Dow Jones CEO Latour: Let’s avoid hysterics
News publisher Dow Jones is working to avoid hysterics and invest in trusted journalism amid rising concerns about U.S. press freedom, CEO Almar Latour said at Davos, reports Kerry Flynn of Axios. Flynn reports, “The Wall Street Journal’s parent company is quite familiar with press freedom issues after reporter Evan Gershkovich spent 16 months behind bars in […]
Publisher Latour on the WSJ’s editorial mission
Almar Latour, the publisher of The Wall Street Journal and CEO of Dow Jones & Co., writes about the mission of the newspaper. Latour writes, “At The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones, we remain undeterred from our mission: To provide the world’s most trusted journalism, data and analysis to help people make decisions. That […]
Yomiuri Shimbun, Dow Jones launch Japanese biz news service
The Yomiuri Shimbun, the largest circulation newspaper in Japan, and Dow Jones & Co. announced Tuesday a multi-year partnership to launch a co-branded Japanese business news service. Dow Jones Yomiuri Shimbun Pro will launch in early 2025. The news service will combine Yomiuri Shimbun’s reporting network in Japan with financial and business news in Japanese […]
Dow Jones acquires WorldECR news service
Dow Jones & Co. said Monday it acquired WorldECR, a provider of news on global export control and trade sanctions, for an undisclosed amount. WorldECR was founded in 2011 and its flagship operations include subscription-based specialist trade publications WorldECR and Export Compliance Manager Based in London, WorldECR subscribers include corporations, law firms, governments, professional services, research and […]
How Dow Jones thinks about its growth strategy
Emma O’Brian, senior vice president of strategy for Dow Jones, spoke on The Publishers Podcast about how it looks to grow in the future. Here is an excerpt: There are a lot of changes that we’re going to see in the coming years. Even if we start thinking about the election and the retrenchment of […]
Dow Jones plans to expand Middle East operations
Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, MarketWatch.com and Investor’s Business Daily, plans to expand its Middle East operations next year. The company plans to open offices that will include news operations, sales functions and information services focused on risk and energy, among other initiatives. “The Gulf’s position as an […]
Dow Jones Newswires launches Korean language service
Dow Jones Newswires has launched its first artificial intelligence-enabled language service. The Dow Jones Korean Language Service provides markets and financial news and analysis. The services is built on a custom tech stack that selects the best translation model. The process best-in-class artificial intelligence and years of journalism experience to produce a machine translation service […]
Financial News seeks a City correspondent
Financial News – the award-winning publication for Europe’s financial services sector – is looking for a new City correspondent to join its newsroom. The successful candidate will be a motivated self-starter and collaborator with a strong track-record of scoops and feature-writing and an ability to develop and cultivate sources. The beat will be broad, covering […]
Dow Jones names new tech leaders
Dow Jones chief technology officer Artem Fishman sent out the following: Team, As we continue to evolve the Technology organization, we’re committed to creating a structure that supports our Business Goals and growth in product innovation, design, data and technology, as well as operational excellence. Building a unified organization begins with our leadership team. With […]
Harnessing the power of AI at Dow Jones
Ingrid Verschuren, executive vice president of data and artificial intelligence and general manager of Europe, Middle East and Africa at Dow Jones, talked about how the parent of The Wall Street Journal and MarkWatch.com is using artificial intelligence in a live recording of the Digiday Podcast. Tim Peterson of Digiday writes, “If generative AI is […]
