September 23, 2002
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ON BOARD FOR CLIPPER ROUND THE WORLD YACHT RACE
Clipper Ventures plc announced today its partnership with The Wall Street
Journal for the 2002 and 2005 Clipper Round the World Yacht Races.
The Clipper Round the World Race is an esteemed circumnavigation for amateur
sailors, racing aboard identical ocean-racing yachts, each sponsored by an
international city, over 11 months and some 35,000 miles of challenging
seas.
In addition, The Asian Wall Street Journal, the leading publisher of Asia’s
vital business and financial _blanks, will join as an Official Media Partner.
Hong Kong’s 60-foot racing yacht, one of eight Clippers competing in the
2002 race, will be sponsored The Wall Street Journal. The sponsorship offers
unique networking, branding and hospitality opportunities.
When competing in waters around Asia, it will fly the flag of The Asian Wall
Street Journal. While sailing in Europe or the US, the Clipper will fly the
flag of The Wall Street Journal Europe or The Wall Street Journal
respectively.
Phil Revzin, Vice President, International, The Wall Street Journal said,
"The global Wall Street Journal spans continents and crosses oceans. Yet,
like the crews of the Clipper 2002 Race, it is built upon a simple concept -
that of individuals working together, to produce their best, as a team."
Clipper 2002 will set sail from Liverpool, United Kingdom, on 27 October
2002 and will be contested by teams from Hong Kong, London, Liverpool, _blank
York, Bristol, Jersey, Glasgow and Cape Town.
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, record breaking sailor and chairman of Clipper
Ventures, added: "The _blank theme of the race, pitting cities and nations
against each other, gives the race _blank global appeal. We are delighted
therefore with this alliance and through our partnership we aim to launch
the Clipper races into a _blank international dimension and greatly increase
our global following of race supporters."
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Loretta Spridgeon
Clipper 2002 Press Officer
Tel: +44 23 8023 7088
Fax: +44 23 8023 7081
Mobile: +44 7773 818586
Email: lspridgeon@clipper-ventures.com
Website: www.clipper-ventures.com
ABOUT DOW JONES & COMPANY:
Dow Jones & Company (NYSE:DJ) publishes the world's most vital business and
financial _blanks and information and has been serving the business community
since 1882.
Dow Jones publishes The Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal Europe
and The Asian Wall Street Journal. It also publishes The Wall Street
Journal Online at WSJ.com, which since its launch in 1996, has become the
largest paid site on the Web with more than 646,000 subscribers. Dow Jones’
other publications include the Far Eastern Economic Review, SmartMoney (with
Hearst Corp.) and Barron’s magazine.
In addition to the online Journal, Dow Jones’ electronic information
services include Dow Jones Indexes, including Dow Jones STOXX indexes, a set
of European benchmark indexes.
Dow Jones is also co-owner with Reuters group of Factiva and with NBC of the
CNBC television operations in Asia and Europe. Dow Jones also provides _blanks
content to CNBC and radio stations in the United States. Worldwide, CNBC
reaches more than 164 million people in more than 100 countries. Factiva
provides business _blanks and information to companies and consumers direct to
their desktop.
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