WSJ, Barron’s to remain in midtown Manhattan
News Corp., the parent of The Wall Street Journal and Barron’s, has decided to remain at its building in midtown Manhattan instead of moving to a new one at the World Trade Center, reports Steve Cuozzo of the New York Post. Fox Business Network will also remain in midtown Manhattan. Cuozzo writes, “It was understood that 21st […]
Dow Jones creates new publishing unit headed by Latour
Dow Jones, the financial news and information company within News Corp. responsible for The Wall Street Journal, has created a new publishing unit, reports Joe Pompeo of Politico. Pompeo writes, “Dow Jones Media Group will include existing brands like the magazine Barron’s and the websites Marketwatch and Mansion Global. It will also explore the launch […]
Pesek hired as executive editor of Barron’s Asia
William Pesek, a columnist for Bloomberg View based in Asia, has been named executive editor of Barron’s Asia. Pesek will write a daily column that will focus on macroeconomics, policy, politics and markets in Asia. Barron’s Asia celebrated its first anniversary in October. Tokyo-based Pesek has more than 20 years of economics, business and political […]
Barron’s Asia celebrates first birthday
Edward Finn, the editor and president of Barron’s, writes about the one-year anniversary of its Asia edition. Finn writes, “Editor Kopin Tan went to Hong Kong more than a year ago and hired a top-notch team to fill the Barron’s Asia home page with actionable investment ideas every weekday. Under Kopin’s expert tutelage, the team […]
Dow Jones publications were hacked
Business publications owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., including The Wall Street Journal and Barron’s, found evidence of hacking to their systems going as far back as 2012, reports Kaja Whitehouse of USA Today. Whitehouse writes, “Company officials said the breach was ‘likely part of a broader campaign involving a number of other victim companies.’ “In a letter to customers Friday, William Lewis, CEO […]
Born, former WSJ and Barron’s reporter, dies at 95
Roscoe Born, who wrote for The Wall Street Journal and Barron’s out of their Washington bureaus, died Sept. 30 at the age of 95. Tim Hrenchir of the Topeka (Kans.) Capital-Journal writes, “He left the State Journal in August 1957 to join the Washington, D.C., Bureau of the Wall Street Journal. The State Journal, an afternoon […]
Barron’s seeks wealth management reporter
Barron’s seeks an energetic, self-starting reporter to cover wealth management and luxury lifestyle topics. The reporter will produce stories for the print and online editions of Barron’s and for Penta, a quarterly magazine aimed at the wealthiest of Barron’s readers. The position requires some knowledge of personal finance and investing, strong writing and reporting skills, […]
Barron’s seeks reporter in New York
Barron’s is seeking a multi-talented financial reporter with the judgment to analyze and recommend stocks and other investments and the speed to write quick, typo-free blog posts on tight deadlines. The job involves writing one or two short pieces each week keyed to fresh ideas from mutual fund managers, as well as other investment stories, […]
Union members approve Dow Jones contract extension
IAPE members at Dow Jones & Co. locations across North America have voted to accept an extension of their previous contract through June 30, 2016, by a 567-75 margin. With the final count, and more than 87% of ballots cast in favor of the extension, IAPE members approve a deal that will preserve all current […]
Dow Jones union to extend contract for a year
The union that represents business journalists at The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and Marketwatch.com sent out the following announcement to its members: IAPE members – thanks to all who responded to our survey request last week. To refresh your memory, we asked whether you would prefer to extend our current contract for another year – […]
