Content – Dow Jones Indexes

There have been many questions over the years about Dow Jones and the licensing of the Dow Indexes.  I hope to shed some light on this matter with this week’s entry.

FinancialContent has made a commitment to our clients to provide only the highest content with all appropriate entitlements.  Our goal has always been to provide content with the fairest terms possible.
 
In 2003 The Dow Jones Co. made the decision to protect their intellectual property by enforcing entitlement fees for display of their various indices on public websites.  FinancialContent is one of several vendors that acts as a distributor for Dow Jones, and was tasked with licensing their intellectual property.

As a major hosted solution provider, FinancialContent was able to negotiate the creation of several pricing tiers for local and national media outlets. These tiers have made it easier for more sites to continue to display the Dow Jones content. Overall, our opinion on the matter is that Dow Jones should be able to collect a reasonable fee for the use of their data, and that at the same time that pricing must be manageable to the licensing party.

We do not profit from this relationship, we simply act as agent. For any questions regarding this licensing policy, or to request changes to your entitlements for Dow Jones or other data sources, just email support@financialcontent.com, and we are more than happy to help you with any of your needs.