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Barron's
Barrons Cover April 2021.jpg
April 5, 2021 cover of Barron's
Editor in Chief David Cho
CategoriesBusiness
FrequencyWeekly
Total circulation
(2013)
305,513 [1]
Founder Clarence W. Barron
First issue1921;103 years ago (1921)
Company Dow Jones & Company (News Corp)
Country United States
Based in New York City, New York, U.S.
Website www.barrons.com
ISSN 1077-8039

Barron's [2] [3] (stylized in all caps) is an American weekly magazine/newspaper published by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corp, since 1921.

Contents

Founded in 1921 by Clarence W. Barron (1855–1928) [4] as a sister publication to The Wall Street Journal , Barron's covers U.S. financial information, [5] market developments, and relevant statistics. Each issue provides a summary of the previous week's market activity as well as news, reports, and an outlook on the week to come.

Features

Features in the publication include:

History

The magazine has been published by Dow Jones & Company since 1921. [13] The magazine is named after Clarence W. Barron, [4] an influential figure to Dow Jones and a founder of modern financial journalism. Dow Jones also publishes The Wall Street Journal . In 1990, color was introduced to the magazine and full color in January 1996. Barron's introduced a two-section version of the paper on March 7, 1994.

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Ad for Barron's, 1975

Barrons.com [14] [15] was launched in 1996 as part of WSJ.com.

In 2005, following "its first redesign in nearly 11 years" [16] Barron's relaunched as a standalone product, [17] months after their first Financial Advisor conference. [18]

In September 2008, Barron's acquired the Winner's Circle Organization. [19] In September 2009, Barron's launched Penta as a new section. The section targets "pentamillionaires", individuals with at least $5 million in assets, with financial advice. [20] [21]

Employees

Famous former and current editors, publishers, and journalists of the magazine include:

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