Dow Jones Appoints Mark Hollands as New Director of Sales in Asia Pacific

SYDNEY – 4 April 2007, Dow Jones & Company today announced the appointment of Mark Hollands to the newly created role of Director of Sales, Asia Pacific, for the Content Technology Solutions unit of the company’s Enterprise Media Group. Hollands will be responsible for business growth across the Asia-Pacific region of Dow Jones Newswires, Dow Jones Client Solutions and Factiva.

“Organisations are overloaded with information,” said Bruce Macfarlane, vice president and managing director of Dow Jones Enterprise Media Group’s Content Technology Solutions unit in Asia Pacific. “Business professionals struggle to access the right information, at the right time to make the right decisions. Mark’s deep understanding of media content, coupled with industry experience in information management will provide significant value to our customers.”

Prior to joining Dow Jones, Hollands was Vice President of Research Development at Gartner, one of the world’s leading IT research organisations. As a former publisher, editor and journalist in and the within the IT industry, Hollands brings valuable insights into the specific information needs of businesses.

Dow Jones has also appointed Andrew Rowe as Director of Marketing and Channel Sales for Content Technology Solutions in Asia Pacific. Rowe will continue to build on the Dow Jones’ network of channel partners selling Dow Jones solutions in emerging markets such as and . He will also drive customer communication and marketing initiatives across the region as well as focusing on building brand awareness in the Asia Pacific financial, corporate and media and government markets.

Rowe was formerly the Sales Director, Asia Pacific of Factiva, which Dow Jones acquired in December 2006.  Rowe joined Factiva in 1999 from Reuters as Sales Development Manager for Europe, Middle East and Africa . He established Factiva’s Asia Pacific operation and then ran its Customer Service and Customer Development Centre.

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