The Wall Street Journal is owned by News Corp (the United States, NASDAQ: NWSA), which acquired the brand on 13 December 2007.[1][2] The Wall Street Journal was founded in 1889 in New York, New York and was independent until 2007.
The Wall Street Journal has published since 1889 and is the largest paid-circulation newspaper in the United States. Its hedcut portraits, stippled ink drawings used instead of photographs, have been a signature of the paper since 1979. Its opinion pages operate separately from its newsroom and take a markedly different editorial line, a division the paper maintains deliberately and states openly.
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News Corporation acquired Dow Jones for about $5.6 billion, taking The Wall Street Journal after a contested approach to the Bancroft family that had controlled it for a century. The deal included commitments intended to protect the paper's editorial independence.
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The parent company of The Wall Street Journal is News Corp, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Yes. The Wall Street Journal originated in the United States in 1889 and its owner, News Corp, is also headquartered in the United States.
News Corp completed its acquisition of The Wall Street Journal on 13 December 2007, after announcing the deal on 1 May 2007.
The Wall Street Journal was an independent company from its founding in 1889 in New York, New York until News Corp acquired it in 2007.
Yes. As of 8 September 2026, The Wall Street Journal is still owned by News Corp. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
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