NEW YORK (December 9, 2009) – Zawya Dow Jones News Service,
produced jointly by Dow Jones Newswires and ABQ Zawya, reached a significant
milestone this month when page views on the service in 2009 topped the 1
million mark.
"This marks another step forward in the development of the Zawya Dow Jones
News Service,” said Neal Lipschutz, senior vice president and managing
editor, Dow Jones Newswires. “Launched in June 2006, Zawya Dow Jones has
quickly established itself as an indispensable source of objective and
ground-breaking news and analysis for those seeking an understanding of the
region's financial markets.”
The record number of page views this year comes at a time when Zawya Dow
Jones is expanding its presence in the Middle East region, adding reporting
staff in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia and laying plans for a reporting
presence in Qatar and Kuwait.
Andrew Critchlow, Middle East managing editor of Dow Jones Newswires and the
Zawya Dow Jones Middle East news service, added, “Hitting the 1 million mark
underlines our expansion strategy in the Middle East. The highest-performing
organizations are those that are best-informed and fastest at making
critical business decisions. Having elected for a subscription model from
day one, this latest achievement is proof of a real appetite around the
globe for timely, market-moving business news, commentary and analysis
focused on the Middle East.”
For more information about Dow Jones Enterprise Media Group, visit
www.dowjones.com.
ABOUT DOW JONES
Dow Jones & Company (www.dowjones.com)
is a News Corporation company (NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV;
www.newscorp.com). Dow Jones is a leading provider of global business news
and information services. Its Consumer Media Group publishes The Wall Street
Journal, Barron's and MarketWatch. Its Enterprise Media Group includes Dow
Jones Newswires, Dow Jones Factiva, Dow Jones Client Solutions, Dow Jones
Indexes and Dow Jones Financial Information Services. Its Local Media Group
operates community-based information franchises.
ABOUT ABQ ZAWYA
Zawya is the leading Middle East business information company serving the
high-end business and financial professional community. Headquartered in
Dubai, Zawya has sales and support offices in Lebanon, Kuwait, Malaysia and
Singapore serving a global user base of over 212,000 high-end business
professionals.
Zawya covers detailed information on the top 10,000 companies in the Middle
East with comprehensive live news coverage through the exclusive Zawya Dow
Jones newswire service. Furthermore, the service provides industry news,
macroeconomic reports, country statistics, stock market data as well as
specialized databases such as IPO, Sukuk and Private Equity monitors.
In addition to subscription services, Zawya offers advertisers the ability
to target the most affluent online audience with an interest in the MENA
region. Zawya’s online service caters to and attracts only serious
professional users and decision makers as it has the only fee-paying user
base in the region.
Contact:
Michael Burns
Dow Jones Enterprise Media Group
+44 (0) 203 217 5434
michael.burns@dowjones.com