Dow Jones

Dow Jones & Company publishes the world's most vital business and financial news and information. Dow Jones sets the benchmark by which other business- and financial-news organizations measure themselves. Dow Jones publishes The Wall Street Journal, which happens to be the world's leading business publication. Wall Street Journal has a current circulation of nearly 2.1 million.

Dow Jones & Company was founded by Charles Henry Dow, Edward Davis Jones and Charles Milford Bergstresser in 1882. In 1889, Dow Jones started publishing Wall Street Journal. In 1896, Dow Jones Industrial Average was officially launched. Dow Jones launched its first publishing venture in Asia, The Far Eastern Economic Review. In 1979,The Wall Street Journal became the largest paid-circulation newspaper in America. In 1992, in a joint venture with Hearst Corp., Dow Jones launched SmartMoney, The Wall Street Journal Magazine of Personal Business. In 2002, Dow Jones launched "Business Now," The Company's ambitious, long-range strategic plan designed for growth and for building its businesses.