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Wall Street Journal owner snaps up FT’s John O’Donovan to lead technology division

on May 28, 2015 | 0 comments

By Jessica Davies

Dow Jones, owner of The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), has poached Financial Times chief technology officer (CTO) John O’Donovan to head up its technology leadership team as CTO of consumer products and platforms.

O’Donovan, who has taken up his new role this week, will be responsible for the technology across all Dow Jones consumer brands including WSJ, Barron’s, MarketWatch and eFinancialNews.

He will oversee the company’s currently separate consumer product technology and platforms teams, which will become consolidated into a single organisational structure.

In an internal email to employees today Dow Jones CTO Paul Meller welcomed O’Donovan. “Alignment between our products Read full story ›

Source: The Drum