Founding Editor of TheStreet.com Returns to The Wall Street Journal; Dave Kansas Is Named Deputy Managing Editor of The Wall Street Journal Online Edition

Business Wire, Dec 5, 2001

Business Editors

SOUTH BRUNSWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 5, 2001

Dow Jones and Company today announced that Dave Kansas, the former editor-in-chief and chief strategic officer of TheStreet.com, has been named a deputy managing editor of The Wall Street Journal Online, effective December 13th. In his new role, Mr. Kansas will report to Managing Editor Bill Grueskin and be responsible for directing and expanding the Online Journal's coverage of money, investing and personal finance. Mr. Kansas becomes the second deputy managing editor at the Online Journal. Deputy Managing Editor Dave Pettit, who also reports to Mr. Grueskin, will maintain his broad managerial responsibilities.

"Dave Kansas's return to the Journal is another sign of the Online Journal's clear leadership in the Web's financial news environment," said Scott Schulman, president of Dow Jones Consumer Electronic Publishing.

Said Mr. Grueskin: "Dave's experience and creativity will be a powerful addition to the Online Journal's outstanding senior editorial team."

Mr. Kansas, a Minnesota native, holds a BA in History from Columbia College. He worked as a sportswriter at New York Newsday before coming to the Wall Street Journal, where he covered the environment, utilities and the financial markets. In addition to his editorial duties at TheStreet.com, Mr. Kansas served as executive vice president and sat on the company's board.

About The Wall Street Journal Online

Introduced in April 1996, The Wall Street Journal Online (WSJ.com) features continuously updated coverage of the full spectrum of business news both in the U.S. and around the world, prepared by a dedicated news staff, supported by the global resources of The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones. In addition to comprehensive company research and archives, subscribers have access to personal news folders and stock portfolios. In all, WSJ.com contains more than a million pages of business news and information. Subscriptions cost $29 annually for subscribers to any global print edition of The Wall Street Journal or Barron's and $59 annually for others.

The Wall Street Journal Online is the largest paid subscription news site on the Web with 609,000 subscribers as of September 30, 2001. Beyond the Web site, the Online Journal offers many targeted email offerings and is one of the most popular channels for download to handheld computers and other wireless devices.

About Dow Jones

Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ; dj.com) publishes The Wall Street Journal and its international and online editions, Barron's and SmartMoney magazines and other periodicals, Dow Jones Newswires, Dow Jones Indexes, and the Ottaway group of community newspapers. Dow Jones is co-owner with Reuters Group of Factiva and with NBC of the CNBC television operations in Asia and Europe. Dow Jones also provides news content to CNBC and radio stations in the U.S.