As he prepared to walk out the door on Thursday, Richard Zannino, outgoing chief executive of Dow Jones, expressed confidence that the company’s new owners would bring a more aggressive, risk-taking posture to the publisher of the Wall Street Journal.

Under Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, which is expected to complete its $5bn acquisition of Dow Jones next week, Mr Zannino said the media company will be able to draw on deep pockets to make a series of necessary changes.