Dow Jones Special Committee taps new member
The Dow Jones Special Committee, established as part of the acquisition of Dow Jones & Co. by News Corp. in late 2007, has elected John F. Tefft to succeed Anne W. Patterson, who has retired from the committee after seven years of service. Tefft will serve out Patterson’s term ending Dec. 31, 2027, at which […]
Economist, FT and Dow Jones licensing content for private LLMs
The Economist, the Financial Times and Dow Jones & Co. are licensing their content to private large language models, reports Jessica Davies of Digiday. Davies reports, “The Economist is among those to start licensing its content this way — having opened its API to corporate clients with their own data ring-fenced LLMs this August. “The Financial Times […]
How the Dow Jones content strategy varies by publication
Kira Willner, senior vice president of product and business strategy, wealth and investing at Dow Jones & Co., writes on the International News Media Association website about how the company’s strategy varies by publication. Willner writes, “MarketWatch serves as the perfect entry point to Dow Jones’s broader wealth and investing portfolio, attracting ambitious audiences with accessible, […]
Dow Jones receives $1.28 million for WSJ copyright violation
Dow Jones & Co. has received a $1.28 million settlement to resolve claims that a U.S.-based logistics company unlawfully reproduced and distributed 378 full-text articles from The Wall Street Journal on its corporate website without authorization. This settlement, finalized in September 2025,continues Dow Jones’s track record of successful enforcement actions. “Dow Jones is deeply committed to […]
News Corp CEO Thomson’s pay totals $20.6 million
Robert Thomson, the chief executive officer at News Corp., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, MarketWatch.com and Investor’s Business Daily received $20.6 million in total compensation in its most recent fiscal year. That’s slightly higher than the $20.3 million in total compensation that he received in the fiscal 2024 years, according to the […]
Why WSJ’s parent is suing — and working with — AI companies
Allison Schiff of AdExchanger spoke with Josh Stinchcomb, the chief revenue officer of Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal and Barron’s, about its relationships with artificial intelligence companies. Schiff writes, “‘We have a licensing deal with OpenAI and we’re suing Perplexity, so I think it’s pretty clear what our general position is […]
Wikipedia strikes deal with Dow Jones publications
Journalism from Dow Jones & Co., including the Wall Street Journal, are now available to editors who are eligible for The Wikipedia Library. Through this partnership, Dow Jones will be providing experienced Wikipedia editors access to The Journal, Barron’s, MarketWatch and Investor’s Business Daily. A number of Wikipedia volunteer editors will also get access to the […]
Dow Jones names new head of Factiva, chief of staff
Dow Jones & Co. CEO Almar Latour sent out the following to the staff on Wednesday: Colleagues, I’m pleased to share two promotions: Emma O’Brian is appointed GM for Factiva and Alina Imam is appointed chief of staff for Dow Jones. Alina starts her new role as Dow Jones is poised to scale its business following record […]
Dow Jones CEO: This was our best year ever
Dow Jones & Co. CEO Almar Latour sent out the following to the staff: Colleagues, I’m pleased to share that fiscal year 2025 (FY25), the year that closed in June, was the best year on record for Dow Jones—a direct result of your hard work and dedication. For the fourth quarter (Q4) 2025, here are […]
News Corp. execs: We think Dow Jones sub growth will continue
The following conversation occurred during News Corp.’s fourth quarter earnings conference call: David Joyce, analyst, Seaport Research: Thank you. You had really strong growth in the Wall Street Journal subscriptions, both digital and total. What would you attribute that, and what do you think you can do to to keep that growth continuing? Robert Thompson, […]
