Dow Jones to Pay for Use of Calligraphy in Chinese Logo and The Washington Post Company Completes Corporate Restructuring.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-23 September 2003-Financial Relations Inc: Dow Jones to Pay for Use of Calligraphy in Chinese Logo and The Washington Post Company Completes Corporate Restructuring(C)1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:09232003 City of Industry, CA -- A Beijing court has ordered Dow Jones & Co (NYSE: DJ) to pay a Chinese calligrapher $49,000 in compensation for using his artwork in the company's Chinese logo without permission, a court official said on Tuesday.

In 1994, the company that owns The Wall Street Journal commissioned calligraphy professor Guan Dongsheng to fashion a rendering of the character "dao" -- part of Dow Jones's Chinese name -- as a gift for visiting Chief Executive Peter Kann, according to state media. San Diego Soccer Development...

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