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Dow Jones (NYSE: NWS) wants to buy the 50 percent stake it doesn’t currently have in personal finance mag SmartMoney from Hearst, the WSJ reports, citing unidentified sources. No word on what price DJ is offering for the magazine, though a deal could be hammered out by next...

While others are trying to figure out how to charge for their content, Dow Jones’ financial news site MarketWatch is plowing ahead with plans for several new pay-to-subscribe newsletters. On Monday, MarketWatch will unveil Revolution Investing, a premium newsletter aimed at traders for an annual fee of $199; the early-bird rate is $99....

While Murdoch’s footsoldiers rush to charge for consumer news like WSJ.com does for biz content, and while WSJ.com itself continues its European expansion, one part of the pie is often overlooked…

Financial News, DJ’s subscription site covering the London securities market, has redesigned and maintained its place in the Wall Street Journal Digital...

Update: Dow Jones has issued a release saying it is forming a joint venture with CME Group to operate a global financial index services business. The business is valued at $607.5 million. The new joint venture will also raise roughly $613 million in third-party debt which will be used to pay...

Dow Jones (NYSE: NWS) is close to shedding its stock-indexing business deal with the parent of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange for over $600 million, the WSJ reports, citing unidentified sources. The story notes that while the deal could be near, there is the possibility that the sale negotiations could...

News Corp earnings were up across the board, as the company swung to a profit of $254 million ($0.10) in Q4, reversing $6.4 billion loss. The company said this reflected double-digit growth at its “majority business segments.” Even the newspaper/information segment was up, gaining 29.5 percent over last year’s period. While the success in the...

Current Washington Post editor Marcus Brauchli exited his one-year stint as managing editor of the WSJ with $6.4 million, Politico says, citing a new book about News Corp.‘s purchase of the newspaper’s parent, Dow Jones (NYSE: NWS), a little more than two years ago.

With advertising still struggling, the WSJ is expanding its commerce offerings by getting into travel services. The site, WSJ Travel, will sell and promote vacation packages. Dow Jones (NYSE: NWS), the WSJ’s parent, makes it clear that the travel site is separate from the paper’s editorial side. The travel...

A little more than a year after joining FiLife as president and general manger, Ezra Kucharz is leaving to become president of CBS (NYSE: CBS) Local Digital Media. FiLife is the personal finance joint venture between IAC (NSDQ: IACI) and Dow Jones (