EFE Dow Jones News combines two of the world's leading news organisations to provide customers a pre-eminent news service covering the Spanish financial markets

MADRID, Spain, Nov. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Dow Jones & Company, a News Corporation company (NYSE: NWS, NWS.A; ASX: NWS, NWSLV), and Spain's Agencia EFE today launched the new EFE Dow Jones News service, a joint Spanish-language news service for financial professionals, corporations, media, institutions and private investors in Spain.

EFE Dow Jones News is a real-time newswire service that offers Spanish-language local news, in-depth analysis, commentary and an unmatched level of coverage on small- and mid-cap companies. It is produced by a team of specialist financial news reporters based in Madrid, supported by a team of more than 5000 global and regional reporters from Dow Jones and EFE. The service will combine the best of EFE's vast network of bureaus delivering coverage on Spain and Spanish organisations, with global news and analysis provided by Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal. EFE Dow Jones will provide global, round-the-clock coverage of economic events as they happen, directly in Spanish.

EFE Dow Jones also announced today that Daniel de la Puente has been appointed news editor of the new joint service. Based in Madrid, de la Puente joins EFE Dow Jones from Spanish energy utility Union Fenosa. Also joining the new EFE Dow Jones News service from EFE is Jaime Jimenez, who was appointed assistant news editor and is based in Madrid.

'This new service combines our strengths in local, regional and global reporting to provide the Spanish financial community with a new degree of exclusive, insightful and authoritative business news,' said Clare Hart, executive vice president, Dow Jones & Company, and president, Dow Jones Enterprise Media Group. 'We're committed to strategically expanding our editorial presence in the world's most important financial centres by increasing our coverage of local markets in local languages. Bringing these two powerful news organizations together allows us to better provide our Spanish-language customers with the information they need to make profitable decisions, faster.'

'The new EFE Dow Jones News is one of the first services to provide worldwide and real-time economic and financial news in Spanish,' said the president of EFE, Alex Grijelmo. 'We are all very excited by today's launch and have worked very hard over previous months to ensure that we appointed the strongest possible team. Both Daniel and Jaime bring with them extensive knowledge of the local market and considerable depth and breadth of experience that will enhance the service we offer.'

For more information about Dow Jones Newswires, visit www.dowjonesnewswires.com, or to learn more about the Dow Jones Enterprise Media Group, visit www.solutions.dowjones.com.

About Dow Jones & Company

Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ; dowjones.com) is a leading provider of global business news and information services. Its Consumer Media Group publishes The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, MarketWatch and the Far Eastern Economic Review. Its Enterprise Media Group includes Dow Jones Newswires, Factiva, Dow Jones Licensing Services, Dow Jones Indexes and Dow Jones Financial Information Services. Its Local Media Group operates community-based information franchises. Dow Jones is co-owner with Hearst of SmartMoney. Dow Jones provides news content to CNBC and radio stations in the U.S.

About EFE

EFE is the largest Spanish news agency in the world, and one of the four largest globally. With bureaus in over 120 countries, and with a dedicated team of 3000 professionals from 60 different countries, EFE produces more than three million pieces of news per year in all formats to keep more than 2000 customers all over the world informed.

SOURCE Dow Jones & Company