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Wall Street Journal Digital Network Launches Digits: Live, Daily Technology Show
NEW YORK, Feb. 24, 2010 – The Wall Street Journal Digital Network
announced today the launch of Digits – its newest daily, live online news
broadcast, providing a real-time look at technology news, including top stories
of the day, breaking news, the latest gadgets, technology stock updates and the
hot topics being discussed online.
Beginning today, Digits will air live each weekday at 1:00 p.m. ET from New York
and will be available on WSJ.com, Barrons.com, MarketWatch.com, AllThingsD.com
and Dow Jones Newswires. Hosted by MarketWatch's Stacey Delo, Digits will
feature reporting and analysis presented by reporters and editors from across
Dow Jones, including regular contributions from WSJ.com technology editor Julia
Angwin; Wall Street Journal personal technology columnist and AllThingsD.com
co-editor Walt Mossberg; AllThingsD.com co-editor Kara Swisher; Eric Savitz,
Barron's Tech Trader blogger and columnist; and Veronica Dagher of Dow Jones
Newswires. The show will also be available on-demand following the live
broadcasts.
"We've had a great response to our live webcasts, and Digits is a natural
extension of that," said Alan Murray, deputy managing editor and executive
editor, online, The Wall Street Journal. "Our online
users are deeply interested in technology, and we've got a talented array of
columnists, reporters and editors covering it. The Digits show, whether watched
live or on-demand, will give people a quick and lively update of the day's most
important and interesting technology news."
The Digits brand was launched in December 2008 on WSJ.com as a blog (http://wsj.com/digits)
that continues to deliver breaking news and insights about the technology
landscape on a continually updated basis.
In September last year, the company launched The News Hub (http://wsj.com/newshub)
– a live, twice daily online news broadcast featuring true collaboration and
expert reporting and analysis presented by The Wall Street Journal, Barron's,
Dow Jones Newswires, MarketWatch.com and AllThingsD.com. The network has since
expanded its live video coverage to include breaking news updates and special
reports from reporters and editors around the world.
About The Wall Street Journal Digital Network
Marketers seeking business decision-makers and affluent and influential
individuals can reach more than 30 million visitors each month across The Wall
Street Journal Digital Network. All sites in the network are owned by Dow Jones
& Company and include The Wall Street Journal Online (www.wsj.com), the leading
provider of business and financial news and analysis on the web; Barrons.com,
the site of America's premier financial magazine; MarketWatch.com, a leading
investing and financial news site with 100 journalists in 11 bureaus around the
world; and AllThingsD.com, a site devoted to news, analysis and opinion on
technology, the Internet and media.
Contact:
Ashley S.
Huston
Dow Jones & Company
(212) 416-2025
ashley.huston@dowjones.com
Emily J. Edmonds
Dow Jones & Company
(212) 416-2635
emily.Edmonds@dowjones.com