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Dow Jones to Partner Exclusively With Naukri.com for Online, Mobile Editions
GlobeNewswire
2010-02-23


MUMBAI, India, Feb. 23, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dow Jones & Company
and Naukri.com, India's No. 1 job site, today announced an exclusive
agreement that will power The Wall Street Journal's India Web site
(http://india.wsj.com) to feature premium job listings from Naukri.com.
This new job section featured on the site will enable users to browse
and search for jobs across industries offering CTC in the range of Rs
15 Lakh and above (USD $30,000.00+). The job listings will also be
available on a new mobile application to be launched soon in India.

In addition, The Wall Street Journal will offer comprehensive content
from WSJ.com to be used in a co-branded newsletter for job-seekers and
recruiters within the Naukri.com resume database and to be integrated
with the relevant sections of Naukri.com.

Naukri.com will provide job-related content to a new mobile application
in India, set to be launched in the coming weeks. The mobile
integration will extend to the 15+ lakh CTC job listings and job search
function to mobile users.

"Working with Naukri.com is the latest example of our commitment to
India and the region to provide readers and users with the most
regionally relevant experience possible," said Mitya New, managing
director, Dow Jones India. "Our readers rely on the Journal for news
and information to make business and personal decisions every day, and
the new job listings and related content will enhance that experience
and allow us to serve our readers even better."

Sanjeev Bikhchandani, founder and CEO, Naukri.com, said, "Joining
forces with The Wall Street Journal will enable high quality global
content from the Journal to reach our job seekers and recruiters. Given
the journal's marquee positioning it provides an ideal platform for our
premium job segment to reach the relevant target audience. This is an
exciting move for us at Naukri, which we are certain will prove
beneficial for recruiters and senior candidates."

About The Wall Street Journal

Founded in 1889, The Wall Street Journal is the world's leading
business publication. Boasting more than two million subscribers, the
Journal is the largest newspaper by total paid circulation and has the
largest individually paid circulation of the top 25 U.S. newspapers.
The Wall Street Journal franchise, with a global audience of 3.8
million, also comprises The Wall Street Journal Asia, The Wall Street
Journal Europe and The Wall Street Journal Online at WSJ.com, the
leading provider of business and financial news and analysis on the Web
with more than one million subscribers and 26 million users per month.
WSJ.com is the flagship site of The Wall Street Journal Digital
Network, which also includes MarketWatch.com, Barrons.com and
AllThingsD.com. The Wall Street Journal Radio Network services news and
information to more than 375 radio stations in the U.S. The Journal
holds 33 Pulitzer Prizes for outstanding journalism, and, in 2009, was
ranked No. 1 in BtoB's Media Power 50 for the 10th consecutive year.

About Naukri.com

Naukri.com, India's No. 1 job site and the flagship brand of Info Edge,
revolutionized the concept of recruitment in India. Since its inception
in 1997, Naukri.com has seen sustained growth. Info Edge completed a
successful IPO in November 2006 and remains the only listed Internet
Company in India.

Naukri.com is a recruitment platform that provides hiring-related
services to corporates/recruiters, placement agencies and to job
seekers in India and overseas. It offers multiple products like Resume
Database Access, and Response Management tools and its services include
Job Postings, and branding solutions on the site. Naukri.com serviced
over 34,000 corporate clients in 2008-2009.

The company has over 1400 people operating through 54 offices in 37
cities in India and overseas offices in Dubai, Riyadh and Bahrain.


CONTACT:  Dow Jones & Company
          Media Contacts:
          Corporate Communications, China
          James Yang
            +8610 8400 7791 
            james.yang@dowjones.com
          Ashley S. Huston, Director of Communications
            +1 212-416-2025
            ashley.huston@dowjones.com