NEW YORK, April 2, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Wall Street Journal today announced its new Wall Street Journal for iPad app is available from the App Store. The Wall Street Journal for iPad blends the best of print and online – offering the look of the Journal while providing updated news and information, full-screen video, market data and customizable features, including the ability to save articles and full sections, such as What's News, Marketplace, Money & Investing and Personal Journal, for later or offline reading.
Launch advertisers include Buick, Capital One, Coca-Cola, iShares, FedEx and Oracle, with innovative full-screen ad units appearing between article and section pages.
"The Journal's award-winning editorial content is available across print, online, mobile and digital," said Robert Thomson, managing editor of The Wall Street Journal and editor-in-chief of Dow Jones & Company. "The Wall Street Journal for iPad is another innovative way to showcase our coverage of national and international news – the iPad will provide a newspaper-like experience with all the benefits of electronic delivery."
The Wall Street Journal for iPad features a "Now" issue with news and coverage throughout the day, with top article picks from Journal editors, as well as the ability to swipe through from section to section or article to article within sections. Subscribers will receive access to content such as Business, Markets and Opinion; an archive of each day's print Journal from the previous seven days; and My Journal for saving and sharing articles across WSJ.com. Special features available to all users also include Market Data, including quote search and customizable Watchlist, and videos and slideshows.
"The iPad platform allows us to thoughtfully blend the striking visuals and interaction of digital with the practical and more familiar layout of print – an experience we believe mobile users will welcome and advertisers are already embracing," said Gordon McLeod, president of The Wall Street Journal Digital Network.
The Wall Street Journal for iPad is available as a stand-alone subscription for $3.99 per week from the App Store on iPad or at http://www.itunes.com/appstore/">www.itunes.com/appstore/. The app is free to download with a subscription required for full access to all content and features. Current Journal subscribers will receive full access free for a limited time.
About The Wall Street Journal
Founded in 1889, The Wall Street Journal, the flagship publication of Dow Jones & Company, is the world's leading business publication and holds 33 Pulitzer Prizes for outstanding journalism. The Wall Street Journal has a print and online circulation of more than 2 million, reaching the nation's top business and political leaders, as well as investors across the country. The Wall Street Journal boasts the largest individually paid circulation out of the top 25 U.S. newspapers. Other publications that are part of The Wall Street Journal franchise, with a global audience of 3.8 million, include The Wall Street Journal Asia and The Wall Street Journal Europe. The Wall Street Journal Online at WSJ.com is 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, AllThingsD.com and FINS.com. In 2009, the Journal was ranked No. 1 in BtoB's Media Power 50 for the 10th consecutive year. The Wall Street Journal Radio Network services news and information to more than 350 radio stations in the U.S.
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