Dow Jones & Company Top Winner with Three Codie Awards for Its Electronic Publishing Segment; The Wall Street Journal Online Receives Two Awards; Dow Jones Newswires Receives Its First.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 19, 2004 Dow Jones Dow Jones the best known of several U.S. indexes of movements in price on Wall Street. [Am. Hist.: Payton, 202] See : Finance & Company, publisher of the world's most vital business and financial news, was the top winner of this year's 2004 Codie Awards, winning three for its Electronic Publishing An umbrella term for non-paper publishing, which includes publishing online or on media such as CDs and DVDs. segment: two for The Wall Street Journal Online at WSJ WSJ Wall Street Journal WSJ Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI) WSJ Web Services Journal WSJ Winston-Salem Journal (North Carolina) WSJ Wagle Street Journal (Kathmandu, Nepal blog) .com and one for Dow Jones NewsPlus--a first-ever Codie for Dow Jones Newswires Dow Jones Newswires is the real-time financial news organization owned by Dow Jones. Founded in 1882, its primary competitors are Bloomberg L.P. and Reuters. The company reports more than 420,000 subscribers -- including brokers, traders, analysts and fund managers -- as of July . The Software & Information Industry Association's (SIIA (Software & Information Industry Association, Washington, DC, www.siia.net) A trade organization devoted to the health and welfare of the software and digital content industry by providing support in government relations, business development, education and intellectual property ) Codie Awards recognize excellence in the software, information and education technology industries. Dow Jones won for the following: -- The Wall Street Journal Online, the largest paid subscription news site on the Web, was awarded "Best Online Business News or Information Service." -- For the second consecutive year, The Wall Street Journal Online's Health Industry Edition--which offers authoritative analysis, breaking news and commentary from top health industry journalists--was awarded "Best Online Science/Technology/Medical Information Service." -- Launched just last year, Dow Jones NewsPlus--the Web-based news, features and market information enhancement to Dow Jones News Service--was awarded "Best Online Professional Financial Information Service." "We are delighted to have won three Codie Awards, especially since our peers choose the winners," said L. Gordon Crovitz Louis Gordon Crovitz is the publisher of The Wall Street Journal and executive vice-president of Dow Jones. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Chicago. , senior vice president of Dow Jones & Company and president, Electronic Publishing. "As 695,000 paying subscribers can attest To solemnly declare verbally or in writing that a particular document or testimony about an event is a true and accurate representation of the facts; to bear witness to. To formally certify by a signature that the signer has been present at the execution of a particular writing so as , the Online Journal represents the best in online business news, and the Web-based Dow Jones NewsPlus revolutionizes how financial professionals access market-moving news and information, adding great value beyond the traditional scrolling (chat, games) scrolling - To flood a chat room or Internet game with text or macros in an attempt to annoy the occupants. This can often cause the chat room to be "uninhabitable" due to the "noise" created by the scroller. Compare spam. headlines." Forty-four Codie Awards were presented to representatives of winning software, education technology and digital content companies. This year, over 600 companies submitted more than 800 nominations--a record-breaking year for the Codie Awards. First round judging was completed by a broad panel consisting of representatives from the industry trade press, mainstream technology writers and industry experts and analysts. Second round judging was based on votes from SIIA members. Member companies are allotted al·lot tr.v. al·lot·ted, al·lot·ting, al·lots 1. To parcel out; distribute or apportion: allotting land to homesteaders; allot blame. 2. one vote per company in each Codie Award category. "The 19th Annual Codie Awards continues our tradition of celebrating the best in the software and information industry," said Ken Wasch, president of SIIA. "Being a finalist among so many nominees is a solid achievement. Actually winning a Codie Award is a high honor As a verb, to accept a bill of exchange, or to pay a note, check, or accepted bill, at maturity. To pay or to accept and pay, or, where a credit so engages, to purchase or discount a draft complying with the terms of the draft. ." A complete list of winners can be found at http://www.siia.net/codies2004/winners.asp. About Dow Jones & Company Dow Jones & Company (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : DJ; dowjones.com) publishes The Wall Street Journal and its international and online editions, Barron's and the Far Eastern Economic Review, Dow Jones Newswires, Dow Jones Indexes, and the Ottaway group of community newspapers. Dow Jones is co-owner with Reuters Reuters British cooperative news agency. Founded in 1851 by Paul Julius Reuter, it was initially concerned with commercial news but began to serve a growing newspaper clientele after the London Morning Advertiser subscribed in 1858. Group of Factiva, with Hearst of SmartMoney and with NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. of CNBC CNBC Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (artificial intelligence) CNBC Consumer News and Business Channel CNBC Congress of National Black Churches, Inc. television operations in Asia and Europe. Dow Jones also provides news content to CNBC and radio stations in the U.S. About The Wall Street Journal Online The Wall Street Journal Online at WSJ.com, published by Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ; www.dowjones.com), is the largest paid subscription news site on the Web. Launched in 1996, the Online Journal continues to attract quality subscribers that are at the top of their industries, with 695,000 subscribers world-wide as of Q1, 2004. The Online Journal provides in-depth business news and financial information 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with insight and analysis, including breaking business and technology news and analysis from around the world. It draws on the Dow Jones network of nearly 1,700 business and financial news staff-the largest network of business and financial journalists in the world. The Online Journal also features exclusive content, including interactive graphics on business and world news, and online-only columns about the airline and automotive industries Automotive Industries, Ltd. (Hebrew: תעשיות רכב נצרת עלית, תע"ר , personal finance and more. The Online Journal offers two industry-specific editions: the award-winning Health Industry Edition and the Media & Marketing Edition. The Health Industry Edition offers authoritative analysis, breaking news and commentary from top industry journalists. The Media & Marketing Edition is designed for professionals in the advertising, marketing, entertainment and media industries. Subscribers to both online editions also get access to the full content of the Online Journal. In 2004, the Online Journal has received several honors. The Online Journal was awarded a Codie Award for Best Online Business News Service, and its Health Industry Edition was awarded Best Online Medical Information Service for the second consecutive year. It also received an EPpy Award for Best Internet Business Service over 1 million monthly visitors. Also in 2004, it ranked in the Top 10 of BtoB's Media Power 50, joining The Wall Street Journal, which took the top position for the fifth consecutive year. The Wall Street Journal's Online Network includes CareerJournal.com, OpinionJournal.com, StartupJournal.com, RealEstateJournal.com and CollegeJournal.com. About Dow Jones Newswires Dow Jones Newswires (www.djnewswires.com) provides real-time news for financial professionals in the equities, fixed-income, foreign-exchange, and energy markets. The division also offers news for financial firms' Web sites and Dow Jones Newsletters' sector-specific content. In addition to Dow Jones Newswires, Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ; www.dowjones.com) publishes The Wall Street Journal and its international and online editions, Barron's and the Far Eastern Economic Review, Dow Jones Indexes and the Ottaway group of community newspapers. Dow Jones is co-owner with Reuters Group of Factiva, with Hearst of SmartMoney and with NBC of the CNBC television operations in Asia and Europe. Dow Jones also provides news content to CNBC and radio stations in the U.S. |
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