Zawya Dow Jones Reaches One Million Hits in 2009
09 Dicembre 2009 - 9:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Milestone reinforces Dow Jones's continued commitment to expansion
in the Middle East NEW YORK, Dec. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Zawya Dow Jones
News Service, produced jointly by Dow Jones Newswires and ABQ
Zawya, reached a significant milestone this month when page views
on the service in 2009 topped the 1 million mark. "This marks
another step forward in the development of the Zawya Dow Jones News
Service," said Neal Lipschutz, senior vice president and managing
editor, Dow Jones Newswires. "Launched in June 2006, Zawya Dow
Jones has quickly established itself as an indispensable source of
objective and ground-breaking news and analysis for those seeking
an understanding of the region's financial markets." The record
number of page views this year comes at a time when Zawya Dow Jones
is expanding its presence in the Middle East region, adding
reporting staff in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia and laying
plans for a reporting presence in Qatar and Kuwait. Andrew
Critchlow, Middle East managing editor of Dow Jones Newswires and
the Zawya Dow Jones Middle East news service, added, "Hitting the 1
million mark underlines our expansion strategy in the Middle East.
The highest-performing organizations are those that are
best-informed and fastest at making critical business decisions.
Having elected for a subscription model from day one, this latest
achievement is proof of a real appetite around the globe for
timely, market-moving business news, commentary and analysis
focused on the Middle East." For more information about Dow Jones
Enterprise Media Group, visit http://www.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 and MarketWatch.
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. ABOUT ABQ ZAWYA
Zawya is the leading Middle East business information company
serving the high-end business and financial professional community.
Headquartered in Dubai, Zawya has sales and support offices in
Lebanon, Kuwait, Malaysia and Singapore serving a global user base
of over 212,000 high-end business professionals. Zawya covers
detailed information on the top 10,000 companies in the Middle East
with comprehensive live news coverage through the exclusive Zawya
Dow Jones newswire service. Furthermore, the service provides
industry news, macroeconomic reports, country statistics, stock
market data as well as specialized databases such as IPO, Sukuk and
Private Equity monitors. In addition to subscription services,
Zawya offers advertisers the ability to target the most affluent
online audience with an interest in the MENA region. Zawya's online
service caters to and attracts only serious professional users and
decision makers as it has the only fee-paying user base in the
region. DATASOURCE: Dow Jones & Company CONTACT: Michael Burns
of Dow Jones Enterprise Media Group, +44-(0)203-217-5434, Web Site:
http://www.dowjones.com/
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