Dow Jones giving Factiva lots of attention
Matthew Flamm of Crain’s New York Business writes Sunday about how Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal and Marketwatch.com, is looking to boost its Factiva search service. Flamm writes, “This month, Factiva is rolling out services and products, including an iPad application, designed to attract new corporate customers. The investment […]
Dow Jones Newswires names new stocks team
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Joe Bel Bruno, the news editor of the U.S. stocks team for Dow Jones Newswires, sent out the following announcement on Friday morning: I am delighted to announce a new lineup for the U.S. stock markets team, which will be rolled out in the coming weeks. Steve Russolillo rejoins the team […]
Dow Jones tech reporter leaves wire service
Scott Morrison, a tech reporter for Dow Jones Newswires in San Francisco for the past three-and-a-half years, has left the news service. In a goodbye e-mail to his co-workers, Morrison wrote, “I wanted to take a moment to let you know that I’m moving on from Dow Jones. I’ve been extremely fortunate to have had […]
Dow Jones Content Lab launches
Sean Callahan of BtoB Media Business writes Tuesday about Dow Jones Content Lab, previously known as Custom Solutions from SmartMoney, which will provide custom content to marketers using any of Dow Jones’ media brands, including Barron’s, Marketwatch.com and The Wall Street Journal. Callahan writes, “Dow Jones Content Lab offers a variety of content formats: print […]
Former WSJ staffers comment on the paper under Murdoch
Joe Strupp of Media Matters for America writes Monday about the exodus from The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires in light of the recent hirings at Reuters that brought in former top editors from both shops. Most of the former WSJ and Dow Jones staffers that Strupp talked to were quoted off the […]
Two new editors on Dow Jones Newswires spot news desk
The following announcement was made by Talib Amir and Adam Kuczynski, who oversee the spot news desk at Dow Jones Newswires: We are pleased to announce that Nathan Becker and Katie Rass will be joining the Spot News desk as copy editors. Nate will join the desk May 9 from the Rewrite Desk, where he […]
New head named for Dow Jones Newswires’ monitoring desk
Steve Wisnefski, the senior editor at Dow Jones News Newswires, sent out the following announcement to the staff on Thursday: I am pleased to announce that Michelle Gerdes, a long-time member of the copy editing desk at the Wall Street Journal, will be joining Dow Jones Newswires to oversee our Monitoring Desk operations. She will […]
New head named for Dow Jones Newswires' monitoring desk
Steve Wisnefski, the senior editor at Dow Jones News Newswires, sent out the following announcement to the staff on Thursday: I am pleased to announce that Michelle Gerdes, a long-time member of the copy editing desk at the Wall Street Journal, will be joining Dow Jones Newswires to oversee our Monitoring Desk operations. She will […]
Dow Jones Investment Banker names new DME
Rick Stine, senior editor for innovations at Dow Jones Newswires, sent out the following announcement on Tuesday: As Dow Jones Investment Banker approaches its two-year anniversary, it makes sense for us to reposition and strengthen our management structure to allow for the creation of even more and better idea-generating columns as well as sharpen our […]
WSJ/Dow Jones names joint bureau chiefs for France and Italy
Wall Street Journal managing editor Robert Thomson sent out the following announcement to the staff on Thursday afternoon: We are delighted to announce that Grainne McCarthy will become joint bureau chief for France and Alessandra Galloni will be joint bureau chief for Italy, expanding the international roster of shared Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones Newswires offices. In […]
