Fate of WSJ’s Gershkovich will be resolved “in silence,” says Kremlin

A Kremlin spokesman said that the fate of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, currently detained in a Russian prison, could only be resolved “in silence,” reports Gareth Vipers of The Journal. Vipers reports, “Dmitry Peskov was asked to comment on news that Secretary of State Antony Blinken had spoken by phone earlier this week with Paul Whelan, a former […]

WSJ Asia finance editor Ng is departing

Serena Ng, the Asia finance editor of The Wall Street Journal, is leaving the news organization after 18 years for a new opportunity. He has been overseeing a team of reporters who cover markets, deals, and financial institutions in the region. She first joined the Journal in New York in 2006, and covered the U.S. […]

WSJ seeks a deputy world coverage chief

The Wall Street Journal seeks an experienced journalist to be Deputy World Coverage Chief. The Deputy World Coverage Chief works under the World Coverage Chief to help shape the Journal’s reporting of geopolitics, international economics, conflicts and wars, and significant natural disasters. You will help to manage a significant team of reporters and editors across […]

Putin believes “agreement can be reached” for WSJ’s Gershkovich

Russia president Vladimir Putin said Thursday he believed “an agreement can be reached” to free imprisoned Wall Street Journal reporter  Evan Gershkovich, reports Max Seddon and Felicia Schwartz of the Financial Times. Seddon and Schwartz report, “Russia’s president compared Gershkovich’s imprisonment in Moscow to ‘a person serving a sentence in an allied country of the US,’ a likely […]

Dow Jones CEO Latour bullish on subscriptions

Sarah Fischer of Axios interviewed Dow Jones & Co. CEO Almar Latour, who expressed continued optimism about growing subscriptions at its publications, which include The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch.com, Barron’s and Investor’s Business Daily. Fischer writes, “While most of WSJ’s subscription growth occurred during 2020 — a critical election year and the onset of the pandemic — […]

News Corp. CEO Thomson comments on Dow Jones

News Corp. CEO Robert Thomson made the following comments during its earnings conference call about the performance of Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, MarketWatch.com and Investor’s Business Daily: Subscriptions at the news business are continuing to grow and during the month of January, average daily digital subscriptions to […]

WSJ parent nearly doubles net income in second quarter

News Corp., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, reported second-quarter earnings nearly doubled to $183 million, boosted by a record performance at Dow Jones & Co. Dow Jones, which operates The Journal, MarketWatch.com, Barron’s and Investor’s Business Daily, reported a 4% increase in revenue to $584 million and EBITDA earnings of $163 million, a […]

Dow Jones union denies blame for poor layoff rollout

IAPE 1096, the union that represents journalists at the Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and Marketwatch.com, pushed back on Coverage Chief Gordon Fairclough‘s claims that “union rules” were to blame for the “poor rollout” of the Washington layoffs last week. The union statement reads: Let’s talk about “union rules,” otherwise known as “the contract.” There is […]

Bykowicz among the WSJ layoffs in DC

Julie Bykowicz, who wrote for The Wall Street Journal about money and influence in Washington, was among the layoffs last week. She has covered campaign finance, presidential and congressional elections, the White House and Congress, and national policy issues since 2011. She joined the Journal in 2017, after working at the Associated Press and Bloomberg […]

Ag and food policy reporter Peterson among WSJ layoffs

Kristina Peterson, who covered food and agriculture policy from The Wall Street Journal’s Washington bureau, was among the layoffs. She previously covered Congress and the Federal Reserve. Peterson has been at the Journal since 2009. Peterson previously worked at the Palo Alto Daily News. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Stanford University and a master’s […]