MarketWatch.com hires general manager
Almar Latour, executive vice president and publisher of the Dow Jones Media Group, sent out the following announcement on Tuesday: Colleagues, I’m pleased to share that Dan Shar is appointed General Manager for MarketWatch. He joins at an exciting time for MarketWatch, with a new look and feel under development, new digital projects in the pipeline, […]
Online subscribers now 45 percent of WSJ subscribers
Here are comments about the The Wall Street Journal and MarketWatch.com during the News Corp. third-quarter earnings conference call on Thursday: Chief executive officer Robert Thomson: At Dow Jones this quarter, digital accounted for more than 50% of total revenues, and digital only subscribers at the Wall Street Journal grew to 893,000, representing nearly 45% of […]
BuzzFeed hires tech/transportation reporter from MarketWatch.com
BuzzFeed San Francisco bureau chief Mat Honan sent out the following staff hire announcement: Hey all I’m thrilled to announce that we’ve hired Priya Anand as our new tech and transportation reporter. Priya comes to us from MarketWatch where she was a consumer fraud & cybersecurity reporter. While there she had scoops on the rising number […]
MarketWatch.com tweaks home page
Jeremy Olshan, the editor of MarketWatch.com, announced Friday some minor changes to its home page, which was redesigned last month. Olshan writes, “As I said last month, this was only a first step. In response to your excellent feedback, we are happy to announce three changes to the design that should make the site much […]
What MarketWatch.com traffic data says about the market
Jeremy Olshan, the editor in chief of MarketWatch.com, writes about how data about its readers reflects what is going on in the stock market. Olshan writes, ” January, for instance, was the market’s worst start to a year in nearly a decade. It also happened to be MarketWatch’s best month ever for traffic. Some 23.5 million […]
MarketWatch.com readies redesigned site
Jeremy Olshan, the editor in chief at MarketWatch.com, writes about its upcoming redesigned website. Olshan writes, “One complaint we heard from readers was that the front page lacked clear organization. So the new site features a top section of what our editors deem the most important and interesting stories of the moment, followed by our […]
MarketWatch.com seeks an editor
MarketWatch.com seeks an experienced, digitally minded news editor with significant writing and editing experience in a fast-paced atmosphere. Successful applicant will be collaborative by nature and comfortable with a variety of tasks and assignments but also self-directed and self-motivated. Demonstrated knowledge of and experience in financial and markets news required. Some evening and weekend work […]
MarketWatch.com sets traffic record in January
Here are comments made by News Corp. CEO Robert Thomson on the company’s second quarter earnings call: At the Wall Street Journal, advertising year on year was softer. But the early signs for the current quarter are more positive. It’s worth pointing out that the Real Estate category showed significant ad strength this quarter, primarily […]
News Corp., parent of WSJ, reports lower revenue, profit
News Corp., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, Marketwatch.com and Barron’s, reported lower profit and revenue in the second fiscal quarter on Thursday. Revenue in the division that includes the business news operations fell to $1.4 billion, down 8 percent from $1.5 billion in the same quarter a year earlier. Operating earnings in that […]
MarketWatch.com seeks news editor
MarketWatch.com seeks an experienced, digitally minded news editor with significant writing and editing experience in a fast-paced atmosphere. Successful applicant will be collaborative by nature and comfortable with a variety of tasks and assignments but also self-directed and self-motivated. Demonstrated knowledge of and experience in financial and markets news required. Some evening and weekend work […]
