• October 10, 2000

Dow Jones & Company today announced that The Wall Street Journal Online passed the 500,000-subscriber milestone as of September 30, 2000. The leading subscription publication on the Web, WSJ.com has steadily attracted new subscribers since beginning to charge for its unprecedented coverage of business news and financial information in the fall of 1996.

"We're delighted that the quality of The Wall Street Journal Online has now attracted more than a half million paying readers," said Gordon Crovitz, senior vice president, electronic publishing of Dow Jones & Company. "WSJ.com embodies our commitment to online business news and information products that uphold the journalistic standards of The Wall Street Journal and extend them into a new medium for new readers."