The Asian Wall Street Journal (2004-06-09)

''The Wall Street Journal Asia'', a version of ''

The Wall Street Journal ''The Wall Street Journal'' is an American business-focused, international daily newspaper based in New York City, with international editions also available in Chinese and Japanese. The ''Journal'', along with its Asian editions, is published ...

'', was a newspaper that provided news and analysis of global business developments for an

Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an are ...

n audience. Formerly known as ''The Asian Wall Street Journal'', it was founded in 1976 and was printed in nine Asian cities:

Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated populati ...

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Manila Manila ( , ; fil, Maynila, ), officially the City of Manila ( fil, Lungsod ng Maynila, ), is the capital of the Philippines, and its second-most populous city. It is highly urbanized and, as of 2019, was the world's most densely populated ...

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, and

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. Average circulation for 2011 was 83,421. Its largest markets in order of importance are: Hong Kong, Singapore, the

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the n ...

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, Indonesia, Taiwan, Malaysia, China, India, and Vietnam. The final print edition of the newspaper was published on 9 October 2017. The paper's main regional office was in

, and its former editor, international, was

Daniel Hertzberg Daniel Hertzberg (born February 3, 1946) is an American journalist. Hertzberg is a 1968 graduate of the University of Chicago. He married Barbara Kantrowitz, on August 29, 1976. He was the former senior deputy managing editor and later deputy managi ...

. The first editor and publisher of the ''Asian Journal'' was

Peter R. Kann Peter R. Kann (born 1942) is an American journalist, editor, and businessman. Early life and education Kann was born to a Jewish family in Princeton, New Jersey. He graduated from Harvard University with a bachelor's degree in journalism. Caree ...

, the former chairman and chief executive officer of

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. Gina Chua served as editor-in-chief of the publication before her appointment as executive editor of

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Philip Revzin Philip Revzin (born 1952) is a freelance writer as well as former publisher and head editor for The Wall Street Journal Europe and The Wall Street Journal Asia. Philip grew up in Chicago, and first started at The Wall Street Journal as a newspape ...

also served as editor for the paper after serving as the editor and publisher for

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. ''The Wall Street Journal Asia'' was also found at The Wall Street Journal Online at WSJ.com, the largest paid subscription news site on the Web. ''The Wall Street Journal Asia '' was also published online in Chinese at Chinese.wsj.com.

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*Its readers were 77.9% Asian citizens, and 67.4% work in top management. *Its readership had an average annual income of US$229,000 and an average annual household income of US$301,000.

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''The Wall Street Journal Asia''
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Chinese.wsj.com
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Business newspapers International newspapers CNBC Asia original programming English-language newspapers published in Hong Kong Publications established in 1976 Asian news websites 1976 establishments in Asia Business in Asia

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