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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000950130-97-001537.txt : 19970404
<SEC-HEADER>0000950130-97-001537.hdr.sgml : 19970404
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950130-97-001537
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		19970403
SROS:			NYSE

FILER:

	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

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-07564
		FILM NUMBER:		97574306

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200 LIBERTY ST
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10281
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2124162000
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<PAGE>
 
DOW JONES & COMPANY, INC.
200 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10281
 
To Our Stockholders:
 
Please be advised that the location of the 1997 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
of Dow Jones & Company, Inc. has been changed from the 43rd floor to the 106th
floor of One World Trade Center. The 1997 Annual Meeting will now be held at:
 
                     The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
                     WINDOWS ON THE WORLD--106TH FLOOR
                     One World Trade Center
                     New York, New York
 
The date and time of the meeting have not changed; the meeting will be held on
Wednesday, April 16, 1997 at 9:30 a.m.
 
Sincerely yours,
 

/s/ Peter G. Skinner 

Peter G. Skinner
Secretary
 
April 3, 1997
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