WSJ, Barron’s parent reports better-than-expected earnings
News Corp., the parent company of The Wall Street Journal and Barron’s, reported better-than-expected first quarter earnings due to growth in its TV network business and real estate listings operation. The New York-based company reported net income of $101 million, or 17 cents per share, compared to net income of $68 million, or 12 cents […]
Bloomberg hires MarketWatch’s Vlastelica for equities team
Ryan Vlastelica has joined the equities team at Bloomberg News, where he will be focusing on the technology, media, and telecom industries. He previously worked as a markets reporter at MarketWatch.com, as well as on the stocks team at Reuters. At MarketWatch, he focused on the stock market and ETFs, as well as trading themes and investment strategies. […]
Flexible paywall helped Dow Jones hit 3 million subscribers
Dow Jones & Co. hit 3 million paying subscribers across its portfolio of brands this year, thanks to its data-driven, customer-focused paywall strategy, reports Sara Guaglione of MediaPost.com. Guaglione writes, “Dow Jones, which oversees The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch and Barron’s, among other brands, worked to rebuild the paywall, which was a ‘one-size-fits-all approach dictated by content’ for over 20 […]
MarketWatch.com is getting its first print publication
Marketwatch.com, the Dow Jones Media Group financial news website, is going print for the first time in its 20-plus year existence. The website’s annual Best New Ideas In Money franchise will debut in print as a supplement to The Wall Street Journal — also a Dow Jones entity — on Oct. 29. “This is the […]
News Corp CEO Thomson’s compensation declined in FY 18
News Corp. chief executive officer Robert Thomson received total compensation of $12.9 million in the company’s 2018 fiscal year, down nearly 4.5 percent from his total compensation of $13.6 million during the previous year. Thomson, the former publisher and managing editor of the company’s Wall Street Journal, received a base salary of $2 million, similar […]
Dow Jones Media taps Pettit to be ME for strategy and operations
Almar Latour, publisher and executive vice president of the Dow Jones Media Group, sent out the following announcement on Thursday: All, I’m extremely pleased to announce that Dave Pettit is appointed Managing Editor, Strategy and Operations, for Dow Jones Media Group and all its titles. In this important new role, Dave will serve as the […]
Reporter Mozee has left MarketWatch.com
Reporter Carla Mozee has left MarketWatch.com after 14 years. Mozee had been covering UK and European equity markets, as well as other markets, and writing features in the London office since March 2014. She plans to do some freelance work for a while in London and may return to the United States. Mozee interned at […]
MarketWatch.com seeks a personal finance reporter
MarketWatch.com seeks a reporter for its personal finance team who can filter the news of the day through a single question: ‘What does this mean for me and my money?’ It’s what readers of every news story wonder on some level, and in a financial climate with boundless opportunity for bad decision making, answering it […]
Reporter Gaudiano leaving MarketWatch.com to become advisor
Anora M. Gaudiano, a markets and investing reporter at MarketWatch.com, is leaving the website to become a financial advisor. She has been at MarketWatch since December 2013. Before that, Gaudiano worked at the Financial Times as a U.S. equities reporter and as an online news editor. As the equities reporter, she wrote the daily stock […]
MarketWatch.com seeks a markets reporter
MarketWatch.com seeks a reporter who can distill the moves and whims of the market into smart, punchy news stories and analysis. Though speed is important here, we’re most interested in candidates who can make the smart connections others miss, spotting trends, insights, and longer-term implications that will give our audience of investors and advisers the […]
