DIRS.INFO The most relevant business & tech news

☆ Layoffs at Dow Jones have Wall Street Journal staffers on edge as the newsroom expects more cuts and changes under top editor Emma Tucker
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Dow Jones laid off 10 people on the business side in late June. Wall Street Journal insiders are prepping for a content overhaul and potential cuts later this summer. A steady drip of layoffs continues at Dow Jones, which laid off another 10 people in the last week of June. The roles were mostly finance, sales, and marketing people who work across Dow Jones properties, which include The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, and MarketWatch. The Journal newsroom has largely been spared, but EIC Emma Tucker is conducting a sweeping content review.

Persons: Dow Jones, Almar Latour, Emma Tucker, Tucker, Rupert Murdoch's, she's, Liz Harris, Taneth Evans —, Charles Forelle, Karen Pensiero, Neal Lipschutz, Jason Anders, Thorold Barker, Kristina O'Neill, Sarah Ball, She's, Bernard Arnault, There's Organizations: Wall Street Journal, Dow, Street, MarketWatch, News Corp, Sunday Times, . Magazine Locations: Dow Jones, London, Europe, Middle East, Africa

☆ More layoffs have hit Dow Jones, and The Wall Street Journal's newsroom sees changes ahead, including cuts, under top editor Emma Tucker
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Dow Jones laid off 10 people on the business side last week, the latest in ongoing reductions. Wall Street Journal insiders are prepping for a content overhaul and potential cuts later this summer. A steady drip of layoffs continues at Dow Jones, which laid off another 10 people in the last week of June. The roles were mostly finance, sales, and marketing people who work across Dow Jones properties, which include The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, and MarketWatch. The Journal newsroom has largely been spared, but EIC Emma Tucker is conducting a sweeping content review.

Persons: Dow Jones, Almar Latour, Emma Tucker, Tucker, Rupert Murdoch's, she's, Liz Harris, Taneth Evans —, Charles Forelle, Karen Pensiero, Neal Lipschutz, Jason Anders, Thorold Barker, She's, Bernard Arnault, There's Organizations: Wall Street Journal, Dow, Street, MarketWatch, News Corp, Sunday Times Locations: Dow Jones, London, Europe, Middle East, Africa

He was initially remanded in custody until May 29, but a court last month extended his detention until Aug. 30. The United States says he has been wrongfully detained and has called for his immediate release. “We applaud this latest show of bipartisan support from Congress in the fight for Evan’s release. We will not rest until he is free,” Emma Tucker, Wall Street Journal's executive editor, and Almar Latour, CEO of Dow Jones and publisher of The Wall Street Journal, said in a written statement. Reporting by Patricia Zengerle; additional reporting by Dan Whitcomb Editing by Bill Berkrot and Lincoln FeastOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Evan Gershkovich, Read, “, Emma Tucker, Almar Latour, Dow Jones, Paul Whelan, I’ve, Michael McCaul, Kevin McCarthy, Joe Biden, Gershkovich, Patricia Zengerle, Dan Whitcomb, Bill Berkrot Organizations: Wall, U.S . House, Street, House Foreign Affairs, Republican, Democratic, Thomson Locations: Moscow, Russia, WASHINGTON, U.S, Yekaterinburg, Gershkovich, United States, Washington, Ukraine, Lincoln

Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter, was detained by Russian authorities in March on charges of espionage. He is one of hundreds of journalists currently in custody around the world. Since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year, the killings of 14 journalists and media workers have been confirmed there, the committee said. But “we cannot withdraw from reporting about the world,” Mr. Latour said. In total, the event was likely to present a story of “a worldwide assault on journalists, their work and the public’s right to know,” Mr. Sulzberger said.

Gershkovich, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, denies the espionage charges. When asked by the judge if he needed translation, Gershkovich said in Russian that he understood everything. The Kremlin has said Gershkovich, the first U.S. journalist detained in Russia on espionage charges since the end of the Cold War, was caught "red-handed". "He is reading a lot in prison - Russian literature in the original Russian," Nozhkina told Reuters, adding that he was reading Leo Tolstoy's masterpiece "War and Peace" about the French invasion of Russia in 1812. Asked about the prison food, Nozhkina said Gershkovich was being given porridge in the mornings and that the food was normal.

WASHINGTON, April 10 (Reuters) - The United States on Monday determined that Russia has "wrongfully detained" American Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, effectively saying that espionage charges are bogus and that the case is political. The Wall Street Journal has denied Gershkovich was spying. The Wall Street Journal's publisher and editor in chief said the "wrongfully detained" designation "will unlock additional resources and attention at the highest levels of the U.S. government in securing his release." Legislation passed by Congress in 2020 lists 11 criteria to help determine if a U.S. citizen is "wrongfully detained." The Biden administration has secured the release of at least 25 "wrongfully detained" Americans.

☆ Leaders of more than 30 news organizations demand Russia release WSJ reporter
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-31 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —The leaders of more than 30 news organizations around the world signed a letter Thursday to the Russian ambassador to the US, Anatoly Antonov, demanding the release of imprisoned Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich. The letter was signed by the leaders of the Associated Press, The New York Times, The Washington Post, the BBC, TIME, Euronews, Bloomberg News, Sky News, The New Yorker, and The Economist, among many others. “Gershkovich’s unwarranted and unjust arrest is a significant escalation in your government’s anti-press actions,” the letter said. Gershkovich was arrested in Russia on suspicion of espionage, the first time a US journalist has been detained on accusations by Moscow of spying since the Cold War. “This is an incredibly disturbing development,” Latour said in a memo to staff obtained by CNN.

☆ Changes hit The Wall Street Journal during new EIC Emma Tucker's first week, as she installs a chief of staff and the paper's veteran managing editor departs
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( Steven Perlberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Taneth Evans, who previously ran audience development at The Times of London, will be Tucker's chief of staff, three Journal sources said. The top editorial ranks at The Wall Street Journal are already changing under new Editor-in-Chief Emma Tucker. Tucker has tapped Taneth Evans as her chief of staff, according to three Journal sources. On Monday, the British-born Tucker addressed Journal staff for the first time from the paper's New York headquarters. Pensiero held a variety of roles during her tenure, including editor for newsroom standards and managing editor for international.

Dec 12 (Reuters) - News Corp (NWSA.O) named Sunday Times editor Emma Tucker the new editor of the Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires on Monday. In his new role, Murray will take on “several critical growth projects supporting News Corp,” the company said. That vision appears to align with that of the Journal's publisher and Dow Jones chief executive, Almar Latour, who is credited with leading the digital transformation of the publication, which now boasts more than 3 million digital subscribers. “Emma is a brilliant, inspiring editor, with digital nous and the highest standards of integrity,” Thomson said in a statement on Monday. “She has been a thoughtful custodian of The Sunday Times and will bring verve and virtue to Dow Jones.

☆ Wall Street Journal insiders are buzzing about what a leadership shake-up could mean for Murdoch world
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Steven Perlberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Sunday Times editor Emma Tucker is expected to replace Journal editor Matt Murray, Semafor reported. News Corp insiders believe Murdoch might make changes ahead of a possible recombination of News Corp and Fox. Is Rupert Murdoch planning to move his editorial chess pieces ahead of a potential recombination of News Corp and Fox? Last month, Semafor reported that Wall Street Journal editor Matt Murray is expected to be replaced by Emma Tucker, who leads fellow News Corp title The Sunday Times in London. That report followed the October disclosure that Murdoch is considering recombining News Corp with Fox Corp, with both companies convening special committees to review options.

Search resuls for: "Almar Latour"

10 mentions found