Stine among those laid off at WSJ
Rick Stine, who had been at The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires, was among the business journalists laid off by the news organization at the end of last month. “It is true that after 30+ years I was one of those let go,” said Stine in an email to Talking Biz News. “I […]
WSJ’s union: Layoffs were much less than 40
The following note was sent to members of the Newspaper Guild, which represents journalists and other employees of The Wall Street Journal: All, Many of you have contacted the IAPE office and asked about recent media reports describing layoffs at The Wall Street Journal. Quite frankly, if 40 people at The Journal lost their jobs […]
WSJ job cuts between 20 and 40
The Wall Street Journal cut between 20 and 40 staff members in recent weeks, according to people familiar with the matter, as part of a re-evaluation of its newsroom that came at the end of its financial year, reports Ravi Somaiya of the New York Times. Somaiya reports, “Some of those laid off were informed […]
Forbes, WSJ parent hit with subscription lawsuit
Forbes and Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, are being sued related to a subscription offer, reports David Siegel of Law360.com. Siegel writes, The news “media companies provided subscription lists to Circulation Billing Services, an outside vendor, which then sent official looking renewal notices to the subscribers with prices higher than the newspapers’ real renewal fees, according to a complaint filed Monday on behalf of plaintiff I. Stephen Rabin. Circulation Billing would then pay the actual renewal fees directly to the newspapers and keep the excess funds. “Despite being aware of the fraudulent activity, the newspaper companies turned a blind eye to Circulation Billing’s activities on their behalf and failed to notify their subscribers, the complaint says. “’Defendants have knowingly permitted the names of their publications to be used by fraudsters to scam their subscribers, so they could profit from maintaining their subscriber lists inexpensively and profit from the sale of their subscription lists and other information,” Rabin’s complaint states. “Dow Jones-owned Barron’s ran a full page ad in November alerting subscribers to Circulation Billings’ fraudulent activity, even though the company had been aware of it for years at that point, the complaint says. A Dow Jones spokeswoman also said the Wall Street Journal ran a similar ad at the same time.” Read more here, A subscription is required.
WSJ/Dow Jones seeks digital media reporter
The Media and Marketing Group is looking for a reporter to cover the fast growing digital media sector as well as the rapidly evolving newspaper business. Few businesses have been affected as much by the digital revolution as news – people can now read what’s happening on BuzzFeed, Vice, Business Insider and a plethora of […]
What’s behind wire service departure from Treasury
Denny Gulino, a senior correspondent at Market News International, writes about the decision by the four major wire services — Associated Press, Bloomberg News, Dow Jones Newswires and Reuters — to depart from staffing the Treasury Department. Gulino, who has covered the Treasury since the 1980s, writes, “At this writing, four adjacent cubicles in the […]
WSJ continues to cover Medicare costs
Jacob Goldstein, assistant general counsel at Dow Jones & Co., sent out the following to the staff on Tuesday: Today’s article, “Taxpayers Face Big Medicare Tab for Unusual Doctor Billings,” continues the Journal’s long-standing effort to obtain and analyze Medicare data to help the public understand how the government-run health insurance program for the elderly and […]
WSJ seeks reporter/web producer
Dow Jones, publisher of the Wall Street Journal, is looking for a self-starting reporter/web producer who is skilled in reporting and writing; has experience in online curation and web production; and possibly experience in visual journalism such as video, graphics and photos. International experience and ability to speak a second language is an advantage, although […]
Energy freelancer suing Dow Jones
McClatchy and Dow Jones & Co. provided articles to LexisNexis and other online databases without permission of their author, Eric Watkins, a journalist specializing in energy issues, claims in two lawsuits for copyright infringement. Matt Reynolds of the Courthouse News Service writes, “Watkins claims that he submitted articles to The Wall Street Journal and Knight-Ridder. […]
Dow Jones files motions to open court cases of government surveillance
Craig Linder, assistant general counsel of Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and Marketwatch.com, posted the following on the company’s blog Tuesday morning: Dow Jones has filed a series of motions in federal court seeking to bring some sunshine into the government’s ubiquitous yet opaque practice of pursuing court-sanctioned […]
