Zawya Dow Jones Reaches One Million Hits in 2009

Zawya Dow Jones News Service, produced jointly by Dow Jones Newswires and ABQ Zawya, reached a significant milestone this month when page views on the service in 2009 topped the 1 million mark.

"This marks another step forward in the development of the Zawya Dow Jones News Service,” said Neal Lipschutz, senior vice president and managing editor, Dow Jones Newswires. “Launched in June 2006, Zawya Dow Jones has quickly established itself as an indispensable source of objective and ground-breaking news and analysis for those seeking an understanding of the region's financial markets.”

The record number of page views this year comes at a time when Zawya Dow Jones is expanding its presence in the Middle East region, adding reporting staff in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia and laying plans for a reporting presence in Qatar and Kuwait.

Andrew Critchlow, Middle East managing editor of Dow Jones Newswires and the Zawya Dow Jones Middle East news service, added, “Hitting the 1 million mark underlines our expansion strategy in the Middle East. The highest-performing organizations are those that are best-informed and fastest at making critical business decisions. Having elected for a subscription model from day one, this latest achievement is proof of a real appetite around the globe for timely, market-moving business news, commentary and analysis focused on the Middle East.”