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, […]
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 […]
