AllThingsD adds e-commerce reporter
Jason Del Rey has been hired to work at AllThingsD, where he will be covering e-commerce. A story on its website states, “That includes such critical companies as Amazon, Groupon, eBay and the fast-growing online payments business, as well the escalation of the Internet of Things and the continued mashup of the offline and online […]
Local Dow Jones papers are for sale
News Corp. is seeking to sell its Dow Jones community newspapers, reports Keach Hagey of The Wall Street Journal. Hagey writes, “Founded by James H. Ottaway Sr. in 1936, the community-papers group today includes eight general-interest daily newspapers and their related websites in California, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon and Pennsylvania. In fiscal […]
Dow Jones Newswires editor is leaving
Tony Cooke, an editor at Dow Jones Newswires, announced his departure on Friday. In an email to the staff, Cooke wrote, “Thirteen years ago, at the height of the Internet bubble when financial news services were hiring anyone with a pulse, I was able to demonstrate that my breath could, in fact, fog a mirror […]
Inside the Dow Jones R&D operation
The Economist has a brief story about the research and development operations at Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and Marketwatch.com. The story reads, “The team has been in existence for under a year, but it’s already developed a few products that are soon to launch. One is a […]
Biz media investigated in insider trading probe
Authorities have conducted a wide-ranging investigation into whether media companies facilitated insider trading on Wall Street by prematurely releasing market-moving government data, according to a Wall Street Journal article. Brody Mullins and Devlin Barrett write, “The federal investigation examined whether news organizations used high-speed transmission systems to give some investors access to economic data a […]
Marketwatch.com names two new editors
Jonathan Krim, the acting editor of Marketwatch.com, sent out the following staff announcement on Wednesday afternoon: I am delighted to announce that two WSJ/WSJDN stars are taking new roles at MarketWatch: Silvia Ascarelli, a longtime Wall Street Journalist, will join us as Senior News Editor. Silvia has deep and varied markets experience, serving as a […]
Dow Jones/WSJ reporter leaves for Agence France-Presse
John Biers, an energy reporter for Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal, left the company on Friday. He will begin his new job with Agence France-Press on Monday. In an email to his colleagues on Friday, Biers wrote, “I’ve really enjoyed working with everybody over the eight or so years I’ve been with […]
Nuggets about business journalism from the News Corp. filing
There are some interesting business journalism facts in the News Corp. filing Friday with the Securities and Exchange Commission that will split its newspaper and media operations into a separate company. They include: WSJ.com, which offers both free and premium content, averaged more than 34 million visitors per month on average for the 12 months ended […]
New WSJ parent lost money; Thomson to be paid $2 million
The News Corp. spinoff that will be the parent of The Wall Street Journal lost money in the most recent quarter, and its CEO, current Journal managing editor Robert Thomson, will be paid $2 million, reports The Journal. John Jannarone of The Journal writes, “In the first quarter of fiscal 2013, the publishing company, which […]
Dow Jones News Fund seeks media for biz news internships
The Dow Jones News Fund is recruiting media and news organizations to hire 2013 summer interns for 10 weeks in its business reporting internship program. This is an opportunity for news organizations to hire great interns who have already been vetted by the Fund. Media outlets who want to enroll their own candidates in the […]
