History Of The Wall Street Journal

Dow Jones & Company and publisher of the internationally known English language paper; the Wall Street Journal was founded in 1882 by reporter Charles Dow Edward Jones. The first known copy of the Wall Street Journal was actually published on July, 8 1889. The popular and well circulated paper became the property of Clarence Barron in 1902. After the purchase of the Wall Street Journal by Barron the circulation climbed to an astonishing number of 50,000 around the 1920‘s. The paper was well known for its features of the stock prices of the New York stock exchange. Barron then passed away in 1928, and Barron’s family took control of the paper. By the 1940‘s Bernard Kilgore was the managing editor of the wall street journal, and then he became the CEO in 1945. At the time of Kilgore’s death the paper had about 1.1 million in circulation, and had already won its first editorial writing prize. Today both subscribers and new subscribers can subscribe to the wall street journal online at their website. The paper not only gives stock quotes but also gives other financial and business news that can be very helpful to many business owners.
The Journal covers topics such as corporate earnings, global stocks, bonds, indexes, commodities and lots of other business related discussions. Business owners of all kinds rely on the financial information that the Wall Street Journal covers; this keeps them up-to-date on business matters that may concern their business. The Wall Street Journal sticks to graphs and line drawing instead of photographs. In 1997 the Wall Street Journal hit a downfall when the cost of printing went up, and advertising declined. Some people thought that the paper would sale out, but the Wall Street Journal once again proved its commitment to business owners. With its 980,000 paid subscribers in 2007 the Wall Street Journal had become the world’s fastest growing papers in the United States according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Though the Wall Street Journal began within the mist of the great depression it has well proved itself as being one or the world’s well-known business oriented papers in the US. With advertising revenue growth, the Paper reached $2.3 billion by the year 2000.