News Corp CEO Thomson email to staff regarding Fox discussions
News Corp. CEO Robert Thomson sent out the following to the staff on Friday: Dear Colleagues, The News Corp Board, following the receipt of letters from Rupert Murdoch and the Murdoch Family Trust, has formed a Special Committee of independent directors to assess a potential combination with Fox Corporation. At News Corp, we are constantly pursuing […]
Capital B hires WSJ’s Scott as audience development editor
Capital B, a nonprofit news organization focused on Black-oriented news, has hired Wall Street Journal reporter Charity Scott to be its audience development editor. Scott has been in the New York Corporate Bureau covering online shopping, including startups like StitchFix, RealReal and Everlane as well as secondhand marketplaces like DePop and Poshmark, and efforts by social […]
WSJ seeks a ranking reporter in New York
The Wall Street Journal is looking for a reporter to expand our range of rankings and lists, an important and growing initiative for the Journal that already provides invaluable service to a large audience through original research and data analysis. Our annual College Ranking Report is authoritative and widely relied upon by parents and students. Others, like […]
The WSJ reporter known as the Fed whisperer
Jen Wieczner of New York Magazine profiles Wall Street Journal reporter Nick Timiraos, who covers the Federal Reserve. Wieczner writes, “The extra attention on Timiraos started a little more than a year ago, when he correctly reported (nearly two months in advance) that the Fed would begin winding down its pandemic stimulus in November. But the buzz […]
WSJ reporter Prang departing for new opportunity
Allison Prang, a reporter at The Wall Street Journal for the past five years, is leaving for a new opportunity. Her last day is Friday. She previously was a community banking reporter at American Banker. Before that, she was at the Charleston (S.C.) Post and Courier, covering tech and tourism. She graduated from the University […]
WSJ seeks an audio reporter for its podcast
The Wall Street Journal is seeking an ambitious audio reporter who is passionate about news to work on The Journal podcast, which is produced in collaboration with Gimlet Media. The Journal is a daily podcast that takes listeners behind the biggest business news stories of the day. Using The Wall Street Journal’s deep reporting, our […]
How the WSJ is using YouTube channels and newsletters to gain new subscribers
The Wall Street Journal was named hottest in business news in Adweek’s annual compilation. Meseret Ambachew writes, “WSJ currently has 3.74 million subscribers, 3.1 million of which are digital. It’s also growing its off-platform presence, creating five reporter-led YouTube channels. One of these channels, featuring WSJ video reporter Shelby Holliday breaking down the business news behind current events, […]
WSJ’s Dill become news editor for Future of Everything Festival
Wall Street Journal reporter Kathryn Dill has been named news editor overseeing its Future of Everything Festival. She joined The Journal in the Management & Careers bureau in New York as an early careers writer. For the past two-plus years she has been covering the workforce and workplace generally. At CNBC, she was senior work editor on […]
News Corp CEO Thomson’s compensation declines 14.6 pecent
Robert Thomson, the chief executive officer of News Corp., saw his total compensation decline by 14.6 percent in its 2022 fiscal year, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. Thomson’s total compensation was $19.7 million, down from $23.0 million in the 2021 fiscal year. News Corp. is the parent of The Wall Street Journal, […]
OSHA orders ExxonMobil reinstate two scientists fired for leaking to WSJ
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration ordered ExxonMobil Corp. to immediately reinstate two employees and pay them more than $800,000 in back wages, interest and compensatory damages. A federal whistleblower investigation found the company terminated them illegally after suspecting them of leaking information to The Wall Street Journal. In September 2020, the […]
