NEW YORK, Dec. 12, 2006 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- The Wall Street Journal and breakingviews.com, the premier online financial commentary publication, today announced that a daily breakingviews column will begin appearing in all six days of the redesigned Wall Street Journal, which launches on Jan. 2, 2007.
This is one of the many changes that will appear in the redesigned Journal in an effort to have an increased focus on "what it means" journalism, not just "what happened." Other changes include new content features, innovative newspaper navigation, and better print-online alignment.
The breakingviews.com column has developed a loyal following among movers and shakers on Wall Street and corporate America since its weekly debut in The Wall Street Journal Weekend Edition in September 2005. As of Jan. 2, 2007, it will appear daily instead of just once a week in the Money & Investing section, carrying punchy, financially-sophisticated opinions on topical issues, including mergers, capital markets, hedge funds, investments, private equity and corporate strategy.
"The breakingviews column focuses on the growing audience of global financial professionals and having the column now appear daily is a welcome supplement to the Journal's own expanded coverage as part of the newspaper's redesign," said Paul E. Steiger, managing editor, The Wall Street Journal. "The column offers sharp commentary that our readers won't find elsewhere."
The column will be produced by an expanded team of top financial journalists in New York, Washington, London, Paris and Rome. The column will consist of up to three analytical comments on the world's top financial and economic stories. The U.S. column will be overseen by breakingviews.com global editor-in-chief Hugo Dixon and U.S. Editor Rob Cox.
The daily column furthers the cooperation between the Journal and breakingviews.com that began in September 2000. Since then, breakingviews.com has produced a daily column for The Wall Street Journal Europe, a destination for Europe's top financial and corporate professionals. Dow Jones, owner of the Wall Street Journal, also is a minority investor in breakingviews.com.
"The experience of producing a weekly column for The Wall Street Journal over the past year has convinced us beyond any doubts that the movers and shakers of American finance are hungry for sharp, actionable commentary that cuts through the clutter," said Hugo Dixon, editor-in-chief and chairman, breakingviews.com.
For more information about breakingviews go to www.breakingviews.com.
About The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal, the flagship publication of Dow Jones & Company (NYSE:DJ) (www.dowjones.com), is the world's leading business publication. Founded in 1889, The Wall Street Journal has a print and online circulation of nearly 2.1 million, reaching the nation's top business and political leaders, as well as investors across the country. Holding 31 Pulitzer Prizes for outstanding journalism, The Wall Street Journal provides readers with trusted information and knowledge to make better decisions. The Wall Street Journal print franchise has more than 600 journalists world-wide, part of the Dow Jones network of nearly 1,800 business and financial news staff. Other publications that are part of The Wall Street Journal franchise, with total circulation of 2.7 million, include The Wall Street Journal Asia, The Wall Street Journal Europe and The Wall Street Journal Online at WSJ.com, the largest paid subscription news site on the Web. In 2006, the Journal was ranked No. 1 in BtoB's Media Power 50 for the seventh consecutive year.
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About Breakingviews.com
Since 1999, breakingviews.com has become an influential, independent voice in international financial markets with a subscriber base of some 500 clients drawn from the world's top investment banks, largest hedge funds and leading institutional investors as well as many corporations and legal and public relations firms. Clients receive sharp, market-moving insights on global finance throughout the U.S. and European trading day at breakingviews.com.
In addition to its online subscription service, breakingviews.com supplies a portion of its value-added commentary to many prestigious newspapers. The Wall Street Journal builds on breakingviews' extensive network of newspaper partners, which will now number almost 4 million readers. These include the Wall Street Journal Europe, the UK's Sunday Telegraph, Spain's Gaceta de los Negocios, Italy's la Repubblica, Holland's NRC Handelsblad, Switzerland's l'Agefi, Finland's Kauppalehti, and Belgium's Tijd.