Dow Jones

The American publishing and financial information firm Dow Jones & Company was founded in 1882. It is a privately controlled firm but publicly traded. Its major products include the Wall Street Journal, Barron's Magazine, the Far Eastern Economic Review, MarketWatch.com, and SmartMoney.

The major Dow Jones publication, The Wall Street Journal, covers international as well as U.S. business and financial news and key issues. The newspaper is a daily and began publication in 1889.

In addition the company maintains a number of widely used stock market indices including the Dow Jones Composite Average, the Down Jones Industrial Average (often referred to simply as "the Dow"), the Dow Jones Transportation Average, the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Total Market Index, the Dow Jones Global Titans, and the Dow Jones Utility Average.

Dow Jones provides news content to CNBC and produces two commercial radio shows, The Wall Street Journal Report and The Dow Jones Money Report.

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