WSJ’s Narisetti to join News Corp. executive ranks
Raju Narisetti, who currently oversees the Wall Street Journal’s digital operations, is moving up into the executive ranks of News Corp., according to an email sent out by Journal managing editor Gerard Baker to the staff. He is becoming senior vice president and deputy head of strategy. Baker wrote: Our colleagues at the helm of […]
WSJ names new economics reporter
Timothy Aeppel, the economics bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal, sent out the following staff announcement on Monday afternoon: We’re pleased to announce Brenda Cronin is joining the New York economics bureau, where she’ll write about all aspects of the U.S. and global economy and keep tabs on academic economics. She already has deep […]
Andy Jordan has left the WSJ building
Wall Street Journal reporter Andy Jordan sent out the following goodbye message to his colleagues on Friday afternoon: After six years of adventure, today is my last day at The Wall Street Journal. It’s been a tremendous ride, and I’m grateful to the people (you know who you are) who blessed me with the opportunity […]
Wordock named executive editor of WSJ/Marketwatch Radio Network
Raju Narisetti, who oversees The Wall Street Journal‘s digital operations, sent out the following announcement on Thursday afternoon: I’m delighted to announce that John Wordock has been promoted to Executive Editor for the WSJ and MarketWatch Radio Networks. While we will continue to keep both brands and offerings distinct as they focus on different customers […]
China censors WSJ story
Chinese authorities have blocked online access to an article published on the English-language and Chinese-language websites of The Wall Street Journal that describes how a top Chinese state banker’s commercial success hasn’t translated into promotion within the Communist Party. A story on the Journal website states, “The Journal had posted the English-language article about Jiang […]
Dow Jones CEO joins Twitter
Lex Fenwick, the chief executive officer of Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, has joined Twitter. In an email message to its staff, he writes, “Building a culture of openness and transparency at Dow Jones is exceptionally important to me. “By following me on Twitter @lexfenwick, you’ll hear about our […]
Private equity coming back, or not?
There were two stories in The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday about the state of the private equity industry. The problem is that the two stories seemed to contradict each other. First, there was the piece in Ahead of the Tape: What seems likely, though, is that there will be plenty more deals if current, […]
Looking holistically while trying to make more money
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson of The Financial Times profiles Dow Jones & Co. CEO Lex Fenwick and his moves since taking over at the company that operates The Wall Street Journal. Edgecliffe-Johnson writes, “Gerard Baker, christened with champagne by Rupert Murdoch on his appointment as editor-in-chief last year, says his task is to maintain and extend the […]
One-third of WSJ’s traffic coming from mobile
Almost one third of the Wall Street Journal’s online readers access the content on a device that has a screen size of between four and seven inches, Raju Narisetti, head of WSJ Digital Network, told a conference Tuesday. Sarah Marshall of Journalism.co.uk writes, “Narisetti told Digital Media Strategies, which is taking place in London today, […]
Former WSJ AME Hinson dies
Dan Hinson, an assistant managing editor at The Wall Street Journal who retired in 1997, died on Monday. In an email to the staff on Tuesday, deputy managing editor Jim Pensiero writes, “Dan retired in 1997 after working for Dow Jones and the Journal for 42 years. He was one of the key people responsible […]
