Friday, February 3, 2012

Dow Jones & Co. Names CEO


http://www.btobonline.com/article/20120203/MEDIABUSINESS06/120209994/news-corp-taps-fenwick-as-ceo-of-dow-jones-co?utm_source=dailynewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=editorial&utm_campaign=dailyclickthroughs
News Corp. today named Lex Fenwick CEO of Dow Jones & Co., publisher of The Wall Street Journal. Fenwick joins Dow Jones from Bloomberg, where he spent 25 years, most recently as CEO of Bloomberg Ventures.

Fenwick succeeds Les Hinton, who left the company in July amid the News Corp. phone hacking scandal. He will be based in New York and report to Chase Carey, president-COO of News Corp. The appointment is effective Feb. 13.