Dow Jones announced a partnership with prediction‑market platform Polymarket on January 7 2026 that will embed the company’s data feed across the Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, MarketWatch and Investor’s Business Daily. The integration will surface prediction‑market insights on homepages and market‑related pages and will include a custom earnings calendar that highlights market‑implied expectations for corporate performance.
The new feed will pull real‑time probability estimates for earnings releases, mergers, macro events and other market‑relevant outcomes. Readers will see a visual overlay of consensus probabilities next to traditional financial data, allowing them to gauge how the market is pricing in future events. The earnings calendar will automatically flag companies whose predicted earnings beats or misses are expected to deviate from consensus, giving subscribers a data‑driven lens on upcoming corporate announcements.
Polymarket, which has facilitated billions of dollars in predictions, raised a $2 billion Series D in October 2025 that valued the company at $8 billion. The platform recently acquired QCEX, a CFTC‑regulated derivatives exchange, to re‑enter the U.S. market after a 2022 settlement. While the partnership terms are undisclosed, the move signals Polymarket’s transition from a crypto‑native niche to a mainstream data provider and underscores its growing user base and trading volume.
Dow Jones’s own financials support the strategic shift. In the first quarter of fiscal 2026, the division reported $586 million in revenue, up 6% year‑over‑year, driven by growth in its professional information business and digital circulation. The partnership aligns with the group’s broader push toward data‑rich content and positions it to capture a share of the emerging alternative‑data market that is increasingly valued by both institutional and retail investors.
Strategically, the partnership allows Dow Jones to offer a new layer of market sentiment that complements its traditional reporting. By integrating prediction‑market data, the group can provide readers with a real‑time view of collective market expectations, potentially enhancing engagement and differentiating its platforms in a crowded media landscape. The collaboration also reflects a broader industry trend, as other media outlets have begun to incorporate prediction‑market feeds, and it may help Polymarket gain mainstream acceptance after its regulatory settlement.
Almar Latour, CEO of Dow Jones, said the partnership “makes prediction‑market data accessible to our users, giving them a rapidly growing source of real‑time insight into collective beliefs about future events.” Shayne Coplan, founder and CEO of Polymarket, added that the deal “combines journalistic insight with real‑time market probabilities to create a comprehensive news experience for readers.”
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