The Wall Street Journal is one of several units in Dow Jones; others are Dow Jones Newswires, Factiva, Barron’s, MarketWatch and Financial News. Just what would happen to those other parts of the Dow Jones operation was a bit unclear. Martell said that before 2:37 p.m. That’s when Ed Finn, editor and president of Barron’s, apparently committed a pretty serious email flub. “Now we know that at least Barron’s has plans for layoffs,” said Martell. It’s unclear from Finn’s misfiring email which departments of Barron’s these layoffs will strike.

Source: Washington Post October 21, 2016 20:14 UTC