seeks ag markets reporter in Chicago
Dow Jones seeks an energetic and resourceful reporter to join the food and agriculture reporting team in Chicago. The opening is for a reporter to provide grains and livestock futures market coverage for Dow Jones Newswires, WSJ.com and the print editions of The Wall Street Journal. The selected reporter will track trading action and key […]
What WSJ2020 reorg means to the Wall Street Journal newsroom
Wall Street Journal editor in chief Gerard Baker sent out the following email to the staff on Friday: Earlier this week, Will Lewis announced major changes across Dow Jones as part of the WSJ2020 project, and an effort to accelerate our pivot toward a more digital strategy. I want to give an update of what it means […]
Murray to lead newsroom transition at WSJ
Dow Jones & Co. CEO William Lewis sent out the following announcement on Wednesday: Dear Colleague, Today marks the next critical stage of our WSJ2020 transformation: the creation of a revitalized executive management structure for Dow Jones. As we look to accelerate revenues in key growth sectors and control costs across the board, I am […]
WSJ/Dow Jones Newswires seeks copy editor in London
The Wall Street Journal /Dow Jones Newswires is looking for a copy editor to join its London desk to edit the major economic, political, business and markets stories of the day for its website and newswire. You will have exceptional editing skills, strong news judgement and the ability to work accurately at speed. You will […]
