Dow Jones, union agree to new minimum pay for reporters

Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch.com and Barron’s, and the union that represents business journalists have agreed to a new base pay for starting reporters as part of new contract negotiations. Upon conclusion of the contract negotiations, the new minimum salary for full-time reporters will be $72,800, a $9,500 […]

MarketWatch.com seeks a personal finance reporter

MarketWatch is seeking an ambitious, experienced and nimble reporter for its personal finance team. We are looking for a seasoned and energetic reporter who can filter the news of the day through three key questions: “What does this seemingly innocuous piece of data or news story mean for me and my money? How can I […]

MarketWatch.com hires Lang to cover personal finance

MarketWatch.com has hired Hannah Lang as a personal finance reporter. She started Monday. Lang previously was at The Charlotte Observer covering banking and finance before leaving in February to freelance. Lang previously interned  with the Wall Street Journal economics team in Washington, D.C. She is a 2020 graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill, where she covered university news for the Daily Tar […]

Dow Jones offers 3% raises, lump sum

Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and MarketWatch.com, has offered 3 percent pay raises and a 0.25 percent lump sum payment in January to the union that represents journalists. The lump sum payment would be based on a person’s base salary. For a personal making $100,000, the payment would […]

Activist hedge fund wants WSJ parent to split up

Activist hedge fund Starboard Value is seeking a split of News Corp., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and MarketWatch.com, reports Patrick Temple-West, Anna Nicolaou and Ortenca Aliaj of The Financial Times. Temple-West, Nicolaou and Aliaj report, “News Corp shares are up 20 per cent this year, outperforming the broader US market and giving […]

CalMatters hires Sumagaysay as economy reporter

CalMatters has hired Levi Sumagaysay as a reporter covering the California economy. She has been at MarketWatch.com covering the gig economy. Sumagaysay had previously been at Protocol, the new tech news site from the owners of Politico. Sumagaysay reported on Silicon Valley. She joined Protocol from the San Jose Mercury News, where she was a tech reporter. A former […]

News Corp CEO Thomson compensation slightly down

Robert Thomson, the CEO of News Corp., which is the parent of The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, MarketWatch.com and Investor’s Business Daily, saw his compensation decrease slightly during its 2023 fiscal year. Thomson received $19.3 million in total compensation for the year, down from $19.7 million in the previous year, according to the company’s proxy […]

MarketWatch.com seeks a personal finance reporter

MarketWatch.com seeks an ambitious reporter for its personal finance team who can filter the news of the day through a single question: What does this mean for me and my money? It’s what readers of every news story wonder on some level, and in a financial climate with boundless opportunity for bad decision making, answering […]

News Corp CEO Thomson’s comments on Dow Jones

News Corp. CEO Robert Thomson made the following comments during its fourth quarter earnings conference call about Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch.com, Barron’s and Investor’s Business Daily: Dow Jones posted its highest profitability for both the quarter and the full year since we acquired the company, helped by impressive results […]

Dow Jones reports highest profit since News Corp acquired it

Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch.com, Barron’s and Investor’s Business Daily, reported a fourth-quarter profit of $133 million, a 25% increase from the same quarter a year ago and its best quarterly performance since it was acquired by News Corp. in 2007. Revenue for the quarter was $546 million, […]