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Film takes a deep dive into recent stock market events Includes interviews with key figures from institutional and online investment communities, and journalists from The Wall Street Journal ​(New York/Los Angeles) ​Propagate and The Wall Street Journal Studios are joining forces on a new documentary feature film, “This Is Not Financial Advice.” Directed by Hannah Olson (Director of “Baby God” (HBO) and another upcoming HBO documentary), “This Is Not Financial Advice” plunges deep into the recent stock market chaos that started with GameStop and has revealed a major power shift on Wall Street. With exclusive access to key figures within online investment communities, as well as power players on Wall Street and policy makers in Washington, the film examines the origins and inner workings of the digital and social investment communities that turned new investors into millionaires and drove a billion-dollar hedge fund and financial services company to seek capital. This narrative documentary, told through the stories of those who lived it, will explore the emergence of a new subculture with roots of distrust in traditional financial institutions and their regulators. With new developments happening every day, the GameStop rally may just be the beginning. The film will feature analysis from award-winning journalists from The Wall Street Journal, who led coverage of this historic story even before it was headline news. The Journal has published exclusive interviews and reporting with key figures from WallStreetBets, hedge funds and part-time day traders. “GameStop sprung from the hurly-burly of an internet message board to become the biggest story in the world,” said Charles Forelle, financial editor of The Wall Street Journal. “It has everything: the cheer-em-on drama of David v. Goliath, the clash of Goliath v. Goliath, high stakes, real money, and the wonderment of our basic financial understanding being turned on its head. The story isn’t over, and there are surely more puzzling turns to come.” “Access to the markets and investing, in the past, has largely been reserved for the privileged few — you have to have money, time, resources, social capital and know-how to invest,” said Olson. “I am interested in the possibility — or impossibility — of its democratization. Who has access to the market? Whom does it serve? We’re still only beginning to glimpse what this moment means for the future of Wall Street.” Olson continued, “I’ve been following these forums on social media for weeks, and the ordinary traders I’ve embedded with are extraordinary. Their experiences reveal the legacy of the unresolved anger of the 2008 crash, the vast economic disparities exposed by the pandemic, and what happens when increasing income inequality collides with a bull market.” “The recent events in the stock market were unprecedented,” said Ben Silverman, Chairman and Co-CEO and Howard T. Owens, Co-CEO of Propagate. “We are pleased to partner with WSJ Studios and the keen minds at The Wall Street Journal, and with Hannah Olson to dive into what led to the events of the past few weeks and what it means going forward.” The film is currently being filmed and began production this past week. “This Is Not Financial Advice” is produced by Propagate and The Wall Street Journal Studios. Hannah Olson is directing the film. Ben Silverman, Howard T. Owens and Jonathan Schaerf are Executive Producers for Propagate. Anthony Galloway and Daniel Rosen are Executive Producers and Charles Forelle will serve as a Consulting Producer for The Wall Street Journal. Propagate is distributing the film. About Propagate Content Founded in 2015 by Ben Silverman and Howard Owens, who pioneered the global format business in the late 1990s, Propagate has offices in Los Angeles, New York and Paris. Recent credits include unscripted projects for Hulu, ABC, TBS, Netflix, and HISTORY. Scripted programs include “Blood and Treasure” and “Broke” for CBS, “Charmed” for The CW, the recently aired election-themed puppet special on Fox, “Let’s Be Real” and the upcoming “Zorro” television series for NBC. Propagate also created and produced the podcast, “An Oral History of The Office” for Spotify. Propagate’s expanding portfolio of companies includes Electus, Big Breakfast, Notional, and talent management firms Artists First, Authentic Talent & Literary Management and Select Management. About The Wall Street Journal Studios The Wall Street Journal Studios is the off-platform production arm of The Wall Street Journal newsroom, and leverages the Journal’s preeminent reporting on business, finance and U.S. & world news into longform scripted and unscripted narratives across multiple mediums including television, film and audio. Daniel Rosen is the co-executive producer of WSJ Studios and Anthony Galloway is the Journal’s Global Head of Video and Audio. Matt Murray is editor in chief of The Wall Street Journal. For The Wall Street Journal Studios Steve Severinghaus steve.severinghaus@dowjones.com For Propagate Content Kerri Tarmey kerri.tarmey@aenetworks.com ​  # # #​

Leaders in agribusiness, food production, consumer products, economics and government will convene to discuss how the food industry has been disrupted by the global pandemic and the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead as companies, markets, consumers and the industry adapt. The online experience will include unscripted interviews with leaders of some of the world’s most influential companies and organizations. These in-depth conversations will explore how the industry has changed and adapted during the pandemic, from consumer behavior and supply chains to investments and sustainability plans. Featured speakers include:  Philip Behn | CEO, Imperfect Foods Megan Dwyer | Farmer: Corn, Soybeans, Alfalfa, Beef Paul J. Fribourg | Chairman and CEO, Continental Grain Company Nick Green | Co-Founder and CEO, Thrive Market Larry Hasheider | Farmer: Dairy, Pork, Beef, Corn, Soybeans, Wheat, Alfalfa Heiða Helgadóttir | Co-Founder and CEO, Niceland Seafood Christine Moseley | Founder and CEO, Full Harvest Kimbal Musk | Co-Founder and CEO, The Kitchen Restaurant Group; Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, Big Green, Square Roots Kimberly Ratcliff | Manager, Caney Creek Ranch; Owner, Farm to Freezer Meat Company Gabrielle “Ellie” Rubenstein | Co-Founder and CEO, Manna Tree Michael Salguero | Founder and CEO, ButcherBox Ricardo J. Salvador, Ph.D. | Director and Senior Scientist, Food & Environment Program, Union of Concerned Scientists Janusz Wojciechowski | European Commissioner for Agriculture Sylvia Wulf | President and CEO, AquaBounty Technologies   Members of the press interested in attending should contact Steve Severinghaus and Caitlyn Reuss for more information. Media Contacts: Steve Severinghaus steve.severinghaus@dowjones.com Caitlyn Reuss caitlyn.reuss@dowjones.com

The following press release was issued by Morningstar on January 14, 2021 CHICAGO, Jan. 14, 2021 — Morningstar, Inc. (Nasdaq: MORN), a leading provider of independent investment research, today announced the Morningstar Market Monitoring platform, a real-time information and market insights web-based application, designed to empower advisors, traders, and market analysts with the customized set of information they need to make sound financial decisions for investors. “Financial advisory firms are seeing an increasing need to be able to evaluate moments in time such as mergers and acquisitions, stock splits, security trades, and governmental and regulatory updates alongside research and valuation data to tell the whole story,” said Scott Burns, head of retail investing products and solutions for Morningstar. “By empowering financial advisors to have real-time information and Morningstar research and data at their disposal and integrated directly into their own workflows, their end investors can have the transparency and understanding of how market events might impact their portfolio and investment interests over a short- and long- time horizon.” Morningstar Market Monitoring is a highly flexible and web-based platform that can be directly integrated with Morningstar Advisor Workstation or licensed as a separate platform, select API components, or as data feeds. The platform features the ability to access real-time global market data alongside proprietary Morningstar data and independent research and is highly configurable for the advisor. In addition to client dashboards for personal workflows, there are more than 40 configurable web components to help wealth managers follow market changes on stocks, mutual funds, ETFs, closed-ended funds, foreign exchange markets, options, preferred stocks, indexes, commodities, and fixed income. Additionally, all users of Morningstar Market Monitoring will have access to real-time market news updates from Dow Jones Newswires, including select content from The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, and MarketWatch. This content, part of the Dow Jones Wealth News Service, offers wealth managers the information and context they need to help investors quickly understand what events in the market mean for them. “We pride ourselves on being the source of truth for decision-makers in the global financial community, giving them the up-to-the-minute news, data, and analysis they need to quickly respond to market developments,” said William Ashworth, general manager, global partnerships, for Dow Jones’s business information and services division. “We’re thrilled to be working with Morningstar to make our trusted, licensed content available within the Market Monitoring platform — helping financial advisors and wealth managers make sense of market uncertainty, advise their clients, and strengthen relationships in real-time.” Morningstar Market Monitoring is available to license through Morningstar Advisor Workstation, as a separate platform, select API components, or as data feeds. Elements of the platform will be available to Morningstar Direct users over the next year. Learn more about Morningstar Market Monitoring here. ENDS About Morningstar, Inc. Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The Company offers an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, retirement plan providers and sponsors, and institutional investors in the debt and private capital markets. Morningstar provides data and research insights on a wide range of investment offerings, including managed investment products, publicly listed companies, private capital markets, debt securities, and real-time global market data. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries, with approximately $215 billion in assets under advisement and management as of Sept. 30, 2020. The Company has operations in 29 countries. For more information, visit www.morningstar.com/company. Follow Morningstar on Twitter @MorningstarInc.  

A note from Almar Latour: Colleagues, I’m pleased to share that Daniel Bernard is appointed Chief Experience Officer for Dow Jones. In this newly created role, Daniel will oversee the Product, User Experience and Technology functions across our business. He and the team will be responsible for shaping the way customers, readers and users engage with our brands and franchises. Daniel’s first task will be to rapidly modernize our existing products to ensure that they offer a world-class experience in every aspect — visuals, tools, data, mobile, video, social and more. He and the team, working closely with our newsrooms as well as our information service business, will also shape new products and drive innovation, all tightly focused on providing decision-makers with the trusted news, information and analysis that they need, anytime and anywhere they want it. Many of you have already had the opportunity to work closely with Daniel. Prior to joining the Technology team in an interim role last year, he served as SVP & Deputy Publisher of Barron’s Group, where he was highly successful in modernizing Barron’s. His collaborative approach contributed to Barron’s and MarketWatch achieving new heights. He previously was Chief Product Officer at Gannett, Head of Product for Time.com, Fortune.com and Money.com at Time Inc., and Chief Product Officer for The Wall Street Journal Digital Network at Dow Jones. He started his career as a Marketing Manager at MarketWatch, when it was a startup. Daniel will report to me and will be part of Dow Jones senior management team. Please join me in wishing him all the best. Almar