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Dow Jones Makes First Post-News Corp Acquisition: Buys Betten Financial News

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Dow Jones (NYSE: NWS), now officially part of News Corp. has made its first acquisition after the deal: it has bought Dutch company Betten Financial News, in an effort to expand its Dow Jones Newswires operation internationally. DJ will combine Bettens corporate and markets coverage with Dow Jones Nieuwsdienst, its Dutch service. Bettens brand is well known in The Netherlands under the Betten Beursmedia News brandname. In addition to distribution via market data terminals Betten has its own website and also provides content to a number of financial institutions

The financial details were not disclosed. More details in the release.