WSJ reporter writes why he opposes Murdoch bid
Wall Street Journal reporter Ian Johnson, who is currently a Nieman fellow at Harvard University, writes on the Nieman Watchdog site about why he opposes News Corp. CEO Ruper Murdoch‘s bid to acquire the Journal’s parent company, Dow Jones & Co. Johnson, who has covered China for the paper, wrote, “But what worries me as […]
WSJ needs Murdoch like another hole in head
William Powers of The National Journal takes issue with all of the coverage of the proposed News Corp. acquisition of Dow Jones & Co. that emphasizes that News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch is a media genuis who will save The Wall Street Journal. The three articles that Powers mentions as espousing this theory are in […]
Murdoch will have to overcome newsroom culture
Seattle Times columnist Ryan Blethen writes Friday that the biggest hurdle for News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch to overcome if he acquires Dow Jones & Co. is combining the cultures of the two operations. Blethen wrote, “It is a safe bet that Murdoch views the newspaper as a natural partner to a new Fox cable […]
Dow Jones director may step back during investigation
The Telegraph newspaper in England is reporting that Hong Kong banker David Li, who sits on the Dow Jones & Co. board, may “step back” from board discussions at the owner of the Wall Street Journal while investigators look into insider trading allegations resulting from the News Corp. bid to acquire the company. Mark Kleinman […]
WSJ immediately loses credibility if Murdoch is owner
Nicholas Von Hoffman of The Nation writes Thursday that The Wall Street Journal will immediatelty lose all of its credibility if News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch is successful in acquiring parent company Dow Jones & Co. Von Hoffman wrote, “The first thing the Journal will lose if Murdoch buys it is credibility, a quality it […]
Too soon to tell if Murdoch offer affects Dow Jones' union talks
In an interview with the South Brunswick Post paper in New Jersey, the president of the union that represents business journalists at The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, Dow Jones Newswires and Marketwatch said it was too early to tell if News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch’s offer to acquire Dow Jones & Co. would have any […]
BusinessWeek executive editor expects Murdoch to get WSJ
BusinessWeek executive editor John Byrne expects News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch to be successful in his bid to acquire Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, writes Dan Caterinicchia of the Associated Press. Caterinicchia wrote, “Journal publisher Gordon Crovitz, sitting on stage with BusinessWeek’s John Byrne, refused to comment other than […]
ESPN exec hired to boost WSJ revenue
Dow Jones & Co. announced Thursday that ESPN sales and marketing executive Michael F. Rooney will join the company in the newly created role of chief revenue officer for the Dow JonesConsumer Media Group, including The Wall Street Journal in print and online. He will begin in his new role on May 23. Rooney, 53, will […]
Harder to manipulate business journalism
Devin Leonard, a senior writer at Fortune who covers the media, was interviewed by Foreign Policy about News Corp. CEO’s Rupert Murdoch’s $5 billion offer to acquire Dow Jones & Co. and made some interesting points about business journalism and The Wall Street Journal’s future. Here is an excerpt: FP: A lot of people say that he […]
Would there be a weirder marriage than Murdoch and WSJ?
Frank Ahrens of The Washington Post takes a look Thursday at the proposed acquisition of Dow Jones & Co. by News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch and wonders whether The Wall Street Journal’s staffer’s fears are overblown based on what happened after Murdoch bought The Times of London. Ahrens wrote, “It’s hard for some to imagine […]
