Dow Jones overhauls WSJ online
Published: Sep 16, 2008
Hong Kong - The Wall Street Journal Digital Network has unveiled a "significant" redesign of its flagship site, www.wsj.com.
The changes see a refreshed design and layout, improved navigation, expanded content and features available for all users as well as additional changes to benefit the company's more than one million online subscribers.
Changes to the paid content include Journal Community, a new Management section and expanded What's News and Heard on the Street content. Additional tools and content will continue to roll out over the coming months.
Several areas, including politics, general news, sports, travel, fashion, personal finance, food and drink, as well as all blogs, video, photos, podcasts, interactive graphics and content from the recently launched WSJ glossy magazine remain free to all users.
Dow Jones has also introduced the WSJ.com Mobile Reader for BlackBerry phones.
In a statement, WSJ.com cited data showing an 84% year-on-year increase in web traffic for wsj.com and a 112% increase from the same period in 2006.
Robert Thomson, managing editor of The Wall Street Journal and editor-in-chief of Dow Jones, said the redesign is a "crucial moment" in the e-evolution of The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones.
"In coming months, we will further embellish our content triptych, providing readers with free, premium and super-premium information that they will be able to customize to suit their personal and professional needs," he said in a statement.