Union, Dow Jones remain far apart on salary request
The union that represents business journalists at Dow Jones & Co. and the company held a negotiation session on Thursday but continued to differ on future salary increases. The union, IAPE 1096, has asked for a 10 percent increase in 2023 and 8 percent increases in 2024 and 2025. The company, meanwhile, has been offering […]
Marriner departs MarketWatch for FiveThirtyEight
MarketWatch.com data journalist Katie Marriner has left the publication to become a senior visual journalist at FiveThirtyEight. She had been at MarketWatch for eight years. Marriner previously worked at The Wall Street Journal as a news apps developer. She is a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill.
News Corp reports lower earnings in first quarter
News Corp., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch.com and Barron’s reported a slight increase in revenue in the first quarter but a decline in net income. The company reported $2.5 billion in revenue and net income of $58 million compared to $2.48 billion in revenue and $66 million in net income in the […]
Dow Jones, union agree to new minimum pay for reporters
Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch.com and Barron’s, and the union that represents business journalists have agreed to a new base pay for starting reporters as part of new contract negotiations. Upon conclusion of the contract negotiations, the new minimum salary for full-time reporters will be $72,800, a $9,500 […]
MarketWatch.com seeks a personal finance reporter
MarketWatch is seeking an ambitious, experienced and nimble reporter for its personal finance team. We are looking for a seasoned and energetic reporter who can filter the news of the day through three key questions: “What does this seemingly innocuous piece of data or news story mean for me and my money? How can I […]
MarketWatch.com hires Lang to cover personal finance
MarketWatch.com has hired Hannah Lang as a personal finance reporter. She started Monday. Lang previously was at The Charlotte Observer covering banking and finance before leaving in February to freelance. Lang previously interned with the Wall Street Journal economics team in Washington, D.C. She is a 2020 graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill, where she covered university news for the Daily Tar […]
Dow Jones offers 3% raises, lump sum
Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and MarketWatch.com, has offered 3 percent pay raises and a 0.25 percent lump sum payment in January to the union that represents journalists. The lump sum payment would be based on a person’s base salary. For a personal making $100,000, the payment would […]
Activist hedge fund wants WSJ parent to split up
Activist hedge fund Starboard Value is seeking a split of News Corp., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and MarketWatch.com, reports Patrick Temple-West, Anna Nicolaou and Ortenca Aliaj of The Financial Times. Temple-West, Nicolaou and Aliaj report, “News Corp shares are up 20 per cent this year, outperforming the broader US market and giving […]
CalMatters hires Sumagaysay as economy reporter
CalMatters has hired Levi Sumagaysay as a reporter covering the California economy. She has been at MarketWatch.com covering the gig economy. Sumagaysay had previously been at Protocol, the new tech news site from the owners of Politico. Sumagaysay reported on Silicon Valley. She joined Protocol from the San Jose Mercury News, where she was a tech reporter. A former […]
News Corp CEO Thomson compensation slightly down
Robert Thomson, the CEO of News Corp., which is the parent of The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, MarketWatch.com and Investor’s Business Daily, saw his compensation decrease slightly during its 2023 fiscal year. Thomson received $19.3 million in total compensation for the year, down from $19.7 million in the previous year, according to the company’s proxy […]
