Bloomberg hires Wong as weekend editor in Asia region
Michael Sin, team leader for breaking news in Asia for Bloomberg News, sent out the following to the staff: All, I’m pleased to announce that Yi Wei Wong will be joining as Breaking News APAC’s weekend editor. She’ll be based in Singapore and responsible for all things international wires and social media monitoring. Yi Wei will […]
WSJ union asks for 15% pay hike in negotiations
The union that represents journalists at The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch.com and Barron’s asked Dow Jones & Co. for a 15 percent pay hike in the first year of a new deal to make up for inflation. The IAPE 1096 also called for a cap of three mandatory in-office working days for the life of […]
Dow Jones reports jump in revenue and earnings
Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch.com and Barron’s, reported a 9 percent increase in revenue and a 24 percent increase in third-quarter profits, primarily due to acquisitions. The company is owned by News Corp., which separates its financial performance. Third-quarter revenue increased to $529 million while EBITDA profits increased […]
Dow Jones Newswires seeks a reporter in Barcelona
Dow Jones has a team of smart and versatile reporters who fuel its real-time news and analysis service for financial professionals. Based in Barcelona, these reporters monitor press releases, websites and other sources of news and fire off headlines and short stories on key developments for publication in real time. They are proficient at identifying […]
WSJ parent plans streaming radio channel on TuneIn
The Wall Street Journal’s parent company Dow Jones is launching a new streaming radio channel on the audio platform TuneIn this month, reports Matthew Keys of The Desk. Keys reports, “The channel, called WSJ Radio, will operate around-the-clock with featured content produced by the audio teams at the Wall Street Journal and its sister publications Barron’s, MarketWatch and […]
Union representing WSJ journalists asks to start negotiation
The Independent Association of Publishers’ Employers 1096, which represents business journalists at The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch.com, and Barron’s, has asked parent company Dow Jones & Co. to start negotiations on a new contact. The current contract expires June 30. “Please advise when Dow Jones representatives will be available to have a preliminary discussion concerning […]
Dow Jones reviewing its use of ad agencies
Dow Jones & Co., publisher of The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and other publications, has launched an agency review across all of its consumer and B2B products, reports Ray Schultz of Publishers Daily. Schultz reports, “The move follows the appointment of Sherry Weiss as chief marketing officer. The firm is also restructuring its internal marketing functions, a process […]
Dow Jones hires Herrera as VP of training, culture and community
Brent Jones, the senior vice president of training, culture and community at Dow Jones and editor of culture, training and outreach at The Wall Street Journal, sent out the following to the staff: Dear Colleagues, Great news: Juan Herrera joins my team on March 20 as Vice President of Training, Culture & Community for Commercial, […]
Dow Jones Newswires seeks a breaking news reporter in New York
Dow Jones Newswires, the real-time professional news service of The Wall Street Journal, seeks a dynamic, fast and analytical reporter who can cover corporate breaking news and can quickly pivot to providing our professional readership of more than 90 million institutional and retail investors with the insights they need. This is an opportunity to write […]
Dow Jones seeks a reporter in Barcelona
Dow Jones seeks a reporter to help fuel Dow Jones Newswires’ real-time news service for financial professionals from our newsroom in Barcelona. Our reporting team monitors corporate and economic news from across Europe using a variety of sources. In addition to writing headlines and stories, you will be expected to quickly analyze news events and […]
