Dow Jones & Company is an American publishing and financial information firm.

The company was founded in 1882 by three reporters: Charles Dow, Edward Jones, and Charles Bergstresser. Like The New York Times and the Washington Post, the company was in recent years publicly traded but privately controlled. The company was led by the Bancroft family, which effectively controlled 64% of all voting stock, before being acquired by News Corporation.

The company became a subsidiary of News Corporation after an extended takeover bid during 2007. It was reported on the 1st of August 2007 that the bid had been successful after an extended period of uncertainty about shareholder agreement. The transaction was completed on December 13, 2007. It is worth US$5 billion or $60 a share, giving NewsCorp control of The Wall Street Journal and ending the Bancroft family's 105 years of ownership

Consumer Media

Its flagship publication, The Wall Street Journal, is a daily newspaper in print and online covering business, financial national and international news and issues around the globe. It began publishing on July 8, 1889. Other editions of the Journal include:

• The Wall Street Journal Asia covering news and business in Asia and around the world;
• The Wall Street Journal Europe covering news and business in Europe and around the world;
• The Wall Street Journal Special Editions publishes translations of articles for inclusion in local newspapers, notably in Latin America.

Other consumer-oriented publications of Dow Jones include Barron's Magazine, a weekly overview of the world economy and markets; MarketWatch.com, the online financial news site; the monthly journal Far Eastern Economic Review; and the consumer magazine SmartMoney in conjunction with the Hearst Corporation.

Dow Jones also owns Ottaway Newspapers, Inc., which publishes several community newspapers in the U.S.

Enterprise Media

The Dow Jones Enterprise Media Group provides financial news and information primarily to business customers. Its products combine content and technology tools to help drive decisions. Major brands include Dow Jones Newswires, Dow Jones Factiva, Dow Jones Indexes, Dow Jones Client Solutions and Dow Jones Financial Information Services.

Broadcasting

In broadcasting, Dow Jones provides news content to CNBC in the U.S. It produces two shows for commercial radio, The Wall Street Journal Report on the Wall Street Journal Radio Network and The Dow Jones Report.

Indices

The company calculates thousands of market indices. A few of the most widely used include:

• Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA, "Dow 30," or often simply "The Dow")
• Dow Jones Transportation Average
• Dow Jones Utility Average
• Dow Jones Composite Average
• The Global Dow
• Dow Jones Global Titans 50 Index
• Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Total Market Index
• Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes
• Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Indexes
• Dow Jones Target Date Indexes