Ann Sarnoff is joining Dow Jones in the newly created position of president, Dow Jones Ventures. Her mission: expand the reach of Dow Jones brands to new markets and customers. She’ll lead development of new digital businesses “in adjacent consumer markets.” This is a new unit charged with development of new digital products internally as well as externally, including acquisitions.
Sarnoff most recently was COO of the WNBA; before that, she spent a decade at Viacom, where her roles included COO of CMT and VH1. Release.