Dow Jones reportedly in talks to hire Fenwick as CEO

By Sean Callahan

New York—The Wall Street Journal reported that its parent company, Dow Jones & Co., which is in turn owned by News Corp., is in talks to hire Lex Fenwick as its new CEO. Fenwick is a former Bloomberg CEO and currently runs Bloomberg Ventures.

The Dow Jones CEO position has been vacant since last summer when Les Hinton stepped down amid the News Corp. phone hacking scandal.

Originally posted on: 1/30/12

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