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Dow Jones & Company and SBI Holdings, Inc. of Japan formalized their joint venture, Wall Street Journal Japan K.K., which will launch a Japanese-language business and financial news Web site later this year. The joint venture agreement was first announced on May 7.

Under a licensing arrangement between Wall Street Journal Japan K.K. and Dow Jones, the new site, carrying The Wall Street Journal brand, will primarily feature Japanese translations of content, including video and other multimedia, from all print and online editions of The Wall Street Journal and those of other Dow Jones publications. Wall Street Journal Japan K.K. also plans to develop mobile products and services in conjunction with the new site.

XFMedia, a leading media group in China, launched the Investor Journal this week, targeting the large and growing Chinese retail investor market.

The Chinese language newspaper, modeled on weekly financial publications like Barrons, is aimed at the top end of China's 96 million active brokerage accounts, those with over one million RMB in liquid assets, reports Asia Media Journal.

The paper has a staff of 60, including 12 financial analysts, and is distributed nationally. Its editors intend to fill an identified gap in the financial reporting market.  
 
"Currently, we believe there is no newspaper in China which delivers to investors truly trustworthy financial market information emphasizing in-depth analysis, reliable data combined with an international perspective," said Zhao Li, chief editor of Investor Journal.

Sources: Asia Media Journal through IFRA Executive News Service, Marketing-Interactive (picture)  

Rafat Ali of Paidcontent.org reports that WSJ.com is in for a major relaunch and redesign in the next few weeks.

The Wall Street Journal has reportedly hired a major New York City design agency and has developed an umbrella design, a network navigational element that will go to sites in the WSJ Digital Network, including Barrons.com, MarketWatch.com, and AllThingsD.com. FoxBusiness.com is also slated for a redesign and will likely become part of the WSJ network as well, according to Ali.

The redesign is already evident in its Media & Marketing, Law, and Health sections. A separate section for sports coverage has been created, which has a partnership with Stats LLC to add sports data and information onto the site. Another new section is Campaign 2008, going hand in hand with Murdoch's vision to expand the focus of the paper and site.

It is unknown whether these changes will affect its hybrid subscription-plus-free model, but WSJ hopes to drive up even more traffic. Last month, the site reported 15 million unique visitors, a 175% increase over March 2007. For more information on WSJ.com's traffic gains, visit our sister blog SFN here.

Their site increase can partly be attributed to a more unified news desk for print and online, according to Matt Murray, the new general news editor.

Source: Paidcontent.org