Dow Jones Media Group seeks a senior writer/editor in London

Dow Jones Media Group is looking for a senior writer and editor for its publications in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The role will involve breaking big news stories, writing features and editing articles on finance, markets and politics for Financial News, MarketWatch, Barron’s and Mansion Global in the region. The successful candidate will […]

Dow Jones Media Group seeks reporter in Madrid

The Dow Jones Media Group, which includes MarketWatch.com and Barron’s, is seeking a reporter to cover Europe based in Madrid. Working as a part of a Dow Jones Media group reporting team, with a particular emphasis on Market Watch and Barron’s products. The role will entail anchoring DJMG’s investment reporting from a Continental European base. […]

Dow Jones Media Group seeks EMEA reporter in London

The Dow Jones Media Group is looking for a reporter to cover Europe, Middle East and Africa out of London. • Working as a part of the Dow Jones Media Group reporting team, with a particular emphasis on MarketWatch and Barron’s products. • Writing short news pieces on major events from an investment perspective as […]

Dow Jones hires chief diversity and inclusion officer

Dow Jones & Co. chief executive officer William Lewis sent out the following announcement on Wednesday: Dear Colleague, I am determined to ensure that measurable and meaningful improvements in diversity and inclusion become critical elements in the growth of our great company. Such words need to be backed up with firm action. So I am […]

Marketwatch hires Toy to cover media

MarketWatch.com has hired Sarah Toy as a reporter covering the media industry. She will write about the intersection of media, entertainment, and money, chronicling how legacy film, TV, and print companies are facing off against tech giants. She has also written for The Wall Street Journal, USA Today and the Worcester Telegram & Gazette. Before […]

MarketWatch is expanding its cryptocurrency coverage

MarketWatch.com editor in chief Jeremy Olshan posted Wednesday morning about its cryptocurrency coverage expansion, noting that its readers spent 1.1 million minutes looking at the price of Bitcoin in the past year. Olshan writes, “In addition to sitting on our bitcoin quote page, you spent several million more minutes reading news and commentary about cryptocurrencies. […]

Ad-blocker to provide access to Barron’s for those who download software

Ad-blocking software company Brave has struck a deal with Dow Jones Media Group to provide content on Barron’s online or a MarketWatch newsletter to a limited number of consumers who download the software, reports Anthony Ha of TechCrunch. Ha reports, “In addition, Barron’s and MarketWatch are becoming verified publishers on Brave’s Basic Attention Token (BAT) platform, a […]

Q&A: Dow Jones Media Group head Latour talks strategy

Almar Latour is the publisher and executive vice president for Dow Jones Media Group, overseeing Barron’s, MarketWatch, Financial News, and Mansion Global, all part of The Wall Street Journal Digital Network, as well as various digital start-ups. He is responsible for the group’s editorial operations as well as its profits and losses. He previously  oversaw two major […]

WSJ union extends contract for a year

The IAPE 1096, the union that represents business journalists at The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and MarketWatch.com, sent out the following announcement on Friday: Dear IAPE members, Earlier this week, the IAPE Board of Directors agreed we should all continue to focus on contributing our immense value to the Dow Jones brand and bottom line […]

MarketWatch.com sets monthly visitor record

MarketWatch.com, a Dow Jones financial news website, hit 33.3 million unique visitors in February, a record. The previous record was 27 million unique visitors in one month. As recently as January 2016, it had 23.3 million unique visitors, which was then a record. “So proud of the MarketWatch team for achieving an all-time audience record & thanks […]