Former Salomon Brothers Technologist Joins Dow Jones Markets.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 8, 1997--Dow Jones Markets announced today that it has named Emily H. Susskind as its new senior vice president, technology, effective immediately. She will be responsible for Dow Jones Markets' technology development worldwide, including the implementation and integration of new technologies.

Ms. Susskind's appointment rounds out the formation of Dow Jones Markets' new senior executive team. Five of the eight senior managers have joined Dow Jones Markets within the last 18 months. The other three have new responsibilities.

Ms. Susskind, 42, has 20 years of experience in systems management, development, design and integration. She was most recently senior vice president, systems development for Tele-TV Systems L.P., a new media and technology joint venture of Bell Atlantic, Nynex and Pacific Telesis, where she was responsible for developing a comprehensive digital video services platform.

From 1985 to 1996, she held several senior-level technology positions at Salomon Brothers. In her last position with Salomon, she was the senior executive responsible for managing the firm's global network infrastructure. She held a number of other technology-related senior posts during her 11 years with the firm, introducing strategic solutions for data access and delivery, formulating new desktop systems and Internet strategies, and developing a database management architecture.

Prior to joining Salomon, Ms. Susskind managed technical consulting services for mainframe customers at Martin Marietta's Mathematica Products Group. She received an M.B.A. in finance from The Wharton School, and has a B.A. in philosophy and mathematics from Wellesley College.

Dow Jones Markets is a leading global provider of news and market information, decision-support applications, trading room systems and transaction services for financial institutions. Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ) also publishes The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, other business periodicals, the Dow Jones Global Indexes, business and financial newswires and community newspapers, and produces business television programming. Dow Jones Interactive Publishing, the electronic publishing arm, provides business and financial news and information services, including The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition on the World Wide Web and Dow Jones News/Retrieval.

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