Dow Jones NewsPlus Named Codie Award Finalist by The Software & Information Industry Association -SIIA-.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 11, 2004 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 announced today that 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 NewsPlus, a Web-based news, features and market information product of Dow Jones News Service, has been selected as a finalist in the Best Online Professional Financial Information Service category for the 19th Annual Codie Awards. Sponsored by The Software & Information Industry Association (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 ), the Codie Awards acknowledge achievement and leadership excellence, and are given out in 41 product and service categories for corporate and consumer markets. Dow Jones NewsPlus provides financial professionals with an overview of the day's most important stories, market snapshots and links to key features and columns. The service has two user-focused versions, one for North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. equity professionals, and the other for global equities markets. "Dow Jones NewsPlus' status as a finalist in this competition acknowledges the tremendous efforts of the entire Newswires team," said Paul Ingrassia Paul Ingrassia is president of Dow Jones Newswires, a unit of Dow Jones & Company. Ingrassia was awarded the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting along with Joseph B. , president, Dow Jones Newswires. "The most gratifying grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. aspect is that our subscribers appreciate the benefits of Dow Jones NewsPlus as well." Two other Dow Jones properties earned Codie Award nominations. The Wall Street Journal Online and Factiva, a joint venture of Dow Jones and Reuters Company that provides global news and business information, earned finalist status as Best Online Business News or Information Service. To learn more about Dow Jones NewsPlus or view a complete list of finalists in all categories go to http://www.siia.net/codies2004/finalists.asp. "In light of the intense competition this year, to be named a Codie Awards finalist is a tremendous honor and an important achievement. SIIA is proud to recognize these companies as true leaders in their fields," said Ken Wasch, SIIA President. The 2004 Codie Awards will be presented on Tuesday, May 18, 2004, at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. About Dow Jones Newswires Dow Jones Newswires (www.djnewswires.com), published by Dow Jones and Company (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : DJ; www.dowjones.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 (www.djnewsletters.com). In addition to Dow Jones Newswires, Dow Jones 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 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 the 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 Dow Jones & Company Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: 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 Group of Factiva, with Hearst of SmartMoney and with NBC of 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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