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The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal is an influential international daily newspaper published in New York City, New York. For many years, it had the widest circulation of any newspaper in the United States, although it is currently second to USA Today. It is owned by Dow Jones & Company.

Nicknamed The Journal, this newspaper primarily covers U.S. and international business and financial news and issues--in fact, the paper's name comes from Wall Street, the street in New York which is the heart of the business district. It has been printed continuously since July 8, 1889. The newspaper has won the Pulitzer Prize twenty-six times.

The Journal enjoys the reputation of being a generally reliable source of news. The position of the editorial opinion and op-ed sections is typically quite conservative, although former news editor Al Hunt has a weekly column in which he expresses views more or less diametrically opposed to the editorial board's, and occasionally space will be given to a piece by a more liberal writer such as Arthur Schlesinger or Christopher Hitchens.

The Index of Economic Freedom is an annual report published by the Journal together with the Heritage Foundation.

External links

• The Wall Street Journal on the Web - Official site
• A brief history of the Journal
• Index of Economic Freedom

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