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Will guide personal finance and wealth management group NEW YORK, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Dow Jones & Company, a News Corporation company (NYSE:NWSNYSE:NWS.A)(ASX:NWSASX:NWSLV), today announced that Kevin Noblet, former editor at the Associated Press, will join the Dow Jones Newswires editorial team as deputy managing editor for Wealth Management. Mr. Noblet will start in his new role on February 1, 2009, and will focus on guiding coverage in the personal finance and wealth management group. "This addition of Kevin to our team is part of a broader effort to produce regular columns and expert commentary on key market topics of specific interest to high-net-worth individuals and those who manage relationships with them," said Neal Lipschutz, senior vice president and managing editor, Dow Jones Newswires. "As Dow Jones expands its efforts to develop products and services to meet the needs of wealth management professionals, Kevin's extensive experience in news management, top-level editing, and recruiting and training of staff will be a valuable asset." Mr. Noblet brings to his new position a wealth of experience from a long career in journalism, covering business and financial news globally. At the Associated Press, Mr. Noblet held positions including business editor, deputy international editor and bureau chief. As business editor, he oversaw the global coverage of business and financial news, including both breaking news and enterprise features, and led a major expansion in investment-oriented content for a Web-based readership. As deputy international editor, he directed daily news coverage from 92 foreign bureaus, overseeing a team that won two Pulitzer Prizes for reporting. Dow Jones is committed to being the complete source of news, advice and prospecting tools for financial advisors who want to build a thriving book of business and excel at client service in any market climate. It is steadily investing in a strategy to expand its offerings of news and tools that are designed specifically for the way wealth managers and financial advisors work, providing them with interpretative analysis at the point of need and making it easy for them to focus on the core businesses of investing and advising, while also reducing costs. Earlier in his career, Mr. Noblet was a reporter, news editor and bureau chief in Chile, Argentina, Puerto Rico, New Orleans and New York. He is a graduate of Concordia College, and was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University and a visiting professional at Ohio University. He is an officer of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers. For more information about Dow Jones Newswires, visit http://www.dowjonesnewswires.com/, or to learn more about the Dow Jones Enterprise Media Group, visit http://www.solutions.dowjones.com/. ABOUT DOW JONES Dow Jones & Company (http://www.dowjones.com/) is a News Corporation company (NYSE: NWS, NWS.A; ASX: NWS, NWSLV; http://www.newscorp.com/). Dow Jones is a leading provider of global business news and information services. Its Consumer Media Group publishes The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, MarketWatch and the Far Eastern Economic Review. Its Enterprise Media Group includes Dow Jones Newswires, Dow Jones Factiva, Dow Jones Client Solutions, Dow Jones Indexes and Dow Jones Financial Information Services. Its Local Media Group operates community-based information franchises. Dow Jones owns 50% of SmartMoney and 33% of STOXX Ltd. and provides news content to radio stations in the U.S. DATASOURCE: Dow Jones & Company CONTACT: Paul Del Colle of Walek & Co. for Dow Jones & Company, +1-212-590-0526, Web Site: http://www.dowjones.com/ http://www.dowjonesnewswires.com/ http://www.newscorp.com/ http://www.solutions.dowjones.com/ Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/683451.html

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