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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