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 […]

News Corp CEO Thomson compensation slightly down

Robert Thomson, the CEO of News Corp., which is the parent of The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, MarketWatch.com and Investor’s Business Daily, saw his compensation decrease slightly during its 2023 fiscal year. Thomson received $19.3 million in total compensation for the year, down from $19.7 million in the previous year, according to the company’s proxy […]

Longtime WSJ and Dow Jones journalist Austin departs company

Scott Austin, a longtime reporter and editor at Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal who joined the company’s business side in 2019, has left the company. “Now I’m looking for ways to leverage my editorial skills with the business-development experience I gained on the corporate side of Dow Jones,” he wrote on Twitter on […]

New Zealand’s BusinessDesk strikes deal for WSJ content

New Zealand-based business news website BusinessDesk has struck a deal with Dow Jones & Co. that gives its subscribers access to Wall Street Journal content. BusinessDesk news content will also now appear in Factiva, Dow Jones’s research tool and global news and content collection service. “This is a huge moment for BusinessDesk,” says Pattrick Smellie, […]

Dow Jones CEO Latour on financial results

Dow Jones & Co. CEO Almar Latour sent out the following to the staff on Friday: Colleagues, I’m pleased to share that Dow Jones delivered record profits and record revenue in FY23, underscoring continued strength in our core business of consumer and corporate subscriptions. FY23 revenue was the highest on record since Dow Jones was broken out […]

News Corp CEO Thomson’s comments on Dow Jones

News Corp. CEO Robert Thomson made the following comments during its fourth quarter earnings conference call about Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch.com, Barron’s and Investor’s Business Daily: Dow Jones posted its highest profitability for both the quarter and the full year since we acquired the company, helped by impressive results […]

Dow Jones reports highest profit since News Corp acquired it

Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch.com, Barron’s and Investor’s Business Daily, reported a fourth-quarter profit of $133 million, a 25% increase from the same quarter a year ago and its best quarterly performance since it was acquired by News Corp. in 2007. Revenue for the quarter was $546 million, […]

Dow Jones makes leadership promotions, changes

Dow Jones & Co. CEO Almar Latour sent out the following on Monday: Colleagues, I am delighted to announce some well-deserved promotions for several business leaders who have been essential in driving growth for Dow Jones. These appointments will help sharpen our focus and position us for continued growth in FY24 and beyond as the world-leading news […]