WSJ's magazine, NY section both profitable
The two-year-old Wall Street Journal weekend magazine and the newspaper’s daily New York City section are profitable, reports Brett Pulley of Bloomberg News, who interviewed Dow Jones & Co. CEO Les Hinton. Pulley writes, “The Dec. 4 issue of WSJ., the first under former Conde Nast editor Deborah Needleman, will be ‘significantly profitable’ and lift […]
Reuters exec defects to Dow Jones
Alisa Bowen, a current Thomson Reuters executive, has been named general manager of The Wall Street Journal Digital Network, the company’s consumer digital business group. Bowen will drive strategy, development and operations for market-leading products including WSJ.com, Barrons.com, MarketWatch.com, SmartMoney.com, AllThingsD.com and their mobile applications. “We have a large, fast-growing, digital business with high expectations […]
Fed considering news conferences
Neal Lipschutz, the managing editor of Dow Jones Newswires, writes that the Federal Reserve is considering holding news conferences, which would dramatically change how the central bank is covered. Lipschutz writes, “Back to the press conference idea. They should be more frequent than simply occasional, the theoretical time frame mentioned in the minutes. The Fed is a […]
Who "owns" business news?
Washington & Lee journalism ethics professor Edward Wasserman writes in the Miami Herald about the tricky question of who owns news after it’s been reported, using the recent court case between Briefing.com and Dow Jones & Co., the parent of Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal, as his news peg. Wasserman writes, “But […]
WSJ/Dow Jones looking for reporter in Spain
Rebecca Blumenstein, who oversees international coverage for The Wall Street Journal, sent out the following announcement on Friday: We’re looking for a versatile, experienced reporter to cover economic policy, politics and corporate news from Spain and Portugal for The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires. Based in our Madrid bureau, the successful candidate will […]
WSJ, Dow Jones expand finance reporting team
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Wall Street Journal managing editor Robert Thomson sent out the following announcement to the staff on Thursday afternoon: We’re pleased to announce significant additions to our already pre-eminent group covering economics, U.S. Treasurys, forex and emerging markets in New York. It is our intention to broaden our financial and markets expertise […]
Dow Jones plans B2B digital overall
Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires, is planning a digital overhaul of its business-to-business activities with a new focus on improving revenues from specialist audiences, reports Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson of The Financial Times. Edgecliffe-Johnson writes, “Robert Thomson, Dow Jones’ editor-in-chief since News Corp took it over in […]
Briefing.com settles case with Dow Jones & Co.
Briefing.com paid a “substantial amount” and admitted liability to settle a lawsuit involving the unauthorized republication of news headlines and articles from Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and Marketwatch.com, according to a Dow Jones statement released Monday. In settling the lawsuit, Briefing.com admitted that copying and republishing portions […]
Dow Jones increasing color capability
News & Tech is reporting that Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, is in the midst of a multimillion-dollar project to add color capacity at U.S. production sites nationwide. News & Tech reports, “The upgrade includes the addition of color towers at contracted sites including the Chicago Tribune, Miami Herald […]
Staff editor changes for WSJ, Dow Jones Newswires
Dow Jones Newswires senior editor for global news coverage Gabriella Stern and Wall Street Journal deputy managing editor Jim Pinsiero sent out the following announcement on Monday: Today in New York we will toast Eduardo Kaplan’s new and exciting career move: He is joining The Wall Street Journal as the real-time deputy editor on the […]
