WSJ’s blogs name two writers

Stephen Grocer, who oversees The Wall Street Journal‘s Dealbook blog, made the following staff announcement on Monday: We are pleased to announce the addition of two new bloggers to Money & Investing. Steven Russolillo has joined The Wall Street Journal as a blogger for MarketBeat, giving readers of WSJ.com real-time markets news and insight. Steven […]

WSJ seeks hedge fund reporter

Justin Baer, the investing editor at The Wall Street Journal, sent out the following announcement to the staff on Monday morning: The Wall Street Journal is seeking an aggressive reporter to cover the hedge-fund industry, a core beat in the Money & Investing section and an area of keen interest to our readers, especially in […]

Meet Suze Orman’s financial newsletter editor

Jason Zweig of The Wall Street Journal writes Saturday about Mark Grimaldi, the editor of personal finance guru Suze Orman’s investment newsletter, whose performance in the market is being questioned. Zweig writes, “Under those provisions, securities lawyers say, newsletter publishers must not make statements they know—or reasonably should know—are false or potentially misleading. “Mr. Grimaldi […]

Dow Jones hires Rosenbush for new CIO Journal

TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Steve Rosenbush will join The Wall Street Journal as deputy editor of an upcoming new vertical targeting CIOs and other senior business technology executives – to be called CIO Journal and set to launch in the spring. It will be available online as well as through most smartphone devices and an […]

WaPo ME named managing editor of WSJ Digital

The Wall Street Journal has named Raju Narisetti as managing editor of The Wall Street Journal Digital Network, which includes WSJ.com, SmartMoney.com, MarketWatch and the Chinese, Japanese and German-language editions of WSJ.com. Narisetti will also become a deputy managing editor of the Journal, and he will report to Alan Murray, deputy managing editor and executive […]

Changes made to WSJ’s digital management

Alisa Bowen, general manager of The Wall Street Journal Digital Network, the company’s consumer digital business group, made the following staff announcements on Friday afternoon: It is with tremendous pride that I would like to confirm what many of you already know – we have an incredible team of talented people, and when new opportunities […]

WSJ’s Murray not going to Fox Business

TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Betsy Rothstein of Fishbowl DC reported earlier today that Wall Street Journal deputy managing editor Alan Murray was headed to Fox Business Network to run the News Corp. operation and was telling folks that he would soon run the TV business. But Murray tells Talking Biz News that is simply not […]

Changes made to WSJ’s legal team

TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Joanna Chung, the Wall Street Journal‘s bureau chief overseeing its legal coverage, made the following staff announcements on Wednesday afternoon: We’re pleased to announce several new appointments to the Journal’s Law Bureau. Reed Albergotti, who will cover New York courts, prosecutors and enforcement agencies, joins our group from the WSJ’s sports […]

WSJ launches German language site

Dow Jones & Co.  launched The Wall Street Journal Deutschland, a German-language news site with mobile and tablet editions, on Tuesday. WSJ.de is the most recent in a series of digital initiatives launched by the Journal.  Other regionally focused offerings, including several local language editions, are available in regions including China, Japan, Korea, India, Southeast […]

Baratz leaving WSJ for ABC News

Maya Baratz, who oversaw the development and launch of WSJ Social as head of new products, is leaving The Wall Street Journal for a position at ABC News. Baratz announced the switch on her Tumblr. At ABC News, she will focus on the strategy and development of new products. Baratz had been with the Journal […]