Facebook reaches deal with Wall Street Journal on content
News Corp. has reached a deal to let Facebook Inc. feature headlines from The Wall Street Journal and other Dow Jones media properties, reports Lukas I. Alpert of The Journal. Alpert writes, “The deal, for which News Corp will be paid a licensing fee, presented some obstacles due to the Journal’s firm digital subscription business model, […]
Business media seeing growth in events
Business news organizations are seeing revenue growth from holding events, reports Kayleigh Barber at Digiday. Barber reports, “But for business publications like Forbes, Reuters, The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg, events are an appealing area of growth, offering both custom events for sponsors and building their own event franchises. The Wall Street Journal is seeing double-digit growth in […]
WSJ reporter Mickle to write book on Apple
Wall Street Journal reporter Tripp Mickle has signed a contract to write a book about Apple since the death of Steve Jobs, reports Kia Kokalitcheva of Axios. Koaklitcheva reports, “Wall Street Journal reporter Tripp Mickle will write an as-yet-untitled book for William Morrow about the iPhone maker’s last decade since the death of co-founder Steve […]
Austin moves to business side of WSJ
Scott Austin, senior deputy bureau chief in San Francisco at The Wall Street Journal, has been named senior vice president of media partnerships at The Journal and Dow Jones. He will remain in San Francisco. “It’s an exciting and challenging time for media,” he wrote on Twitter. “We are continuously adapting to new tech platforms […]
News Corp. CEO Thomson’s compensation rose 13 percent in FY19
News Corp. CEO Robert Thomson saw his total compensation rise 13.6 percent to $14.7 million in the company’s 2019 fiscal year, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Thomson’s base salary rose 50 percent to $3 million in the fiscal year. His stock awards rose slightly to $5.5 million from $5.4 million […]
WSJ reporter Stancati moves to Southern Europe beat
Margherita Stancati, a Wall Street Journal reporter who has been covering the Middle East, is now based in Rome and covering Southern Europe. She joined the Journal in 2013. Stancati had been based Kabul, covering that country’s critical security and political transition as U.S.-led coalition forces withdraw. Stancati, a graduate of Oxford University, speaks Persian […]
WSJ names Lin its deputy digital platforms editor
Lydia Sirota, digital platforms editor at The Wall Street Journal, sent out the following announcement on Friday: I’m pleased to announce that Cynthia Lin is named Deputy Digital Platforms Editor. Cynthia will help lead the team that determines how our journalism is presented across WSJ apps and wsj.com on mobile and desktop. Building on her work as […]
How the WSJ is using machine learning to identify gaps in coverage
Francesco Marconi, head of research and development at The Wall Street Journal, writes about how the newspaper is using machine learning methods to find gaps in editorial coverage. Marconi writes, “The results of our cluster analysis showcase the benefits of using machine learning as an input in our strategy: The coverage map was able to […]
Forbes hires WSJ reporter Minaya
Ezequiel Minaya, a reporter for the CFO Journal at The Wall Street Journal, has been hired as a staff writer at Forbes to cover corporate finance. He has been at the Journal and Dow Jones since December 2010. A New York City native, Minaya worked at the Los Angeles Times; McClatchy newspapers in Fresno and […]
WSJ seeks interns to work in book reviews and arts in review sections
The Wall Street Journal’s book reviews and arts in review departments are seeking beginning journalists—juniors, seniors or recent graduates with reporting and writing backgrounds at their school newspapers or elsewhere—for 10-week paid summer internships in its New York City office. The internships are an opportunity to get hands-on experience working alongside some of the best […]
