Former Associated Press Editor Kevin Noblet to Join Dow Jones Newswires Editorial...

Former Associated Press Editor Kevin Noblet to Join Dow Jones Newswires
Editorial Team

Will guide personal finance and wealth management group

NEW YORK, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Dow Jones & Company, a News
Corporation company (NYSE: NWS, NWS.A; ASX: NWS, NWSLV), today announced that
Kevin Noblet, former editor at the Associated Press, will join the Dow Jones
Newswires editorial team as deputy managing editor for Wealth Management. Mr.
Noblet will start in his new role on February 1, 2009, and will focus on
guiding coverage in the personal finance and wealth management group.

"This addition of Kevin to our team is part of a broader effort to produce
regular columns and expert commentary on key market topics of specific
interest to high-net-worth individuals and those who manage relationships with
them," said Neal Lipschutz, senior vice president and managing editor, Dow
Jones Newswires. "As Dow Jones expands its efforts to develop products and
services to meet the needs of wealth management professionals, Kevin's
extensive experience in news management, top-level editing, and recruiting and
training of staff will be a valuable asset."

Mr. Noblet brings to his new position a wealth of experience from a long
career in journalism, covering business and financial news globally. At the
Associated Press, Mr. Noblet held positions including business editor, deputy
international editor and bureau chief. As business editor, he oversaw the
global coverage of business and financial news, including both breaking news
and enterprise features, and led a major expansion in investment-oriented
content for a Web-based readership. As deputy international editor, he
directed daily news coverage from 92 foreign bureaus, overseeing a team that
won two Pulitzer Prizes for reporting.

Dow Jones is committed to being the complete source of news, advice and
prospecting tools for financial advisors who want to build a thriving book of
business and excel at client service in any market climate. It is steadily
investing in a strategy to expand its offerings of news and tools that are
designed specifically for the way wealth managers and financial advisors work,
providing them with interpretative analysis at the point of need and making it
easy for them to focus on the core businesses of investing and advising, while
also reducing costs.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Noblet was a reporter, news editor and bureau chief
in Chile, Argentina, Puerto Rico, New Orleans and New York. He is a graduate
of Concordia College, and was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University and a
visiting professional at Ohio University. He is an officer of the Society of
American Business Editors and Writers.

For more information about Dow Jones Newswires, visit
www.dowjonesnewswires.com, or to learn more about the Dow Jones Enterprise
Media Group, visit www.solutions.dowjones.com.

ABOUT DOW JONES
Dow Jones & Company (www.dowjones.com) is a News Corporation company (NYSE:
NWS, NWS.A; 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.

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