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The Wall Street Journal

Also known as Wall Street Journal, WSJ, The Journal, Wall Street journal (Eastern ed.), The Wall Street journal. Eastern edition

American business-focused daily newspaper

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The Wall Street Journal is an American daily newspaper that focuses primarily on business, finance, and economic news. It matters because it is widely read by investors, business leaders, and policymakers who rely on its reporting to make financial and strategic decisions.

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Official website: hdl.loc.gov/loc.sgp/npe.2004233786
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The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), commonly known as the Journal, is an American newspaper based in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It provides extensive coverage of news, especially business and finance, and operates on a subscription model that requires readers to pay for access to most articles and other content. The Journal is published six days a week by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corp.

As of 2025, The Wall Street Journal is the largest newspaper in the United States by print circulation, with 412,000 print subscribers. It has 4.13 million digital subscribers, the second-most in the nation after The New York Times. The newspaper is one of the United States' newspapers of record. The first issue of the newspaper was published on July 8, 1889. The editorial page of the Journal is typically center-right in its positions, while its news reporting is more centrist. The newspaper has won 39 Pulitzer Prizes.