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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000029924-05-000160.txt : 20051004
<SEC-HEADER>0000029924-05-000160.hdr.sgml : 20051004
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20051004143530
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000029924-05-000160
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20050930
FILED AS OF DATE:		20051004
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20051004

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DOW JONES & CO INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000029924
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NEWSPAPERS:  PUBLISHING OR PUBLISHING & PRINTING [2711]
		IRS NUMBER:				135034940
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200 LIBERTY ST
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10281
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2124162000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200 LIBERTY ST
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10281

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CAMPBELL LEWIS B
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001176437

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-07564
		FILM NUMBER:		051121021

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		10435 DOWNSVILLE PIKE
		CITY:			HAGERSTOWN
		STATE:			MD
		ZIP:			21740
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        <issuerName>DOW JONES &amp; CO INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>DJ</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerStreet2>200 LIBERTY STREET</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10281</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
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                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">1-for-1</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The stock equivalent units were accrued under the Dow Jones &amp; Company deferred compensation plan for non-employee directors and are to be settled upon the reporting person's retirement in cash or shares of Common Stock, or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, as the reporting person may elect.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The total number of stock equivalent units has been reduced by the number of stock equivalent units, if any, that were converted as of January 2003 into units of phantom stock under the Dow Jones Deferred Compensation Program.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">2.46 to 1.  Numbers reflect rounding adjustments.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Immediately</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">The units of phantom stock were accrued under the Dow Jones Deferred Compensation Program and are to be settled in cash or in the form of an annuity at separation of service, or during services as a director, as the reporting person may elect.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Mia Israeli**Attorney in Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2005-10-04</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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