Wall Street Journal Launches Online Health Edition
Posted on July 19, 2002
The Wall Street Journal Online has introduced its online Health Industry Edition, covering the business of health for health industry professionals. The edition features health industry coverage of The Wall Street Journal, breaking health news from Dow Jones Newswires and eonline commentary on the industry.
"The Online Journal's new Health Industry Edition is a premium provider of authoritative health industry coverage for industry executives, key decision-makers and anyone else interested in the latest health information," said Neil Budde, publisher, The Wall Street Journal Online. "The reporters at the Journal and Dow Jones are the best in the business at covering the business of health. Our online staff prioritizes the most important news and analysis and provides exclusive industry commentary. The Online Journal is constantly innovating to create relevant, in-depth and timely content and a better user experience for our subscribers. The Health Industry Edition is a key part of our evolution and our first industry-focused edition."
The Health Industry Edition's news coverage areas include pharmaceutical/biotech companies, health providers/insurance, research/science, policy/legislation and medical products. The Health Industry Edition also introduced two new online columns:
New or existing subscribers to The Wall Street Journal Online can choose to have the Health Industry Edition as their front page when they access the Online Journal site. The Health Industry Edition is priced the same as a regular Online Journal subscription: $79 per year or $39 per year for print Journal or Barron's subscribers.