Marketwatch brings back old WSJ “Beat the Darts” game
Marketwatch.com editor Jonathan Krim has posted the following: Once, before this whole Internet thing, the Wall Street Journal newspaper had a famous stock picking game. Editors would take the printed stock tables, throw darts at them to form a random portfolio, and play it against picks from money managers over a period of […]
Inside the Dow Jones R&D operation
The Economist has a brief story about the research and development operations at Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and Marketwatch.com. The story reads, “The team has been in existence for under a year, but it’s already developed a few products that are soon to launch. One is a […]
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 […]
More job cuts at Marketwatch.com
The layoffs are continuing at business news website Marketwatch.com. Talking Biz News has confirmed that the journalists who have lost their jobs this week include Sydney bureau chief Sarah Turner, biotech reporter Val Kennedy, and Tel Aviv news editor Rob Daniel. Jonathan Krim, the editor of Marketwatch, is currently visiting its San Francisco bureau and […]
Layoffs occurring at Marketwatch
Marketwatch.com has been trimming its business journalism staffers in the past few weeks, Talking Biz News has learned. Among those who have lost their jobs include two editors in Washington, and three journalists in Chicago, multiple sources have told Talking Biz News. The high-profile departures include media columnist Jon Friedman and reporter Steve Gelsi. Friedman […]
Krim named editor of Marketwatch.com
Jonathan Krim, who has been acting editor of Marketwatch.com since the departure of David Callaway last year, has been given the permanent role. Raju Narisetti, who oversees all of the Dow Jones digital operations, writes in an employee memo: We are delighted to note that Jonathan Krim is being named Editor of MarketWatch.com. Since taking […]
Littell, who helped FT and Marketwatch.com start Euro news site, dies
Andrew Littell, who in 2000 helped the Financial Times and MarketWatch.com start a business-news website, has died. He was 44. Laurence Arnold of Bloomberg News writes, “In 2000, as head of corporate finance for the Financial Times Group Ltd., Littell helped create Financial Times MarketWatch.com Ltd., a joint venture with MarketWatch.com that established a real-time news […]
Marketwatch.com names two new editors
Jonathan Krim, the acting editor of Marketwatch.com, sent out the following staff announcement on Wednesday afternoon: I am delighted to announce that two WSJ/WSJDN stars are taking new roles at MarketWatch: Silvia Ascarelli, a longtime Wall Street Journalist, will join us as Senior News Editor. Silvia has deep and varied markets experience, serving as a […]
Nuggets about business journalism from the News Corp. filing
There are some interesting business journalism facts in the News Corp. filing Friday with the Securities and Exchange Commission that will split its newspaper and media operations into a separate company. They include: WSJ.com, which offers both free and premium content, averaged more than 34 million visitors per month on average for the 12 months ended […]
Dow Jones thanks employees
Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, Marketwatch.com and Dow Jones Newswires, thanked every single one of its employees in a full-page Journal ad on Tuesday. The ad included all of their names.
