Wall Street Journal

United StatesNew York, New York, United StatesEnglish
🗓Founded 1889🏢Publisher: News Corporation📰Berliner👥2,378,827 circulation

The Wall Street Journal is a leading American business-focused daily newspaper based in New York City. Published by Dow Jones & Company, it provides comprehensive coverage of global financial markets, economic trends, corporate news, and international affairs. It is renowned for its investigative journalism and influential editorial page.

How Wall Street Journal is leading on 28 September 2026

Lead Headline • War & Conflict

In Effort to Revive Talks, Iran Pressed for Nuclear Concessions

Focuses on diplomatic manoeuvres by peace negotiators attempting to bring Iran and the United States back to negotiations, highlighting the strategic leverage and preconditions on both sides.

Editorial stance: Sober market and institutional realism. What they emphasise: Pragmatic business dynamics, systemic institutional responses, and diplomatic process rather than political polemic..

Distinctive on this page: Traditional six-column format pairing significant international diplomacy with a front-page tech critique and an eccentric corporate feature.

If you only read this paper today: A reader would conclude that global institutions and capital markets remain functional and adaptable despite ongoing geopolitical and technological turbulence.

Front page of Wall Street Journal, 28 September 2026 — reproduced for the purpose of critical review
Front page of Wall Street Journal, 28 September 2026. Reproduced for the purpose of critical review and commentary — about our editorial use.
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2,378,827

PRINT

1,480,725

DIGITAL

898,102

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Serving as the nation's media capital, this local market features a unique split between internationally circulated dailies with massive readerships and highly localized borough weeklies. Two prominent broadsheets, the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, lead the nation in total circulation. The city also sustains competitive tabloids like the New York Post, founded in 1801, alongside historic specialty publications like the Amsterdam News, one of the oldest African American newspapers in the country. Paperboy lists 60 newspapers in New York.

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