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Dow Jones to ‘Reassess’ the Way It Delivers News

Dow Jones, owner of The Wall Street Journal, has announced the creation of a committee to reassess the way it delivers its news across all its print and online publications, The New York Times reports. Paul Ingrassia, president of Dow Jones Newswires and vp of news strategy for Dow Jones, will lead the company wide project. Ingrassia will work with colleagues from The Journal as well as MarketWatch, Barron’s, The Wall Street Journal Online and Dow Jones Newswires to pinpoint the most efficient way to deliver business news and information across all media.

Ingrassia said that the purpose of the project is not to integrate all news operations into one, but rather to enhance the creation of content that differentiates itself from competitors and reducing the amount of content that it considers basic, commodity information, according to the article.

One change that may come out of the project could be a new editorial structure at the company - one that could mean the managing editor of The Journal - currently Paul E. Steiger - would report to a higher corporate editor.

Steiger, who has held the position since 1991, plans to retire at the end of 2007.