Dow Jones sees rise in earnings, profit
Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and MarketWatch.com, reported fourth-quarter revenue rose 7% and its earnings rose 10%, boosted by more subscribers. Circulation and subscription revenues increased $37 million, or 8%, reflecting a 10% increase in professional information business revenues. Circulation revenues increased 5% compared to the prior year, […]
News Corp. extends contract of CEO Thomson
News Corp., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch.com and Barron’s, has extended Robert Thomson’s contract, which will see him continue as chief executive through June 2030. Thomson was named CEO in 2013. He previously was editor in chief of subsidiary Dow Jones and managing editor of The Journal. His total compensation was $20.3 million […]
Dow Jones hires Matthews as VP of publishing tools, consumer bundle
Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal and Barron’s, has hired Clarissa Matthews as vice president of publishing tools and consumer bundle. In recent years, Dow Jones has added subscriptions to products such as MarketWatch.com and begun selling bundled subscriptions. Matthews previously was executive director of product at The New York […]
Dow Jones passes Reuters, Forbes in website viewers
Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch.com and Barron’s, became the No. 3 business news website in April, passing Reuters and Forbes, according to Comscore data. Dow Jones had 55.4 million unique visitors in April, up 3 percent from 53.8 million. Meanwhile, Reuters reported a 3 percent decline to 54.4 […]
How the WSJ and Dow Jones build on their brand names
Sherry Weiss, the chief marketing officer at Dow Jones & Co., and The Wall Street Journal, spoke with Mark Challinor of The Drum about how the company builds and develops its brand name reputations. Here is an excerpt: What are the key elements of building a strong brand in today’s market? Building and maintaining a strong brand […]
How Dow Jones has evolved into an information services operation
On the “Innovators Exchange” podcast, Hiten Patel interviewed Almar Latour, CEO of Dow Jones and publisher of the Wall Street Journal, about the evolution of Dow Jones & Co., from a traditional media company to an information services powerhouse. Here is an excerpt from Latour: What we have seen traditionally for numerous years now is […]
Dow Jones converting entry-level subscriptions to standard pricing
Robert Thomson, the CEO of News Corp., the parent of Wall Street Journal owner Dow Jones & Co., made the following comment on its third quarter earnings conference call when asked about subscription revenue growth: Yeah, look, you’re exactly right in placing our strategy at Dow Jones, and total-subs were 7% higher, driven by digital-subs, […]
Dow Jones earnings rise on subscriptions
Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and MarketWatch.com, reports higher revenue and earnings in the latest quarter, boosted by subscription revenue. The company is part of News Corp., which breaks out Dow Jones’ performance in its earnings. Dow Jones revenues in the quarter increased $31 million, or 6%, compared […]
Dow Jones union upset at UK union busting
The Independent Association of Publishers’ Employees (IAPE), Local 1096 of The NewsGuild-CWA, called on Dow Jones management to stop union busting efforts at its London offices. In February of this year, newsroom staff at The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires in London organized as a chapel under the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) […]
Dow Jones Risk Journal news service is launching
Dow Jones & Co. announced Monday the launch of Dow Jones Risk Journal, a premium news service aimed at helping leaders to manage and mitigate risk. Dow Jones Risk Journal will cover risk and compliance issues, as well as analysis of regulations and enforcement actions. Subscribers will also receive content from The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s […]
