Dow Jones, which operates WSJ, MarketWatch, Barron’s, reports strong third quarter
Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and MarketWatch.com, reported a 6 percent increase in third quarter revenue to $421 million, primarily due to growth in circulation and subscription and digital advertising revenues. Digital revenues at Dow Jones in the quarter represented 74 percent of total revenues compared to 68 […]
Hill returns to MarketWatch.com as commerce editor
Catey Hill has returned to MarketWatch.com as its commerce editor. “She’ll spearhead coverage that helps readers make smarter decisions about what to buy, which is core to our mission to level the playing field in all financial transactions,” wrote editor in chief Jeremy Olshan on Twitter. For the past year, Hill has been executive editor of Millie, a […]
MarketWatch hires Idzelis to cover markets
MarketWatch.com has hired Christine Idzelis to cover markets. Her first day was Monday. Idzelis has been at Institutional Investor as a senior writer and editor, covering the asset management industry. She has been there since February 2017. She previously worked at Investment News, a Crain publication, covering Wall Street wealth management and independent investment advisers. Idzelis had been […]
MarketWatch hires McEnery to cover markets
MarketWatch.com has hired Thornton McEnery to cover markets. He will start later this month. McEnery is currently a business reporter at The New York Post covering Wall Street. He has been at The Post since December 2019. Before the post, McEnery was executive editor and senior editor at Dealbreaker. He also worked at Crain’s New York covering […]
News Corp. strikes Google deal for WSJ, Barron, MarketWatch.com content
News Corp. announced Wednesday that it has agreed to a multi-year partnership with Google to provide journalism from its news sites in return for significant payments. Among the publications joining Google News Showcase will be The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and MarketWatch.com. The landmark three-year agreement also includes the development of a subscription platform, the […]
MarketWatch.com seeks a money and markets reporter
MarketWatch seeks a reporter to build a new beat at the corner of Wall Street and WallStreetBets. This writer should relish telling stories with a hammer, bring a punchy voice and wicked sense of the absurd to bear on both the big players in finance and the brash new Internet culture of traders reshaping markets. […]
MarketWatch seeks money and markets writer in NY
MarketWatch seeks a reporter to build a new beat at the corner of Wall Street and WallStreetBets. Among the topics to tackle: the future of trading and market structure, the interplay of supersized valuations, algorithms, memes, regulators, SPACs, and wackos. The ideal candidate: Can bang out smart angles on big news as it unfolds, while […]
MarketWatch seeks commerce editor
MarketWatch seeks a commerce editor to spearhead coverage that helps readers make smarter decisions about what goods and services to buy. This editor will be tasked with developing new strategies around service journalism across a wide range of purchases big and small, in keeping with our larger mission to level the playing field in all […]
MarketWatch.com seeks a social media editor
MarketWatch.com seeks an editor to support efforts to make our coverage more engaging and impactful to readers. That mandate includes, among other things, rethinking our approach to social media, assigning pieces that live at the intersection of money and the zeitgeist, finding innovative ways to tell stories with data and graphics, and developing content strategies […]
MarketWatch.com names Schroeder its DC bureau chief
MarketWatch.com has named Rob Schroeder its Washington bureau chief. “Rob has covered three presidents and countless DC scandals, shutdowns, lockdowns, and hoe-downs, somehow without ever losing his cool,” wrote MarketWatch editor in chief Jeremy Olshan on Twtter. Schroeder has been with MarkeWatch.com since August 2004, writing about financial regulation, politics and corporations. Schroeder’s articles have appeared in The Washington Post, Time […]
