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Dow Jones Newswires Adds Seasoned Financial Journalists, Including Top Debt-Market Writer, to Global Editorial Team

Posted on: Tuesday, 19 May 2009, 03:00 CDT

LONDON, May 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Dow Jones & Company, a News Corporation company (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV; www.newscorp.com), today announced two new editorial hires at Dow Jones Newswires to enhance reporting and analysis of companies, industries and events for the global investment banking community. Jamie Miyazaki joins the Hong Kong team as a senior writer covering Asia. Alessandro Pasetti joins as a senior writer reporting on aerospace, defense, automotive, industrials, retail and chemicals out of the London office.

"Our continued investment in experienced and highly respected editorial and industry talent ensures that our investment banking subscribers receive the most insightful commentary, analysis and sector intelligence available," said Adam Smallman, Global Managing Editor for Investment Banking Solutions at Dow Jones. "Our overarching editorial strategy is to deliver critical information and original insight to financial professionals, which will enable them to provide optimal strategic advice on M&A, restructuring and other transactions to their corporate clients. Jamie and Alessandro are seasoned reporters whose deep knowledge of equity and debt capital markets and private finance as well as their experience reporting on corporate strategy make them a great addition to our investment banking editorial team."

Mr. Miyazaki was previously based in Tokyo as a Dow Jones Newswires correspondent, covering investment banking, private equity, corporate news and equity markets. He has also freelanced for the Economist Intelligence Unit as a Japan analyst, and written for BBC Online, Jane's Intelligence Review and Time Asia. Mr. Miyazaki holds a Master of Arts in Japanese studies from Edinburgh University.

Mr. Pasetti is among the best-sourced writers on the syndicated loan market in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, having worked for more than three years at tightly focused news service Loan Radar. Earlier, he held positions at Hypo- und Vereinsbank and Bear Stearns as a junior equity analyst and worked on his research thesis in cooperation with the Equity Trading & Research Department of Italy's Unicredit Banca Mobiliare. He holds a degree in Economics and Trading from Universita' degli Studi di Brescia in Italy.

Mr. Miyazaki and Mr. Pasetti, whose hires are effective immediately, will report to Mr. Smallman. Dow Jones Newswires is a part of the Dow Jones Enterprise Media Group, which is a division within Dow Jones & Company.

ABOUT DOW JONES

Dow Jones & Company (www.dowjones.com) is a News Corporation company (NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV; www.newscorp.com). Dow Jones is a leading provider of global business news and information services. Its Consumer Media Group publishes The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, MarketWatch and the Far Eastern Economic Review. Its Enterprise Media Group includes Dow Jones Newswires, Dow Jones Factiva, Dow Jones Client Solutions, Dow Jones Indexes and Dow Jones Financial Information Services. Its Local Media Group operates community-based information franchises. Dow Jones owns 50% of SmartMoney and 33% of STOXX Ltd. and provides news content to radio stations in the U.S.

SOURCE Dow Jones & Company

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