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 […]
MarketWatch.com seeks media and money reporter
MarketWatch seeks a media industry reporter to cover the vicious competition for eyeballs in an era of shriveling attention spans and infinite choice. This reporter will seek stories at the intersection of media and money, chronicling the changing landscape as legacy film, TV, and print companies face off against tech giants. The right candidate possesses […]
MarketWatch hires Hankin to cover cryptocurrencies
MarketWatch.com has hired Aaron Hankin as a reporter covering blockchain, bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. He started on Monday. Hankin previously was a staff writer at Investopedia covering everything from company news to macro-economic trends. After nine years in banking, Hankin turned to reporting, graduating from New York University with a Master’s in Business and Economic Reporting. […]
How MarketWatch’s Saefong has covered commodities for 20 years
MarketWatch.com reporter Myra Saefong writes about how she came to cover commodities for the financial news website for 20 years. Saefong writes, “I was hired as a newswire operator to help distribute financial news and commodity reports to customers for a third-party client. “As part of my duties, I was required to arrive in the office promptly […]
Callaway remembers legend Marshall Loeb
David Callaway, the CEO of TheStreet.com, writes about legendary business journalist Marshall Loeb, who died Saturday at the age of 88. Callaway writes, “The founder of modern business journalism, who died this past weekend at 88, built his lasting legacy at Time, Fortune, and Money magazines. Late in life, he was a columnist for CBS MarketWatch, where I had the good […]
MarketWatch.com seeks a bitcoin reporter
MarketWatch seeks a reporter to cover bitcoin, blockchain, and the wealth of nationless finance. Tackling what’s undoubtedly the most fascinating, if confounding, beats in business journalism, this reporter will decode the world of cryptocurrencies for a general audience of investors and curious consumers, shedding light on its potential as both an asset and as a […]
Barron’s reporter Bary moving to MarketWatch
Barron’s reporter Emily Bary sent out the following message on Tuesday: Dear Barron’s family, Today is my last day on this end of the fourth floor. Tomorrow I head down the hall to become a tech reporter for Marketwatch, where I’ll be covering Apple, Samsung, Fitbit, and other hardware companies. I began my career at Barron’s in […]
MarketWatch’s mission: The democratization of financial information
MarketWatch.com editor Jeremy Olshan writes about the financial news site’s mission on its 20th anniversary. Olshan writes, “MarketWatch was born in an act of rebellion. In 1997 it was radical to ask why real-time market data, news and analysis should only be available to those wealthy enough to fork over thousands of dollars in fees. […]
