Dow Jones Newswires Names Former Hedge Fund Analyst and Former Trader to Editorial...

Dow Jones Newswires Names Former Hedge Fund Analyst and Former Trader to
Editorial Team

NEW YORK, June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Dow Jones & Company, a News Corporation
company (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV; www.newscorp.com), today
announced the appointment of two columnists to a new editorial team dedicated
to enhancing reporting and analysis of companies, industries and events for
the global investment banking community. Rob Armstrong joins as a Special
Writer to provide analysis on pharmaceuticals, telecoms and technology. Kevin
Nichols joins as a reporter covering energy and industrials. Both are based in
the New York newsroom.

"In adding Rob and Kevin to our team we are continuing to tap some of the
brightest minds in the business world to add fresh perspectives to our
investment banking coverage," said Adam Smallman, global managing editor for
Investment Banking Solutions at Dow Jones. "Global trends in pharmaceuticals,
telecoms, technology and energy indicate that bankers and corporate advisers
will be committing significant resources into these sectors. Rob and Kevin
join our renowned global sector reporting teams, where they will use their
experience from hedge funds and banking to provide unique perspective, deeper
coverage and increased analysis and opinion on the topics critical to our
investment banker readership."

Prior to his appointment at Dow Jones, Mr. Armstrong was an equities analyst
for the hedge fund Seminole Capital Partners from 2004 to 2008. Before that,
he worked as a technical writer at Pfizer Inc. He has passed the Level I and
Level II CFA exams. Mr. Armstrong earned his doctorate in Philosophy from
Columbia University, where he also taught undergraduates from 1998 to 2003.
While working toward his PhD, Rob was awarded the President's and Charles
Frankel fellowships as well as the Leiberson Prize.

Before joining Dow Jones, Mr. Nichols was vice president at Morgan Stanley,
where he was a member of the principal strategies group responsible for
trading global proprietary portfolios and conducting analysis of public and
private companies. He was also a member of the equities sales and information
technology teams during his seven years at the investment bank. Prior to that,
he was in the mutual fund accounting division at State Street Corporation and
the investment portfolio division at Tower Asset Management in Australia, and
worked as a research analyst at Med Tech Capital Group, a venture capital
firm. Mr. Nichols holds a Master of Business Administration from New York
University and a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics from Boston University.

Mr. Armstrong and Mr. Nichols, whose hires are effective immediately, will
report to Arindam Nag, deputy managing editor for Investment Banking Solutions
at Dow Jones. 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

Konstantin Shishkin of Walek & Associates for Dow Jones, +1-212-590-0532,
kshishkin@walek.com; or Michael Burns of Dow Jones, +44(0)20-7213-5434,
michael.burns@dowjones.com