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Bloomberg’s Lex Fenwick Named Dow Jones CEO

Feb 2, 2012 3:03 PM

News Corp. (NSDQ: NWS) has appointed Lex Fenwick as the CEO of Dow Jones & Company, filling the position left open following Les Hinton’s resignation in July.

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Posted In: Industry Moves, Media & Publishing, Newspapers, Companies, News Corp., Dow Jones, Wall Street Journal, bloomberg, chase carey, les hinton, lex fenwick

Jon Miller, News Corp.: It’s All About Video For Us Right Now

Jan 24, 2012 6:33 AM

Jon Miller, the chief digital officer for News Corporation (NSDQ: NWS), described his company’s digital strategy today as very “focused on video”, with a view that even properties that come from a print tradition should be producing more video content than they are today.

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Posted In: Advertising, Apps, Entertainment, Games, Gadgets, Tablets, Legal, Copyright, Media & Publishing, TV, Broadcast, Mobile, Social Media, Video, Companies, Apple, iPhone, Google, YouTube, Microsoft, xBox, News Corp., Dow Jones, Wall Street Journal, Fox, MySpace, Countries, Europe, Germany, jon miller

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WSJ Poaches Narisetti From Washington Post

Jan 20, 2012 12:37 PM

The reverb from Kevin Delaney’s departure from the Wall Street Journal for Atlantic Media Group just hit DC: WSJ alum Raju Narisetti is headed back to the Journal, swapping his role as managing editor of the Washington Post responsible for digital for managing editor of The Wall Street Journal (NSDQ:…

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Posted In: Industry Moves, Mobile, Money, Companies, Hindustan Times Media, Mint, News Corp., Dow Jones, Washington Post, Countries, Asia, India

Atlantic Tries A Business Site Again; WSJ’s Delaney Will Lead Editorial

Jan 19, 2012 8:20 AM

Nearly two years after Atlantic Media Company suspended plans for a business site, the company is back at it with nothing less that what Justin Smith calls “our most important new launch since The Atlantic Monthly in 1857.” This version, planned for later this year, will focus on global business…

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Posted In: Companies, News Corp., Dow Jones, Wall Street Journal, Countries, Europe, Asia, atlantic media group, justin smith, kevin delaney

Tech Industry Breaks Back Of SOPA As Republicans Jump Ship On Black-out Day

Jan 18, 2012 5:25 PM

The furor over controversial anti-piracy legislation reached a climax on Wednesday as Republican lawmakers began disavowing the Stop Online Piracy Act and opponents claimed victory. The activity coincided with street protests and popular websites blocking out parts or all or their homepages.

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Posted In: Legal, Copyright, Piracy, Companies, Facebook, Google, New York Times, News Corp., Dow Jones, Wall Street Journal, Twitter, blackout, jim demint, lamar smith, mario rubio, mark zuckerberg, sopa, wikipedia

WSJ Cleared Over Europe Sales Fixing, Now Finger Points At ABC

Jan 4, 2012 6:05 AM

The Audit Bureau of Circulation in the UK will not take action against Wall Street Journal (NSDQ: NWS) Europe for a circulation-boosting programme associated with the resignation of WSJ’s Europe publisher and EMEA managing director Andrew Langhoff recently.

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Posted In: Companies, News Corp., Dow Jones, Wall Street Journal

Wall Street Journal Releases Kindle Fire-Only App

Dec 2, 2011 5:51 PM

Add the Wall Street Journal to the list of publishers releasing apps exclusively for the Kindle Fire.

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Posted In: Apps, Gadgets, Tablets, Media & Publishing, Newspapers, Companies, Amazon, Kindle, Google, Android, News Corp., Dow Jones, Wall Street Journal

Fas-Fax: Major Newspapers’ Total Digital Editions Rise 63 Percent

Nov 1, 2011 10:48 AM

Digital editions of the top 25 newspapers rose 63 percent to 2,169,843 for the six months ending in September, according to Audit Bureau of Circulations’ Fas-Fax tally. For the most part, the numbers reflect newspapers’ and consumers’ relatively new embrace of digital editions across a growing number of mobile devices.…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Newspapers, Mobile, Research & Metrics, Metrics, Companies, Cablevision, New York Times, News Corp., Dow Jones, Wall Street Journal

WSJ To Run E-Book Bestseller Lists Powered By Nielsen BookScan

Oct 28, 2011 10:11 AM

With e-books now making up about 20 percent of sales for many big publishers, it’s essential for bestseller lists to include them in order to give an accurate picture of what is selling. The Wall Street Journal will start running e-book bestseller lists starting this weekend, following a move by…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Books, e-readers, Newspapers, Companies, News Corp., Dow Jones, Wall Street Journal, jonathan stolper, nielsen bookscan

Hinton Backs James Murdoch In Parliament Ahead Of November 10 Appearance

Oct 24, 2011 10:34 AM

After weeks in which some News Corp investors had started to call for James Murdoch’s head, former Dow Jones (NSDQ: NWS) CEO and News International executive chairman Les Hinton told a UK parliamentary committee on Monday: “I see no reason why James Murdoch should resign.”

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Posted In: Companies, News Corp., Dow Jones, News International

News Corp.‘s Australian Adds ‘Freemium’ Paywall

Oct 20, 2011 2:57 PM

The Australian, which is owned by News Limited and is part of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. (NSDQ: NWS), is adding a paywall to its website, mobile site and apps starting on Monday. It will also relaunch redesigned versions of the website and mobile site that day.

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Posted In: E-Commerce, Payment Systems, Media & Publishing, Newspapers, Companies, News Corp., Dow Jones, Wall Street Journal, Countries, Australia & New Zealand, john hartigan, news limited, the australian

WSJ Launching German Digital-Only Editions

Oct 19, 2011 11:08 AM

Dow Jones (NSDQ: NWS) is building its German-language news wire service in to a full-fledged Wall Street Journal edition for Germany.

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Posted In: Companies, News Corp., Dow Jones, Wall Street Journal, Countries, Europe, Germany

Charting WSJ Europe’s Circulation Over The Last Decade

Oct 18, 2011 7:58 AM

Our analysis shows how The Wall Street Journal (NSDQ: NWS) Europe, which is being investigated for an alleged circulation “scam”, doubled its subscription sales to offset diminishing single-copy circulation.

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Posted In: Research & Metrics, Metrics, Companies, News Corp., Dow Jones, Wall Street Journal

Three UK Papers Are Still Hooked On The Bulk Sales Drug

Oct 17, 2011 5:45 AM

I’ve just returned from the the world editors’ forum in Vienna where delegates were intensely interested in the News International phone hacking scandal. Those journalists who live in countries where press freedom is under consistent threat were, unsurprisingly, scornful of the News of the World’s activities in order to publish…

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Posted In: Advertising, Media & Publishing, Newspapers, Companies, News Corp., Dow Jones, Wall Street Journal

Updated: WSJ Europe’s Elaborate Plan To Boost Circulation

Oct 12, 2011 3:53 PM

One of Rupert Murdoch’s most senior European executives has resigned following Guardian inquiries about a circulation scam at News Corporation’s flagship newspaper, the Wall Street Journal.

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Posted In: Companies, News Corp., Dow Jones, Wall Street Journal

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Updated: WSJ Europe Chief Langhoff Resigns Over Ethical Concerns

Oct 11, 2011 1:29 PM

Wall Street Journal’s Europe publisher and EMEA managing director Andrew Langhoff is leaving the post after helping build out the title’s continental ambitions. In a memo to staff (included below), Langhoff said he was resigning over the perception that a business relationship with a company called Executive Learning Partnership had…

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Posted In: Industry Moves, Companies, News Corp., Dow Jones, Wall Street Journal

The Real Reason For WSJ Social

Sep 20, 2011 2:36 PM

As I discussed in a previous post, The Wall Street Journal is launching their WSJ Social today which is a way for the denizens of the Facebook deep to be our own WSJ editors of sorts.

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Posted In: Marketing, Social Media, Community, Companies, Facebook, News Corp., Dow Jones, Wall Street Journal

‘WSJ Social’ Launched On Facebook With An Eye Towards ‘Journal Everywhere’

Sep 20, 2011 11:27 AM

Given that most of the WSJ.com’s content is behind a paywall, the goal of its new Facebook app, WSJ Social, is viewed as more of an advertising and marketing opportunity aimed at attracting sponsorships and building more engagement with subscribers. In keeping with that idea, all content available through the…

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Posted In: Advertising, Marketing, Mobile, Social Media, Companies, Facebook, News Corp., Dow Jones, Wall Street Journal

The Morning Lowdown 09-20-11

Sep 20, 2011 8:25 AM

Some of the stories people are talking about this morning:»  What Does AOL’s Life After Access Look Like? (paidContent) »  Update: Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Buys Groupon Clone And Launches Wallet In Quest For Commerce (paidContent) »  Source: Facebook To Launch Read, Listened, Watched, And Want Buttons (Techcrunch) »  Apple (NSDQ:…

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Posted In: Advertising, Features, The Morning Lowdown, Legal, Privacy, Marketing, Media & Publishing, Books, Newspapers, Social Media, Community, News Sharing, Companies, AOL, Apple, Facebook, Google, News Corp., Dow Jones, Wall Street Journal, News International, Yahoo

Court Rejects Freelancer Settlement: Still No Payment From Tasini Court Win

Aug 17, 2011 4:30 PM

Jonathan Tasini was a hero to many writers when he won his battle to get additional payments from publishers like The New York Times who had included his freelance work in databases like LexisNexis. Tasini’s battle went to the Supreme Court in 2001, and created a strong legal precedent guaranteeing…

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Posted In: Legal, Appeals, Copyright, Companies, New York Times, News Corp., Dow Jones, Reed Elsevier

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