Dow Jones promotes editor Noblet
Dow Jones Newswires senior editor of product innovation Rick Stine sent out the following announcement to the staff on Tuesday: I’m pleased to announce the promotion of Kevin Noblet to managing editor for our wealth management coverage. Since joining Dow Jones Newswires in February 2009 as deputy managing editor for wealth management, Kevin has helped […]
Thomson Reuters chairman widens gap on Bloomberg in net worth
David Thomson, the chairman of Thomson Reuters, is now worth $23 billion, up from the $19 billion he was estimated to be worth in 2010, according to Forbes latest list of billionaires. Thomson Reuters is the parent company of the Reuters news service. Meanwhile, Michael Bloomberg, the majority owner of Bloomberg L.P., saw his net […]
Dow Jones names new leaders for spot news desk
Dow Jones Newswires managing editor Linda Fung sent out the following announcement to the staff Wednesday afternoon: I am pleased to announce the new management team for the Dow Jones Newswires Spot News desk in New York. Talib Amir, a long-time copy desk editor and manager, will oversee the spot news team in the role […]
New head of Dow Jones rewrite desk named
Dow Jones Newswires deputy managing editor George Stahl sent out the following announcement on Wednesday: I’m pleased to announce that Lauren Pollock has been named to oversee Dow Jones Newswires’ Rewrite Desk. Lauren heads the team of reporters that quickly turn around press releases into stories for Newswires and WSJ.com. The desk provides the valuable […]
WSJ Radio Network to launch new evening show
The Wall Street Journal Radio Network announced plans to launch a new, live evening show called “The Daily Wrap from The Wall Street Journal with Michael Castner.” Scheduled to debut in spring 2011, the broadcast will originate from the Journal’s headquarters in New York City and air live each weekday from 6 p.m. to 9 […]
Special project to start between Marketwatch.com and WSJ.com
Kevin Delaney, the managing editor of The Wall Street Journal‘s Web site, sent out the following announcement to the staff: A quick note to let you know that Jonathan Krim will shortly start a 12-month assignment working with MarketWatch Editor Dave Callaway on a special growth initiative at our sister site. Among other things Jonathan […]
Clabby Award winners named at Dow Jones Newswires
Judges of the 17th annual William R. Clabby Dow Jones Newswires Awards today named 18 journalists for nine awards covering exemplary work during 2010. The Clabby Awards are Newswires’ highest internal honor for outstanding journalism by Newswires and Newsletters reporters and editors. The winners are: Commentary and Analysis James Simms, Tokyo, for “Tokyo’s Unhealthy Mandarins,” […]
Dow Jones CEO touts strong second quarter
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Dow Jones & Co. CEO Les Hinton sent out the following e-mail to the company’s employees on Thursday: Dow Jones fiscal second-quarter results again showed profits and progress as we build a modern model for the news and information business. Within News Corp.’s second-quarter results yesterday were some encouraging numbers from […]
Dow Jones CEO Hinton on new forex product
Dow Jones & Co. CEO Les Hinton sent the following message to company employees on Monday night about the launch of its new foreign exchange news and information service: Today we announced the launch of DJ FX Trader, our latest investment in content and technology and a major companywide initiative in our B2B business. DJ […]
Details of Dow Jones new FX Trader
Here are some details of the new DJ FX Trader, a news and data product being launched by Dow Jones & Co. to cover the foreign exchange market. — Leading the FX news team is Jim Pensiero, deputy managing editor of The Wall Street Journal; Gabriella Stern, managing editor of DJ FX Trader; and Rick […]
