NEW YORK, Dec. 18, 2006 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Today, The Wall Street Journal announced a new online Markets Data Center that will launch on January 2, 2007 and be offered free at WSJ.com. This state-of-the-art site will provide extensive markets information and easy ways for users to put data into context. Innovative features include quick scanning and charting capability of stocks and indexes; integrated access to market-moving headlines; and email delivery of key market information including the Journal's closely watched Money Rates. A tour of the new Markets Data Center is available at www.wsj.com/mdctour.
The online Markets Data Center was developed in tandem with the redesign of the print Journal scheduled to debut on January 2. The newly designed print Journal will provide top stocks listings and new value-added statistics that graphically communicate information and analysis. Each day for free, via the online Markets Data Center, users can screen more than 5,500 issues that trade on the New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq and American Stock Exchange.
"The online Markets Data Center is the new destination for monitoring the markets," said L. Gordon Crovitz, executive vice president, Dow Jones & Co. and publisher, The Wall Street Journal. "Our aim is to help users extract the most financial information and insight with the greatest efficiency and convenience," he said.
WSJ.com's Markets Data Center will offer free daily financial statistics along with interactive tools, functionality and charts including:
* News You Need: Scan lists of the most active stocks and biggest gainers and losers to find headlines that are moving prices. * At a Glance: Roll over indexes for a quick chart to put trading into context. * On the Go: Get email delivery of key market information including most-active lists, indexes and the Journal's closely watched Money Rates. * Drill Down: Monitor trading with individual pages dedicated to U.S. stocks, international stocks, bonds, commodities, currencies, ETFs and mutual funds. * World View: View current quotes from 20 major markets and other global markets data. * Journal Data and More: Access links from the print Journal's new enhanced statistical tables for current quotes and other information.
"Investors and consumers are barraged with financial data and information every day. WSJ.com's Markets Data Center is a comprehensive and easy-to-use service that puts those numbers into perspective to give you a clear view for investing," said Dave Pettit, deputy managing editor of The Wall Street Journal Online.
On January 2, to sample its redesigned products, and for the first time in its history, the print Journal will be offered free at newsstands nationwide and the online Journal, the largest subscription news site on the Web, will also be free during the day. Additionally, WSJ.com will debut "The Wealth Effect" blog on January 2, providing an inside look at the culture of wealth in America. WSJ.com will continue to roll out a series of event-driven blogs next year on topics including the Davos Economic Forum, the Detroit Auto Show, and the Consumer Electronics Show. "The Juggle," a blog about balancing work and family by Journal reporter Sara Schaefer Munyoz, launched earlier this month at www.wsj.com/thejuggle. These blogs are available for free to subscribers and non-subscribers of The Wall Street Journal Online.
About The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal, the flagship publication of Dow Jones & Company (NYSE:DJ) (www.dowjones.com), is the world's leading business publication. Founded in 1889, The Wall Street Journal has a print and online circulation of nearly 2.1 million, reaching the nation's top business and political leaders, as well as investors across the country. Holding 31 Pulitzer Prizes for outstanding journalism, the Journal provides readers with trusted information and knowledge to make better decisions. The Wall Street Journal print franchise has more than 600 journalists world-wide, part of the Dow Jones network of nearly 1,900 business and financial news staff. Other publications that are part of The Wall Street Journal franchise, with total circulation of 2.7 million, include The Wall Street Journal Asia, The Wall Street Journal Europe and The Wall Street Journal Online at WSJ.com, the largest paid subscription news site on the Web with 788,000 subscribers. In 2006, the Journal was ranked No. 1 in BtoB's Media Power 50 for the seventh consecutive year.
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