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Wall Street Journal Forms New, New-York Based Corporate Group
Dowell to Lead New Corporate Group, Charged With Coverage of Corporate Beats
NEW YORK, Jan. 7, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – The Wall Street
Journal today announced the creation of a new, New York-based corporate
group charged with coverage of a number of large companies. Andrew Dowell,
currently global news editor of Dow Jones Newswires, has been appointed to
lead the new group and will oversee beats, including General Electric, IBM,
Procter & Gamble, telecommunications, New York retail and fashion, and
recruiting and management.
Mr. Dowell will report to Matt Murray, deputy managing editor of national
news for The Wall Street Journal, and Gabriella Stern, senior
editor of global news coverage for Dow Jones Newswires. His new role is
effective immediately.
"We formed the New York corporate group to focus on the importance and raise
the visibility of the main corporate beats that the Journal covers.
This group will also help to strengthen the cooperation between Newswires
and Journal reporters," said Robert Thomson, editor-in-chief of Dow Jones &
Company and managing editor of The Wall Street Journal.
"Andrew is an 11-year veteran of Newswires who will bring expertise and
knowledge to this role, and this new group will help add urgency and energy
to our extensive corporate coverage."
About Andrew Dowell
Since mid-2008, Mr. Dowell has represented Dow Jones Newswires on the Hub,
the central editing desk charged with coordinating coverage across Dow Jones
publications. Prior to that, Mr. Dowell was deputy managing editor of the
Dow Jones News Service with broad responsibility for the corporate reporting
staff and specific responsibility for coverage of companies in the financial
services industry. Previously, he served as managing editor for energy. He
also spent two years working for Dow Jones Newswires in Cairo.
Mr. Dowell earned a bachelor's degree in history from Emory 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.
Contact:
Emily J.
Edmonds
Dow Jones & Company
(212) 416-2635
emily.edmonds@dowjones.com
Ashley S. Huston
Dow Jones & Company
(212) 416-2025
ashley.huston@dowjones.com