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

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

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 populatio ...

, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Seoul, Singapore, Taipei, and Tokyo. Average circulation for 2011 was 83,421. Its largest markets in order of importance are: Hong Kong, Singapore, the Philippines, Japan, Thailand, South Korea, 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 Hong Kong, 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 mana ...

. The first editor and publisher of the ''Asian Journal'' was Peter R. Kann, 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 Reuters.

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 The Wall Street Journal Europe. ''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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