Wall Street Journal

Baker Named WSJ's Deputy Editor-in-Chief

Holiday Shapiro — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:02:18 -0800

New WSJ.com Builds on Its Community of Subscribers

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:01:29 -0700

'WSJ' Gets Sociable -- With New 'Community'

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:39:27 -0700

Wall Street Journal Stabs at Net Neutrality

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 06:36:00 -0700

Wall Street Journal Guild Plans Fight Against Cuts

Stevie Converse — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:34:02 -0700

Wall Street Journal to Axe 50 Journalist Posts

Stevie Converse — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:50:02 -0700

Cuts at the 'Journal' -- and More on the Way?

Holiday Shapiro — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:58:22 -0700

Washington Post Signals Shift with a New Editor

Holiday Shapiro — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:37:16 -0700

Signaling a generational change at one of the nation’s most influential newspapers, the new publisher of The Washington Post on Monday selected an outsider as the paper’s top editor.

Washington Post Picks Ex-WSJ Boss for Editor

Holiday Shapiro — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:29:35 -0700

The Washington Post has named Marcus Brauchli, the former top editor of The Wall Street Journal, as its new executive editor, The Washington Post Co said on Monday.

Study Finds Imbalance on 3 Newspapers' Op-Ed Page

Stevie Converse — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:27:39 -0700

In the great marketplace of ideas, the opinion pages of major newspapers offer nonjournalists — mainly academics — a rare chance to reach a big audience and influence public policy. So which college professors win the competition for that limited, coveted space?

More Media Than Ever, but Are There Enough Voices?

Stevie Converse — Wed, 21 May 2008 08:07:40 -0700

Your May 13 editorial rejects widespread concern that further media consolidation will lead to monopolies that restrict the public's access to information. But this issue isn't just about access to information, it's about defending the public interest principles of competition and diversity in local news.

Murdoch Taps Thomson as Top Editor of Wall Street Journal

Stevie Converse — Wed, 21 May 2008 06:00:50 -0700

News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch named Wall Street Journal Publisher Robert Thomson as the paper's new managing editor, succeeding Marcus Brauchli, who left under pressure last month.

Paper Shredder

Stevie Converse — Fri, 09 May 2008 07:05:16 -0700

Shortly after nine in the morning on April 28, about two dozen reporters and editors in The Wall Street Journal's Washington bureau assembled for the weekly staff meeting led by the D.C. bureau chief, John Bussey.

Again, the Journal’s Cartoon Is Off the Editorial Page

Stevie Converse — Mon, 05 May 2008 05:01:38 -0700

Amidst a sea of changes at Rupert Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal, here’s a shift that might catch the eye of only a devoted editorial reader: “Pepper ... and Salt,” the slice-of-life cartoon that has appeared at the bottom right corner of The Journal’s editorial page on and off for the last 58 years, has decamped to a new home on the Leisure & Arts page.

Committee Criticizes Move at Journal

Holiday Shapiro — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:29:56 -0700

The ouster of The Wall Street Journal’s top editor last week did not live up to conditions that the News Corporation had agreed to when it bought Dow Jones & Company in December, a special oversight committee for the newspaper said Tuesday.

'WSJ' Committee Criticizes 'Notification' on Managing Editor's Resignation

Holiday Shapiro — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:45:59 -0700

The special committee formed to oversee editorial independence at The Wall Street Journal claims it was improperly informed of Managing Editor Marcus Brauchli's resignation after the fact, according to a report the group released Tuesday.

At Journal, the Words Not Spoken

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:31:57 -0700

On Wednesday night, employees of The Wall Street Journal gathered in the Grill Room at the World Financial Center to bid farewell to Stuart Karle, the former general counsel of The Journal, a tenacious defender of journalism who is regarded as a reporter’s lawyer.

Murdoch’s 'Head of Content'

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:26:43 -0700

In a long career, Robert Thomson has left a trail of happy reporters in his wake — at The Financial Times and more recently at The Times of London, where the newsroom under his guidance was, in the words of a former colleague, “the happiest place to work on Fleet Street.”

Wall Street Journal on Brink of Becoming Journalistic Disaster

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:57:47 -0700

The abrupt resignation of Marcus Brauchli as managing editor of The Wall Street Journal is surprising even to those of us who saw News Corp.'s takeover of the Journal's parent as a journalistic disaster in the making.

How Different Is Murdoch's New Wall Street Journal

Stevie Converse — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:22:15 -0700

Rupert Murdoch has made headlines this week with the resignation of Wall Street Journal managing editor Marcus Brauchli, a reported $580 million bid for Newsday and more talk of how he is transforming the Journal’s front page coverage to take on the New York Times.