NEW YORK, Dec. 17, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – The Wall Street
Journal has appointed key editors to leadership roles across its print
and digital properties.
Rebecca Blumenstein has been tapped as deputy managing editor, international
of The Wall Street Journal, effective Jan. 11. Ms. Blumenstein will
directly oversee the Journal's global network of bureaus and
correspondents and will also take on the leadership of the financial
coverage steered by the Journal's Money & Investing team. Ms.
Blumenstein will report to Robert Thomson, editor-in-chief of Dow Jones &
Company and managing editor of The Wall Street Journal.
Kevin Delaney has been named managing editor of WSJ.com, effective Jan. 11.
In this role, Mr. Delaney will be responsible for overseeing the editorial
operations of the web site and will report to Alan Murray, deputy managing
editor and executive editor, online, of The Wall Street Journal.
Mr. Delaney most recently served as senior deputy managing editor of
WSJ.com.
"These significant appointments have been made at a crucial time as the
Journal continues to expand its online offerings and international
coverage," said Mr. Thomson. "Kevin is deftly digital and has been a knowing
leader of the development of WSJ.com over the past few years, and Rebecca
has done outstanding work at WSJ.com this year and her role overseeing our
correspondents will allow her to continue the important phase of integration
she has begun at WSJ.com."
About Ms. Blumenstein
Ms. Blumenstein has held her current role as managing editor of WSJ.com
since June 2008. Previously, she was international news editor since Dec.
2008. Prior to that, Ms. Blumenstein was the Journal's China bureau
chief and has also served as bureau chief and deputy bureau chief for the
technology group in New York. An award-winning journalist, Ms. Blumenstein
was part of a team that won the Gerald Loeb Award in 2003 for deadline
writing for coverage of WorldCom. In China, she headed the team that won the
2007 Pulitzer for International Reporting. In March, she was named to the
Aspen Institute's Henry Crown Fellowship for 2009. Ms. Blumenstein joined
the Journal in 1995 as a reporter in the Detroit bureau. She began
her journalism career at the Tampa Tribune and has held reporting roles at
Gannett Newspapers and Newsday. Ms. Blumenstein holds a bachelor's degree in
economics and social science from the University of Michigan.
About Mr. Delaney
Since Aug. 2009, Mr. Delaney has held the role of senior deputy managing
editor of WSJ.com. Before that, he was deputy managing editor of WSJ.com.
Prior to joining WSJ.com, Mr. Delaney was a senior special writer in the San
Francisco bureau of The Wall Street Journal covering the Internet
beat. He joined the Journal as a reporter in March 1999 and spent
five years reporting from the paper's Paris bureau before moving to San
Francisco in March 2004.
Mr. Delaney first joined Dow Jones & Company in January 1996 as an assistant
producer with Dow Jones Television. He became a producer for WBIS+, a
television station jointly owned by Dow Jones and ITT Corp., in July 1996.
In Feb. 1998, he moved to SmartMoney, The Wall Street Journal
Magazine of Personal Business, as a reporter. Prior to joining Dow Jones,
Mr. Delaney was a coordinating producer and writer for World Affairs
Television in Montreal. Mr. Delaney began his Dow Jones & Company career in
1992 as a college intern.
Born in New York City, Mr. Delaney received a bachelor's degree in history
from Yale University.
About The Wall Street Journal
Founded in 1889, The Wall Street Journal is the world's leading
business publication. Boasting more than two million subscribers, the
Journal is the largest newspaper by total paid circulation and has the
largest individually paid circulation of the top 25 U.S. newspapers. The
Wall Street Journal franchise, with a global audience of 3.8 million,
also comprises The Wall Street Journal Asia, The Wall Street
Journal Europe and The Wall Street Journal Online at WSJ.com,
the leading provider of business and financial news and analysis on the Web
with more than one million subscribers and 26 million users per month.
WSJ.com is the flagship site of The Wall Street Journal Digital
Network, which also includes MarketWatch.com, Barrons.com and
AllThingsD.com. The Wall Street Journal Radio Network services news
and information to more than 375 radio stations in the U.S. The Journal
holds 33 Pulitzer Prizes for outstanding journalism, and, in 2009, was
ranked No. 1 in BtoB's Media Power 50 for the 10th consecutive year.
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Dow Jones & Company
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Dow Jones & Company
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