NEW YORK, March 26, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Dow Jones & Company announced the appointment of Linda E. Dunbar as vice president for corporate communications, effective today.
Reporting to Dow Jones Chief Executive Officer Rich Zannino, Ms. Dunbar will be the company's chief adviser on corporate strategic communications. She will oversee all communications strategy, public relations, media relations and internal communications for Dow Jones at the corporate level.
"Linda will be a key leader in the ongoing transformation of Dow Jones to a more diversified content and information services company, as effectively communicating our mission, business and cultural strategy, and business priorities internally and externally, is essential to our success," Mr. Zannino said.
Ms. Dunbar most recently was executive director for communications strategy at Ford Motor Co. where she was charged with developing the global communications vision for the public affairs operations of this automaker. She previously was the director of public relations for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and led the external and financial communications efforts of Philip Morris International.
Ms. Dunbar is a graduate of Princeton University and has a master's degree from the Fletcher School at Tufts University. She is based at the company's corporate headquarters at One World Financial Center, New York, NY 10281 and can be reached at (212) 416-2117 or Linda.Dunbar@dowjones.com.
About Dow Jones
Dow Jones & Company (NYSE:DJ) (www.dowjones.com) is a leading provider of global business news and information services. Its Consumer Media Group publishes The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, MarketWatch and the Far Eastern Economic Review. Its Enterprise Media Group includes Dow Jones Newswires, Factiva, Dow Jones Licensing Services, Dow Jones Indexes and Dow Jones Financial Information Services. Its Local Media Group operates community-based information franchises. Dow Jones provides news content to CNBC and radio stations in the U.S.
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