NEW YORK, May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Dow Jones today announced that Jason Rogers has been appointed senior editor for Dow Jones Newswires in the Asia Pacific region. Based in Singapore, Mr. Rogers will assume the role June 1, 2009, and will lead Dow Jones Newswires editorial operations in the region. Since 2007, Mr. Rogers has served as editor overseeing news coverage in the Asia Pacific region. In that role, he has supervised the region's managing editors for equities, money, commodities, energy and markets, as well as the bureau chiefs of Australia, New Zealand, Japan and South Korea. Mr. Rogers moved to Singapore in 2004 from London, where he was senior news editor for European, Middle Eastern and African (EMEA) equities. He joined Dow Jones Newswires in 1996 as a commodities reporter in London and was later promoted to the position of managing editor for EMEA equities before becoming senior news editor. "Jason is well-qualified to lead the region," said Neal Lipschutz, senior vice president and managing editor, Dow Jones Newswires. "In his 13 years with Newswires, he has directed news coverage for two of our three regions, supervised regional coverage of multiple asset classes, and served with distinction as a reporter." Jason is a graduate of St. Hughs College, Oxford, and holds an M.A. in Japanese studies from Essex University, U.K., and Dokkyo University, Japan. Mr. Rogers succeeds Gabriella Stern, who will move to the U.S. to take up the newly created position of senior editor, global news coverage, for Dow Jones Newswires. 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 (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; 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: Tiffany Richardson of Dow Jones Enterprise Media Group, +1-609-627-2101, or Web Site: http://www.dowjones.com/

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