Dow Jones news service to be offered on Symphony
Symphony, the messaging tool backed by some of Wall Street’s biggest banks, has struck a deal with Dow Jones to offer news content in its service, reports Matthew Garrahan of the Financial Times. Garrahan writes, “The content deal — likely to be unveiled this week — pits Dow Jones, part of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, against Michael […]
Dow Jones seeks private equity reporter in London
Dow Jones is looking for an enterprising reporter with an interest in finance to cover the many stories generated by European private equity, both news and features. We need a reporter who can cover a spectrum of news about these investments and the firms making them. We focus much of our coverage on funds, deals […]
News Corp. CEO Thomson received $10.3 million compensation
Robert Thomson, the chief executive officer of Wall Street Journal parent News Corp., received total compensation valued at $10.3 million during the 2015 fiscal year, according to a proxy statement filed Tuesday with the Securities and Exchange Commission. That’s down from the $12.5 million that Thomson — the former top editor at the Journal — […]
Dow Jones seeks luxury real restate reporter
Mansion Global, the prestige property website recently launched by Dow Jones and News Corp., seeks a reporter to cover global luxury real estate. Mansion Global features listings for exceptional estates around the world along with timely market news and analysis. We have a sophisticated audience in the market for very expensive homes. The reporter will […]
WSJ parent reports earnings that beat expectations
The parent of the Wall Street Journal reported quarterly earnings that topped analysts’ expectations but fell short of revenue projections Wednesday, citing foreign currency fluctuations and lower advertising revenues. Zack Guzman of CNBC reports that News Corp. “posted fiscal fourth-quarter earnings of 7 cents per share, compared to 1 cent in the year-earlier period, on […]
Dow Jones/WSJ seeks copy editor in Hong Kong
The Asia Real-time desk is looking for a Copy Editor to handle editing and publication of breaking news to Dow Jones Newswires and WSJ.com. The successful candidate will be responsible for editing stories from around the region, publishing to WSJ.com and our professional newswires. You’ll interact with reporters and editors covering different beats (eg. autos, […]
Union members approve Dow Jones contract extension
IAPE members at Dow Jones & Co. locations across North America have voted to accept an extension of their previous contract through June 30, 2016, by a 567-75 margin. With the final count, and more than 87% of ballots cast in favor of the extension, IAPE members approve a deal that will preserve all current […]
WSJ/Dow Jones seeks spot news reporter in Frankfurt
The Frankfurt Bureau of Dow Jones/The Wall Street Journal is looking for a reporter on its Spot News Desk. This intensely real-time position involves reporting on corporate and general German news. The successful candidate will be a curious journalist who thrives in high-pressure situations, and is a fast, accurate and a strong writer of English. […]
Dow Jones union to extend contract for a year
The union that represents business journalists at The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and Marketwatch.com sent out the following announcement to its members: IAPE members – thanks to all who responded to our survey request last week. To refresh your memory, we asked whether you would prefer to extend our current contract for another year – […]
Where was Pedro?
Pedro da Costa, a Wall Street Journal reporter who covers the Federal Reserve and economics stories, was noticeably absent from Fed chairwoman Janet Yellen’s press conference on Wednesday after attending them for the past several years. Da Costa posted on Twitter Wednesday afternoon that he wasn’t attending despite asking frequent questions at past news conferences […]
