NWS · 8-K · 20260805PR000171

Dow Jones Subscription Growth

NEWS CORP · 2026-08-05 · Importance 43 · Surprise 32

Dow Jones fourth-quarter circulation and subscription revenue increased 7% to $521 million, supported by higher content licensing revenue, a 5% increase in professional information revenues, and continued growth in digital-only subscriptions. Dow Jones Risk & Compliance revenue grew 11% to $102 million, while Dow Jones Energy revenue increased 4% to $76 million. Total average news-product subscriptions rose 7% to more than 6.7 million, including 9% growth in digital-only subscriptions to nearly 6.3 million. The Wall Street Journal’s total subscriptions grew 6% to 4.8 million, with enterprise news subscriptions contributing to 8% growth in digital-only subscriptions to nearly 4.5 million.

Key facts

• Total average subscriptions to Dow Jones’ news products in the fourth quarter were over 6.7 million, a 7% increase compared to the prior year. source
• Digital-only subscriptions to Dow Jones’ news products grew 9% in the quarter to nearly 6.3 million. source
• Total subscriptions to The Wall Street Journal grew 6% to 4.8 million average subscriptions in the quarter. source
• Digital-only subscriptions to The Wall Street Journal grew 8% to nearly 4.5 million and represented 93% of total Wall Street Journal subscriptions. source
• For the quarter, The Wall Street Journal digital-only subscriptions were 4,465 thousand, up 8% year-over-year. source
• Barron’s Group digital-only subscriptions were 1,512 thousand in the quarter, up 15% year-over-year. source