News Broadcasting
Dow Jones restructures, president Todd Larsen quits
MUMBAI: Dow Jones president Todd Larsen has stepped down after two years in the role and 13 years at the company.
Larsen has worked for Dow Jones for more than a decade.
Dow Jones CEO Lex Fenwick said, “Our digital business, one that others look to emulate, is at the forefront of the industry, and that is a testament to Todd’s leadership and guidance, and we will continue to build upon that as we move forward”.
Dow Jones has promoted Alisa Bowen, who is The Wall Street Journal Digital Network GM, to Dow Jones head of product. Kelly Leach, currently senior VP of strategy, was named Dow Jones for Europe, Middle East and Africa MD and will become The Wall Street Journal Europe publisher .
In addition, Dow Jones also promoted Jennifer Jehn to head of circulation, Tracy David to head of marketing, Victoria Chin to head of customer service and Dan Hayter to head of institutional sales in the Americas.
Dow Jones is also creating a new data-strategy department, which will be run by Joe Lanza, who is Dow Jones Financial Markets president.
Larsen was responsible for the Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, Factiva and Dow Jones Newswires.
News Broadcasting
News TV viewership jumps 33 per cent as West Asia war draws audiences
BARC Week 8 data shows news share rising to 8 per cent despite T20 World Cup
NEW DELHI: Even as individual television news channel ratings remain under a temporary pause, the genre itself is seeing a clear surge in audience attention.
According to the latest data from Broadcast Audience Research Council India, television news recorded a 33 per cent jump in genre share in Week 8 of 2026, covering February 28 to March 6.
The news genre accounted for 8 per cent of total television viewership during the week, up from 6 per cent the previous week. The spike in attention coincided with escalating geopolitical tensions involving the United States, Israel and Iran, which have kept global headlines firmly fixed on West Asia.
The rise is notable because it came at a time when cricket was dominating television screens. The high-stakes stages of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, including the Super 8 fixtures and semi-finals, were being broadcast during the same period.
Despite the cricket frenzy, viewers appeared to be toggling between sport and global affairs, boosting the overall share of news programming.
The surge in genre share comes even as the government has enforced a one-month pause on publishing ratings for individual news channels. The move followed regulatory scrutiny of the television ratings ecosystem.
While channel-level rankings remain temporarily out of sight, the genre-level data suggests that when global tensions escalate, audiences continue to turn to television news for real-time updates.
