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Wall Street Journal

Disciplines:
financial journalism
media
journalism/business news

Summary

American daily financial newspaper published since 1889 — the highest-circulation newspaper in the United States — and the primary source for business and financial news journalism in America.

Core Contribution

Established the standard for business journalism in America — the WSJ format, the dot-matrix portraits, the investigative financial reporting — while maintaining the highest readership of any US newspaper through its focus on the educated business and professional audience.

Historical Influences

Charles Dow Barron's

Intellectual Lineage

Dow Jones & CompanyCharles Dow and Edward JonesAmerican Business Press

Contemporaries & Peers

Financial Times Bloomberg News The Economist

Minds Influenced

American business journalism standardsFinancial media globally

Intellectual Posterity

WSJDow Jones Industrial AverageWSJ investigative journalism

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