What Dow Jones does

Dow Jones & Company, Inc. is a diversified business media and intelligence provider operating as a wholly-owned subsidiary of News Corporation (NASDAQ: NWSA). Founded in 1882 and headquartered in New York, the company runs a multi-platform portfolio spanning consumer/business news publications (The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, Barron's, Investor's Business Daily, Financial News, Private Equity News, Mansion Global, WSJ Pro), corporate research (Factiva), risk and compliance solutions (RiskCenter suite, Dow Jones Integrity Check, Risk Journal, Dragonfly, Oxford Analytica, Crisis Monitor, Factiva Sentiment Signals), real-time market data (Newswires including a GenAI Feed and APIs), and energy market intelligence (OPIS pricing data, PriceCast fuel pricing via A2i Systems, Eco-Movement EV charging data).

The platform is built on proprietary data infrastructure — a Risk & Compliance database with 4M+ entity/individual records drawing from 33,000+ global sources and tracking 11,500+ companies in real time — and is augmented by partnerships such as Dun & Bradstreet for beneficial ownership and Xapien for AI-powered due diligence. The firm employs 2,000+ journalists/analysts and 700+ AI specialists and serves 70M+ professionals across 16,000+ organizations globally.

Revenue is generated primarily through recurring subscriptions (individual WSJ/Barron's/MarketWatch digital and print, corporate site licenses, education access), enterprise B2B sales of Risk & Compliance, Factiva, Newswires APIs, and OPIS energy data on annual contracts, traditional advertising on owned publications, and emerging content-licensing streams such as a reported up-to-$50M/year AI training deal with Meta. Independent distribution also runs through the WSJ Leadership Institute executive network and industry events. Pricing for enterprise products is quote-based, while consumer subscriptions are sold direct-to-consumer via wsj.com.

Name

Dow Jones

Legal name

Dow Jones & Company, Inc.

Website

https://dowjones.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1882

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Dow Jones is a diversified business media and intelligence company (founded 1882, News Corp subsidiary) that delivers premium news, enterprise risk & compliance data, real-time market feeds, and energy pricing to 70M+ professionals at 16,000+ organizations globally via WSJ, Factiva, OPIS, and RiskCenter brands.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Business News & Financial Intelligence

NAICS

Newspaper Publishers (513110), Newspaper Publishers (51311), Periodical Publishers (513120), Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling (541910)

SIC

Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711), Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Business, Financial & Trade News Publishers (MPAJADAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Consumer News & Digital Newsrooms (Web/App-First) (MPAJADAD), Data Journalism & News Intelligence Publishers (Indexes, Election/Market Data) (MPAJADAK), News Agencies & Wire Services (General & Specialized) (MPAJADAE)

Keywords

• Business news publishing
• Risk compliance data
• Financial news subscriptions
• Energy market pricing
• Corporate research intelligence

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Subscription Revenue: Individual and corporate subscriptions to The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, Barron's, and other publications. Includes digital-only subscriptions, print subscriptions, and bundled offerings.
2. Business Intelligence & Data Services: Risk & Compliance data products, Factiva corporate research, Newswires data feeds and APIs, and OPIS energy market data sold on subscription basis to enterprise customers.
3. Advertising Revenue: Traditional advertising revenue from publications including wsj.com, barrons.com, and marketwatch.com.
4. Content Licensing: Licensing of editorial content and data to third parties including AI model training partnerships with companies like Meta.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Dow Jones is a business news and information services company that delivers premium financial journalism and enterprise data products. Its core offerings include business news publications led by The Wall Street Journal (alongside MarketWatch, Barron's, Investor's Business Daily, Financial News, Private Equity News, and Mansion Global), the Factiva corporate research platform, the Dow Jones Risk & Compliance suite for sanctions, AML, and third-party risk management, Newswires real-time data feeds and APIs, and OPIS benchmark pricing and analytics for global energy, chemical, and environmental commodity markets.

Product overview

Dow Jones operates as a diversified business media and intelligence company with a platform-plus-modules architecture spanning news publications, enterprise risk & compliance solutions, and energy market data. The core portfolio includes The Wall Street Journal and financial news publications (MarketWatch, Barron's, Investor's Business Daily, Financial News) for consumer and professional audiences, and Factiva as the flagship corporate research and intelligence platform. Enterprise solutions are organized around Risk & Compliance (including RiskCenter suite, Integrity Check, Risk Journal, Dragonfly, Oxford Analytica, Crisis Monitor, Due Diligence Reports) serving compliance and risk management needs, and Newswires providing real-time data and GenAI-powered news feeds. Energy Markets under the OPIS brand delivers pricing data, analytics, and consulting for oil, gas, chemicals, and renewable energy sectors. Acquired products including A2i Systems (PriceCast AI-powered fuel pricing) and Eco-Movement (EV charging data) extend the energy portfolio. The WSJ Leadership Institute provides executive networking and professional development services. The company serves over 70 million professionals at 16,000+ organizations with 2,000+ experts and 700+ AI specialists.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• OPIS (Oil Price Information Service): Trusted pricing data, news, and analysis for energy, chemical, and environmental commodity markets worldwide.
• Factiva
• Dow Jones Risk & Compliance
• The Wall Street Journal (WSJ)
• MarketWatch
• Barron's
• Investor's Business Daily
• WSJ Leadership Institute

Products and services

• The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) Premier business and financial news publication delivering premium journalism, market coverage, and expert analysis to professionals and consumers via digital and print subscriptions.
• Factiva Premium global news and intelligence platform for corporate research, competitive intelligence, and business decision-making, offering AI-powered research solutions, curated newsletters, and feeds/APIs.
• Dow Jones Risk & Compliance Comprehensive risk management and compliance solution covering sanctions screening, anti-money laundering, due diligence, and third-party risk management, including RiskCenter, Integrity Check, and due diligence reports.
• OPIS (Oil Price Information Service) Energy pricing data, news, analytics, and consulting for oil, gas, chemicals, renewables, and environmental commodity markets, providing benchmark prices for refined fuels, petrochemicals, and retail fuel globally.
• Dow Jones Newswires Real-time news and data feeds for financial professionals, including Newswires GenAI Feed for AI-powered content, multilingual news services, and API/data feeds for quantitative strategies and financial desktop integration.
• MarketWatch Financial news and market data website providing investment information, stock quotes, and personal finance content for individual investors.
• Barron's Investment and financial news publication providing market analysis, stock recommendations, and economic commentary for investors and financial professionals.
• Investor's Business Daily Stock market news and investment research platform featuring proprietary trading indicators, market analysis, and growth stock strategies.
• Financial News Online financial news platform focused on banking, asset management, and capital markets coverage for professionals in the financial services industry.
• Private Equity News (PEN) Specialized news coverage for private equity industry professionals covering deals, fundraising, portfolio companies, and market trends.
• Mansion Global Luxury real estate news platform covering high-end property markets, architecture, design, and wealth-related real estate content.
• WSJ Pro Professional intelligence platform providing specialized coverage for business strategy, bankruptcy, litigation, private equity, and regulatory news for professionals.
• WSJ | Buy Side Investment management focused news and analysis platform for buy-side professionals, asset managers, and institutional investors.
• WSJ Leadership Institute Executive membership network and premier events platform providing leadership councils (CEO, CFO, CMO, CPO, Board of Directors, CCO, Technology), summits, and exclusive experiences for business leaders.
• PriceCast by A2i Systems AI-powered fuel pricing platform acquired with A2i Systems, operating across fuel sites, EV charging stations, and convenience stores in more than 20 countries to optimize retail fuel pricing.
• Eco-Movement EV charging station data platform acquired by Dow Jones with a database of nearly 2 million EV charging connectors across more than 80 countries.

Quantifiable outcome

• 70M+ professionals and 16,000+ organizations rely on Dow Jones products globally
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

AI capability9 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered major and core.

• MetamajorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 March 2026Content licensing agreement for AI model training. Meta licensed Dow Jones editorial content for AI training purposes, valued at up to $50M annually, representing a landmark validation of editorial assets.
• OpenAImajorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 March 2026AI content licensing partnership. Dow Jones is pursuing legal action against firms scraping its content while also pursuing partnerships for AI training data licensing.
• XapiencoreTechnology or IntegrationTechnology partnership for AI-powered due diligence. Dow Jones Integrity Check uses Xapien's proprietary AI technology to generate structured due diligence reports in 5-10 minutes, combining Dow Jones structured risk data with open web and licensed corporate records.
• Dun & BradstreetcoreTechnology or IntegrationData partnership for beneficial ownership information. Dun & Bradstreet's database of approximately 580 million records provides beneficial ownership data integrated through Dow Jones RiskCenter Financial Crime product, covering direct and indirect ownership with detailed segregation information.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Bloomberg: Bloomberg is the dominant provider of business and financial news plus the Bloomberg Terminal, directly competing with Dow Jones's WSJ, Factiva, Newswires, and enterprise data offerings across professional financial-services customers.
• Reuters (LSEG): Reuters news plus LSEG's Refinitiv risk-and-compliance data overlap directly with Dow Jones's Newswires, Factiva, and RiskCenter offerings; both serve enterprise compliance, trading, and corporate-research workflows globally.
• Financial Times (Nikkei): FT is a global business news brand targeting the same professional investor and executive audience as WSJ and Barron's, with overlapping subscription, advertising, and B2B licensing economics.
• The New York Times: The NYT competes with WSJ in premium general-interest and business journalism, with overlapping digital subscription, advertising, and content-licensing models targeted at affluent, professional readers.
• LexisNexis Risk Solutions: LexisNexis Risk Solutions competes head-to-head with RiskCenter across sanctions screening, adverse media, KYC/AML, and third-party due diligence for financial institutions and corporates.
• Argus Media: Argus is a leading provider of energy and commodity price benchmarks, competing directly with OPIS in refined products, petrochemicals, and emerging energy-transition markets globally.

Broad incumbents

• S&P Global: S&P Global owns Platts (energy benchmarks that compete with OPIS), S&P Dow Jones Indices (joint venture with Dow Jones), and credit/ratings data; it is a broad incumbent that overlaps with Dow Jones's energy and index businesses.
• Moody's (Bureau van Dijk): Moody's, through Bureau van Dijk and its risk analytics business, competes with Dow Jones's RiskCenter and Factiva offerings across corporate ownership data, compliance, and credit-risk intelligence.
• Wolters Kluwer: Wolters Kluwer's compliance, legal, and regulatory information businesses overlap with Dow Jones's RiskCenter Trade Compliance and Integrity Check products, particularly for regulated enterprise customers.

Emerging players

• ACAMS (Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists): ACAMS has expanded from training/certification into risk-and-compliance data and events, increasingly competing with Dow Jones's RiskCenter Financial Crime and Risk Journal offerings for AML professionals.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/DowJones
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dow-jones
• Facebookfacebook.com/dowjones

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Subsidiaries15 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A11 records

Investments6 records

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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