Dow Jones CEO Latour on its 2023 growth
Dominic Ponsford of Press Gazette interviewed Dow Jones & Co. CEO Almar Latour on the growth in 2023 of the parent of The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch.com, Barron’s and Investor’s Business Daily. Here is an excerpt: Most news publishers have had a tough 2023. As one delegate at our US conference put it: “modestly down is the new up”. […]
Dow Jones hires Fishman as chief technology officer
Dow Jones & Co. CEO Almar Latour sent out the following on Monday: Colleagues, I’m delighted to announce that Artem Fishman will become chief technology officer for Dow Jones. Artem joins us from LinkedIn, where he oversaw the company’s homepage and content experiences – core products that include LinkedIn’s feed, media experiences and tools for […]
Dow Jones makes leadership changes
Almar Latour, CEO of Dow Jones and Publisher of The Wall Street Journal, sent out the following: Colleagues, I am pleased to share a few organizational updates and expanded responsibilities that will position Dow Jones and The Wall Street Journal for continued growth and unlock new ways to better serve our subscribers and clients: Thomas […]
Barron’s EIC Cho to also be head of Dow Jones wealth and investing content strategy
Dan Shar, executive vice president and general manager of Dow Jones Wealth & Investing, sent out the following: Team, On the heels of Almar’s note, David and I wanted to share some additional clarity. As mentioned, David [Cho] now serves as both the Editor in Chief of Barron’s and adds the newly created role of […]
Dow Jones is highest contributor to News Corp earnings
News Corp. CEO Robert Thomson spoke at the company’s annual meeting on Wednesday. Here is an excerpt of his remarks: As Rupert mentioned, The Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich continues to be unjustly incarcerated by Russia for being a truth-seeking journalist. We strongly deny the allegations against him. And we thank the many people who have […]
News Corp reports lower earnings in first quarter
News Corp., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch.com and Barron’s reported a slight increase in revenue in the first quarter but a decline in net income. The company reported $2.5 billion in revenue and net income of $58 million compared to $2.48 billion in revenue and $66 million in net income in the […]
Dow Jones, union agree to new minimum pay for reporters
Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch.com and Barron’s, and the union that represents business journalists have agreed to a new base pay for starting reporters as part of new contract negotiations. Upon conclusion of the contract negotiations, the new minimum salary for full-time reporters will be $72,800, a $9,500 […]
Elliott named head of Dow Jones Risk & Research communities
Nick Elliott has been appointed as head of communities, Dow Jones Risk & Research, moving from his previous role as head of professional products innovation & strategy at The Wall Street Journal. In this new role, he will lead the development of a community for chief compliance officers and explore communities for adjacent corporate roles […]
Dow Jones offers 3% raises, lump sum
Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and MarketWatch.com, has offered 3 percent pay raises and a 0.25 percent lump sum payment in January to the union that represents journalists. The lump sum payment would be based on a person’s base salary. For a personal making $100,000, the payment would […]
Dow Jones CFO leaving after 15 months
Liz O’Melia, the chief financial officer of Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch.com and Barron’s, is leaving after 15 months, reports Daniel Thomas and Anna Nicolaou of The Financial Times. Thomas and Nicolaou report, “Dow Jones, which owns the Wall Street Journal, is searching for a new CFO, and O’Melia is staying […]
