Dow Jones to Distribute Editorial Content from Agence France-Presse Mar 19, 2008
Content agreements that The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Factiva have with the AP are not affected by this announcement ... Its Enterprise Media Group includes Dow Jones Newswires, Dow Jones Factiva, Dow Jones Client Solutions, Dow Jones Indexes and Dow Jones Financial Information Services. (PR Newswire)
Reuters profit drops on costs of Thomson takeover Mar 7, 2008
The comparison also reflected higher gains from disposals in 2006 when Reuters sold its stake in Factiva to joint-venture partner Dow Jones & Co.. The weakness of the U.S. dollar and other currency fluctuations also dented earnings, Reuters said. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
Reuters profits dip before merger Mar 6, 2008
The lower profits figure reflects higher income from disposals in 2006, when Reuters sold most of its stake in joint venture Factiva. Revenue for the year to end of December was 7% higher at 2. (BBC News -- Business)
Optimedia U.S. Launches Content Power Ratings Report Mar 5, 2008
Using data culled from the agency's own primary research, as well as from Nielsen Media Research's NTI database, comScore's Media Metrix, E-Poll's FastTrack(TM), Keller Fay Group's TalkTrack, and Factiva, this comprehensive report ranks network and cable programs using four criteria. -- Audience size across TV, Web and mobile properties -- Audience Appeal - including awareness, core values, and quality -- Interest - including PR mentions and word-of-mouth 'buzz' -- Streaming - the extent to... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
INSPIRING OTHERS? Feb 16, 2008
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Alumnus Crovitz to speak Monday as Marjorie Kovler Visiting Fellow Feb 8, 2008
In 1999, Crovitz helped found Factiva, a news information resource, which now is No. 1 in its market. From 1997 to 1998, he was vice president for planning and development, with responsibility for identifying new business strategies and opportunities for Dow Jones and its major business units. (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
Forbes.com: Madden heads list of top sportscasters Feb 5, 2008
Madden heads list of top sportscasters - Forbes. $7 online stock trades. (MSNBC -- Sports)
News Corp. profit edges up, helped by Fox Feb 5, 2008
The acquisition added The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch and the Factiva data service to News Corp.'s more than 110 newspapers, film and television studios, and the Fox television networks. Revenue beat the $8. (International Herald Tribune)
Norway Post to Improve Citizen Portal and Internal Information Access with FAST Feb 4, 2008
com, CIGNA, CNET, Dell, Factiva, Fidelity Investments, Findexa, IBM, Knight Ridder, LexisNexis, Overture, Rakuten, Reed Elsevier, Reuters, Sensis, Stellent, Tenet Healthcare, Thomas Industrial Networks, T-Online, US Army, Virgilio (Telecom Italia), and Wanadoo. FAST is headquartered in Norway and is publicly traded under the ticker symbol 'FAST' on the Oslo Stock Exchange. (BusinessWire)
TV's Most Influential Sportscasters Jan 29, 2008
"But if you can explain it so my wife can understand it, you will appeal to a lot more people.To find which sportscasters wield the most influence, we first compiled a list of the leading TV sportscasters working for a national audience, with the assistance of Chelesnik and Sports Media Challenge, a Charlotte, N.C., sports marketing and consulting firm.To winnow our list to the 10 most influential, we turned to Omnicom subsidiary The Marketing Arm's Davie-Brown Index, which uses survey data to... (Forbes -- Business)
Multi-Year Agreement Extends ProQuest Content in Dow Jones Factiva(R) Jan 4, 2008
Jan. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- ProQuest and Dow Jones are extending their longtime information provider agreement, which makes key ProQuest licensed content available globally in Dow Jones Factiva(R), the award-winning business information service. Under the multi-year agreement, ProQuest will continue to enhance the premier newspaper and journal content that is integrated into Dow Jones Factiva products ... Dow Jones Factiva's collection of more than 14,000 authoritative sources includes the exclusive... (PR Newswire)
Fast Signs Multi-Million Dollar Extended Agreement with Major Global Publisher of Science and Health Information Jan 4, 2008
com, CIGNA, CNET, Dell, Factiva, Fidelity Investments, Findexa, IBM, Knight Ridder, LexisNexis, Overture, Rakuten, Reed Elsevier, Reuters, Sensis, Stellent, Tenet Healthcare, Thomas Industrial Networks, Thomson Scientific, T-Online, US Army, Virgilio (Telecom Italia), Vodafone, and Wanadoo. FAST is headquartered in Norway and is publicly traded under the ticker symbol 'FAST' on the Oslo Stock Exchange. (BusinessWire)
Digi-Kings and Queens: They Rule the Net Dec 26, 2007
Each candidate was ranked in five areas: Web references as calculated by Google; traffic ranking of their home page as calculated by Alexa; Technorati rank of their primary Web site or blog; and TV/radio mentions and press clips compiled from Factiva. We gave candidates bonus points if they regularly published their own videoblog or podcast. (ABC News -- Business)
The Web Celeb 25 Dec 20, 2007
Each candidate was ranked in five areas: Web references as calculated by Google (nasdaq: - - ); traffic ranking of their home page as calculated by Alexa; Technorati rank of their primary Web site or blog; and TV/radio mentions and press clips compiled from Factiva. We gave candidates bonus points if they regularly published their own videoblog or podcast. (Forbes -- Technology)
Chairman of House Committee On Ways and Means Honors Dow Jones Indexes Before U.S. Congress Dec 18, 2007
Its Enterprise Media Group includes Dow Jones Newswires, Factiva, Dow Jones Client Solutions, Dow Jones Indexes and Dow Jones Financial Information Services. Its Local Media Group operates community-based information franchises. (Primezone Releases)
Wall Street Journal now in Murdoch's world Dec 14, 2007
Dow Jones also owns Barron's, Dow Jones Newswires, the Factiva news database, several major stock market indicators including the Dow Jones industrial average, half of SmartMoney magazine and a group of community newspapers, which the company has said it is seeking to sell. The controlling shareholders of Dow Jones, the far-flung Bancroft family, had initially rebuffed Murdoch's approach this spring, but eventually Murdoch was able to win over enough of them to assure the deal would be approved. (North County Times)
Murdoch wins control of Wall Street Journal Dec 14, 2007
The company includes The Journal, whose daily domestic circulation of more than 2 million ranks second only to USA Today, and Dow Jones Newswires, the Dow Jones indexes, the Factiva information and archive service, Marketwatch. com, and other properties. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
Dow Jones shareholders approve $5B takeover Dec 14, 2007
Dow Jones also owns Barron's, Dow Jones Newswires, the Factiva news database, several major stock market indicators including the Dow Jones industrial average, half of SmartMoney magazine and a group of community newspapers, which the company has said it is seeking to sell. Sponsored Links. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Murdoch's News Corp. May Take Three Years to Profit From Buying Dow Jones Dec 13, 2007
In addition to the Journal, the purchase adds Barron's, Dow Jones Newswires and the Factiva data service to News Corp.'s 110 newspapers, film and television studios, and the Fox television networks. Murdoch said in November that one of his first steps will be to eliminate fees for the online Journal, at a cost of $50 million a year, to increase readership and advertising. (Bloomberg -- US)
SETTING AN EXAMPLE? Dec 11, 2007
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Murdoch installs new CEO, publisher at Dow Jones Dec 9, 2007
Dow Jones also owns Dow Jones Newswires, Barron's and a news database business called Factiva. Murdoch's takeover of Dow Jones triggered several other executive changes, including the departures of Dow Jones' CEO Richard Zannino; Wall Street Journal publisher Gordon Crovitz and general counsel Joseph Stern. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
More Dow Jones: Crovitz's Exit Is Official; The Memo Dec 8, 2007
Corvitz, before being appointed the publisher of WSJ, was president of the Electronic Publishing Group where he oversaw the launch and development of three of DJ s digital businesses WSJ.com, Factiva and Dow Jones Indexes ... I am delighted that the Factiva joint venture we created a decade ago is now the leader in its industry and a key part of Dow Jones. (Forbes)
Murdoch installs team at US paper Dec 8, 2007
Dow Jones also owns Dow Jones Newswires, Barron's and a news database business called Factiva. Executive changes Murdoch's takeover of Dow Jones triggered several other executive changes, including the departures of Richard Zannino, Dow Jones' CEO; Gordon Crovitz, the Wall Street Journal's publisher, and Joseph Stern, the general counsel. (Aljazeera.Net)
Dow Jones CEO Leaving After News Corp Sale Dec 7, 2007
Under his tenure, the company reorganized its business units, launched a narrower and redesigned version of the Journal, and took in the other half of the Factiva news database that it didn't already own, buying the stake held by Reuters Group PLC.. In the process, Dow Jones also sold six community newspapers from its Ottaway group to finance the Factiva deal. (CBS News)
Murdoch said to have plan for shake-up at Dow Jones Dec 7, 2007
com and the half of the Factiva archive service that it did not already own, and sold several small newspapers. In an interview Thursday, Zannino said his legacy would be "getting us all to think like a media company rather than a newspaper company; viewing The Wall Street Journal as a franchise, as opposed to a newspaper.". (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
News Corp. Names Next Dow Jones Chief Dec 7, 2007
With those concerns in mind, Zannino reorganized Dow Jones last year into three divisions: the consumer-media group, which includes the Journal, MarketWatch and Barron's; the enterprise-media group, which includes Factiva, Dow Jones Newswires and Dow Jones Indexes, among other operations; and the community-media group, which operates its community newspapers. Zannino has also sought ways to increase revenue growth through such initiatives as the sale of front page ads in The Wall Street Journal,... (SmartMoney)
Richard Zannino to depart as CEO of Dow Jones Dec 7, 2007
Under his tenure, the company reorganized its business units, launched a narrower and redesigned version of the Journal, and took in the other half of the Factiva news database that it didn't already own, buying the stake held by Reuters Group. In the process, Dow Jones also sold six community newspapers from its Ottaway group to finance the Factiva deal. (USA Today -- Money)
U.S. court throws out freelance writers' settlement Nov 30, 2007
Other defendants in the case included Dow Jones & Co , ProQuest Co, Knight Ridder Inc and Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. Dow Jones subsequently bought Reuters Group Plc's stake in Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive, which is now known as Factiva. In a 2-1 decision Thursday, a panel of judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated a lower court order approving the settlement of the writers' copyright infringement claims, saying the district court lacked the... (Globe and Mail -- Technology)
Dow Jones may sell newspapers Nov 28, 2007
Dow Jones, which is on track to be acquired by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. by the end of the year, had already sold six community newspapers last year and used the proceeds to buy the other half of the Factiva news database business that it didn't already own from Reuters Group PLC.. Murdoch had said previously that News Corp. was likely to sell the remaining community newspapers once the deal to acquire Dow Jones is complete. (AZCentral -- Business)
Murdoch's free WSJ.com could hurt parts of Dow Nov 17, 2007
But the plan could undercut Dow Jones's Internet news archive Factiva and its Dow Jones Newswires, which offer Wall Street Journal content that is unavailable anywhere else, Dow Jones spokeswoman Christine Mohan said. Dow Jones's Enterprise Media division, which includes Factiva and Newswires, contributed only 35 percent of revenue but accounted for 67. (ABC News -- Wire)
Murdoch expects to make WSJ.com into free site Nov 14, 2007
Additionally, it's the parent of Dow Jones Newswires, Barron's and the Factiva news service. Pointing out a missed opportunity, some Internet industry observers have said that since the Journal isn't free on the Web, other news and commentary sites -- including the ever-growing ranks of bloggers -- don't post links to the online edition because its articles are inaccessible to most readers. (MarketWatch)
Free WSJ Web Site Could Increase Users Nov 14, 2007
As he noted last week in a quarterly earnings call with investors, "There are other considerations: How will it affect things like Factiva, our archives business, and also the newswires, which are very profitable.". . (New York Post -- Business)
Stocks Close Mostly Flat on BofA Results Oct 19, 2007
Revenues rose nearly 20 percent as the company absorbed the rest of Factiva, a news database service, and profits excluding costs related to the company's pending acquisition by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. were ahead of analysts' estimates. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, file) The Associated Press By JOE BEL BRUNO AP Business Writer NEW YORK Oct 18, 2007 (AP) Font Size. (ABC News -- Wire)
Dow Jones 3Q profit falls from year-ago results that included tax-related accounting gain Oct 19, 2007
Revenues rose nearly 20 percent as the company absorbed the rest of Factiva, a news database service, and profits excluding costs related to the company's pending acquisition by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. were ahead of analysts' estimates ... Excluding the effects of acquisitions, including the 50 percent of Factiva that the company didn't already own, revenues increased 1 ... Revenues from business-focused media, a group that includes Dow Jones Newswires and the stock market indexes group,... (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
Media General, Journal Register see lower ad revenues as slump continues Oct 19, 2007
Revenues rose 20 percent as Dow Jones took in the other half of Factiva, a news database business, that it didn't already own. Excluding one-time effects in both periods, Dow Jones' earnings jumped to $23. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
Dow Jones profit falls ahead of acquisition by News Corp. Oct 18, 2007
Excluding the year-ago gain, its earnings and revenue increased as it absorbed the rest of Factiva, a news database service ... Excluding the effects of acquisitions, including the 50 per cent of Factiva that the company didn't already own, revenues increased 1. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
Enron colleagues: Ethics icon's whistle-blowing claims untrue Oct 13, 2007
According to Mends, Brewer was a good researcher who was adept at using databases such as Factiva and LexisNexis. In that capacity, she traveled to various Enron locations to conduct training sessions on how to use Factiva. (USA Today -- Money)
AllAfrica Opens News Center and Health Office in Monrovia Oct 6, 2007
The AllAfrica News Wire supplies institutional, corporate, and financial clients through such services as Factiva (Reuters and Dow Jones) LexisNexis, Bloomberg, Comtex News Network and Financial Times, which collectively reach tens of millions of end users. The company's innovative technology knits together its global operations. (allAfrica.com)
M&A Activity for U.S. VC-Backed Companies Jumps to $10.5 Billion in 3rd Quarter, Highest Since Dot-Com Era Oct 1, 2007
"Most notable is that 22 venture-backed health care companies have filed to go public. If these offers are completed, it would be far and away the most IPO activity we've seen in the health care sector since the third quarter of 2000 -- and a clear shift in exit strategy away from M Even so, the report found that, for the third quarter in a row, venture capitalists garnered top dollar for health care companies, with the median post-valuation at Mhing $125 million, double the median seen during... (PR Newswire)
Murdoch: Fox business channel aiming at Main Street Sep 19, 2007
Murdoch said Factiva, a news database service, was a Dow Jones business that could be developed more and marketed more aggressively. Murdoch said the business had been doing well since Dow Jones bought the other half of Factiva that it didn't already own from Reuters Group. (USA Today -- Money)
Murdoch: New Fox cable channel aimed at small investors Sep 19, 2007
But he also stressed that cost cuts are "not what we're about - we're about expanding revenues.'' Murdoch said Factiva, a news database service, was a Dow Jones business that could be developed more and marketed more aggressively. Murdoch said the business had been doing well since Dow Jones bought the other half of Factiva that it didn't already own from Reuters Group PLC. Following the Dow Jones deal, which was clinched only after months of struggle, Murdoch suggested that no other big deals... (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Gold Fields Bidder Leaves Twisted Trail From Homeless Shelter to Argentina Sep 1, 2007
The stock gain vanished after a blog published by the Financial Times questioned Pastorini's credentials because Google and Factiva searches didn't yield anyone with his profile. South Africa's Financial Services Board is investigating trading in Gold Fields shares. (Bloomberg)
FTC Clears News Corp. to Buy Dow Jones Aug 30, 2007
Dow Jones owns Factiva and co-owns SmartMoney with Hearst Corp. It also provides news content to CNBC television operations worldwide and to radio stations in the U.S.. -Adam Kuczynski; 201-938-5400; AskNewswires@dowjones. (SmartMoney)
Search is on in Dow deal Aug 28, 2007
In the second quarter of this year, profits at the Factiva information search division of Dow Jones' Enterprise Media Group surged 44 per cent. ... Driven by free-search-sector competition, Factiva is also broadening its information base ... Besides selling Factiva services, the Enterprise Media Group has a custom integration division, which creates bespoke systems, based on Factiva technologies. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Component Changes Made to Dow Jones Select MicroCap Index Aug 24, 2007
Dow Jones is co-owner with Reuters Group of Factiva and with Hearst of SmartMoney. Dow Jones also provides news content to CNBC and radio stations in the U.S.. (Primezone Releases)
Wall Street Journal July print ad rev down 7.2 pct Aug 14, 2007
Even before Dow Jones agreed to be sold, the company had been trying to decrease its reliance on print revenue and favor digital expansion in news as well as properties such as the Factiva online news archive. The recent results, if they continue to show up month after month, mean that "the transition to the digital future is going to have to come sooner than later," Doctor said. (ABC News -- Wire)
FBN, 'Journal' Can Cooperate Aug 10, 2007
com and Factiva, are key priorities. He also repeated comments that he wants the Journal to more aggressively compete with the New York Timesand other national dailies as well as the London-based Financial Times and that he wants to expand coverage with more national, international and nonbusiness news. (MediaWeek.com)
'Tyrant' Murdoch spells out long-termvision Aug 9, 2007
Mr Murdoch made it clear he had plans for all parts of Dow Jones, which includes stock market indices, the MarketWatch website, Barron's and Factiva. The only part he was likely to sell was its US regional newspapers, which Dow Jones acquired from the Ottaway family. (MSNBC -- Business)
Marine gets 15 years in killing Aug 4, 2007
A Factiva database search of articles in the past year finds Paris Hilton mentioned 50 times more often than Hamdania. Copyright. (Seattle Times)
Local impact of Dow Jones sale remains unclear Aug 3, 2007
Dow Jones is the parent company of The Wall Street Journal, Factiva, and other business news ventures. News Corp. owns the Fox television networks, the New York Post, the online social networking site MySpace and other media operations throughout the world. (South Brunswick Post, NJ)
With Murdoch, comes opportunity Aug 2, 2007
Dow Jones & Co.'s flagship The Wall Street Journal, influential business weekly Barron's, financial information website MarketWatch, 23 community newspapers and business research services such as Factiva and Dow Jones Newswires The Wall Street Journal feeds nicely into Rupert Murdoch's plan to build a business-themed cable news channel to rival CNBC, owned by General Electric Co.. A history of bold moves. (Globe and Mail)
Facts about Wall Street Journal publisher Dow Jones and Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Aug 1, 2007
Dow Jones bought the other half of Factiva that it did not already own from Reuters in late 2006 for US$160 million. Ottaway Newspapers. (International Herald Tribune)
What Murdoch hopes to get Aug 1, 2007
2m for the first quarter of 2007, bolstered by the acquisition of business information service Factiva and the growth of some online and financial index services ... Across its Enterprise media group, Dow Jones publishes 12,000 newswire reports each day to around 435,000 readers, and newly-acquired business information service Factiva has 1 ... Dow Jones's activity over the last 12 months gives a clear indication of the group's priorities: the acquisition of eFinancial News, the announcement of... (Guardian Unlimited)
Murdoch clinches Dow takeover Aug 1, 2007
Factiva newspaper archive. Dow Jones Indexes, data operation compiling DJ US stock index. (Guardian Unlimited)
Journal Investment Group's Brad Greenspan Issues Open Letter to Dow Jones Shareholders Detailing Recent Updates on Proposed Investment Jul 31, 2007
The Dow Jones business is very complex in it has multiple global business segments (Community Papers, Consumer Print, Enterprise, Factiva) with different sets of management teams ... Dow Jones has the most diversified bundle of assets to maximize in this sector (DJ Enterprise Business, Factiva, Marketwatch) and the strongest most globally recognized brands in business backing that up: Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones, and Barrons. (PR Newswire)
Bancroft Dow Jones decision seen next week: source Jul 25, 2007
Internet entrepreneur Brad Greenspan has offered to lend the Bancrofts $400 million to $600 million to buy out relatives who want to sell, in exchange for two board seats on Dow Jones, which owns Dow Jones Newswires, the Barron's investor newspaper and the Factiva online news archive. Bancroft Dow Jones decision seen next week: source 1. (ABC News -- Wire)
There's a wealth of free resources out there--here's where to look for them. Jul 24, 2007
Factiva from Dow Jones offers access to full text articles from more than 10,000 worldwide sources, including newswire stories from Reuters and the Associated Press and transcripts of news broadcasts. holds U.S. Census data from 1790 to 1930, the African American Freedman's Bank records, 20,000 histories from families, and an index of about 2 million articles on genealogy and local American culture. (USA Today -- Tech)
New Technology Tools Have High Acceptance Rate in Public Relations Jul 24, 2007
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Findings in a new survey of public relations professionals and students conducted by the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) and Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: - ), in concert with its Factiva suite of products, show that new communication technology has been widely accepted by the public relations profession ... Its Enterprise Media Group includes Dow Jones Newswires, Factiva, Dow Jones Client Solutions, Dow Jones Indexes and Dow Jones Financial Information... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Dow, Murdoch deal now up to the Bancroft family Jul 23, 2007
In addition to the Journal, Dow Jones owns a newswire, stock market indicators including the Dow Jones industrial average, Barron's, community newspapers and Factiva, a database. Given the company's outlook, Robert Broadwater, managing director of Broadwater & Associates, a Bronxville-based media investment bank, called Murdoch's offer "very strong," especially because a number of other potential bidders have walked away. (Newsday -- Business)
Once deemed certain, the outcome of Murdoch's campaign to own Dow Jones is less assured now Jul 22, 2007
com and its Factiva online news database. Dow Jones Newswires also faces a threat by the combination of two major competitors in real-time financial news, Thomson Corp. and Reuters Group PLC. Initial word about that deal leaked out just days after the Bancrofts initially rebuffed Murdoch in early May. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
Journal Investment Group's Brad Greenspan Issues Open Letter to Dow Jones Shareholders Detailing Valuation Assumptions and New Structure of Proposed Investment Jul 21, 2007
At the same time, we believe WSJ.com can keep a large number of its paying subscribers by providing them exclusive access to a suite of services/products such as: 1) The ability to view certain premium/exclusive video content segments 2) Bundling access to Dow Jones resource tools such as Factiva 3) Providing services such as real-time quotes and other premium market data Conclusion I can assure you, News Corp. has similar designs on monetizing the Dow Jones digital media assets. Why let Fox... (PR Newswire)
DOW JONES hit by WSJ ad slump Jul 20, 2007
7m, helped by the acquisition of Factiva, the financial information company ... With the recent acquisitions of Factiva and eFinancialnews, the company has been trying to reduce its reliance on print advertising. (The Drudge Report)
Earnings: Companies report their results Jul 20, 2007
Bank of America, the second-largest U.S. lender after Citibank, said Thursday that profit rose 5. 2 percent, beating analysts' estimates, on private equity gains and investment banking revenue. (International Herald Tribune -- Business Asia)
Newspaper publishers see big declines in advertising as Web steals readers and ad dollars Jul 20, 2007
7 million in the same period a year ago, driven partly by the acquisition of the other half of news database Factiva that it didn't already own. Even without the effect of acquiring the rest of Factiva as well as another business, the U.K.-based eFinancialNews, Dow Jones still reported a 0. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
UnitedHealth sees shares decline 3.2% Jul 20, 2007
3 million, driven partly by the acquisition of the other half of Factiva, a news database business, that it didn't already own ... 7 million, which the company attributed to the consolidation of Factiva as well as growth at its indexes business and in international media. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
