Dow Jones names chief compliance officer
Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, has named one of its attorneys to the position of chief compliance officer. One of Jason Conti’s first jobs will be to revise the company code of conduct. Samuel Rubenfeld of The Journal writes, “The promotion went into effect Oct. 1, and Conti will report to […]
WSJ/Dow Jones names new Paris deputy bureau chief
Wall Street Journal international editor Matt Murray made the following staff announcement on Wednesday: I’m very pleased to announce that David Gauthier-Villars has been promoted to deputy bureau chief in the joint Paris Wall Street Journal-Dow Jones Newswires bureau. As deputy to Grainne McCarthy, David is stepping up at a time of intense interest in […]
WSJ/Dow Jones names Canada deputy bureau chief
Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones Canada bureau chief Chip Cummins sent out the following announcement on Thursday: I am pleased to announce that Carolyn King will take on the role of deputy bureau chief in the newly integrated Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones Newswires bureau in Canada. Carolyn, who is currently a news editor in Toronto, will […]
Skirting the serious issues at Dow Jones
Roger Lowenstein, a former Wall Street Journal reporter, reviews the Warren Phillips‘ book “Newspaperman: Inside the News Business at The Wall Street Journal,” and wonders whether Phillips could have done a better job of running its parent company. Lowenstein writes, “He skirts, however, the serious issues raised when Dow Jones, in 1986, created a super-voting […]
Dow Jones Newswires names new wealth management reporter
Kevin Noblet, managing editor of wealth management at Dow Jones Newswires, sent out the following staff announcement on Thursday: I’d like to officially welcome Ruthie Ackerman to the wealth management coverage team. She joined us this week to help bolster our practice management coverage. Ruthie comes to us from Sourcemedia, where she has worked since […]
Business media outlets accused of patent infringement
Bloomberg LP and Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, and five other media outlets were sued for allegedly infringing two patents for “instantaneous symbol lookup,” used on websites. A Bloomberg News story states, “Boadin Technology LLC, which said it owns the rights to the patents, filed the lawsuit yesterday in […]
Newsday getting new business editor
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Dow Jones Newswires assistant managing editor Bob McGough has been named the business editor at Newsday, according to a memo from Linda Fung, a managing editor at Dow Jones. Fung writes: Dow Jones veteran Bob McGough, also known as our black belt sempai, will be departing the company after a long […]
Dow Jones/WSJ looking for Saudi reporter
Wall Street Journal international editor Rebecca Blumenstein sent out the following announcement to the staff on Thursday: The combined Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones Newswires Middle East Bureau is looking for an ambitious, energetic journalist to be based in the capital of Saudi Arabia, the Middle East’s largest economy and an essential global player in politics […]
Dow Jones columnist leaving for Morgan Stanley PR job
Peter Gallagher, a former Wall Streeter who was hired last year by Dow Jones Newswires to write a column, is leaving the business news service for a job in the Morgan Stanley corporate communications office. In an e-mail to his colleagues, Gallagher writes: I’m taking an early sabbatical from my second career in journalism. Going […]
New deputy ME named at Dow Jones
Anna Raff, the managing editor for resources news at Dow Jones Newswires, sent out the following announcement to the staff on Tuesday: I’m pleased to announce that Paul Rekoff, a long-time editor and manager on the Copy Desk at Dow Jones Newswires, will be joining the Resources reporting team as Deputy Managing Editor. Paul comes […]
