Bedbugs at The Wall Street Journal
Joe Pompeo of Capital New York reports Monday of a bedbug infestation at The Wall Street Journal. Pompeo writes, “‘I wanted to let you know that on Friday the facilities department received a report of a bedbug sighting in the video area of the 6th floor,’ wrote deputy managing editor Deborah Brewster in a note […]
WSJ revamps video team management
Raju Narisetti, who oversees The Wall Street Journal’s online operations, sent out the following email announcement late Friday afternoon: I wanted to share with everyone significant changes in our WSJ Live video team aimed at streamlining roles and responsibilities while creating new focus areas around training; quality enhancements; better and faster surfacing of video; outreach […]
LA Times film reporter accepts WSJ job
Ben Fritz, the film reporter at the Los Angeles Times, has accepted a job at The Wall Street Journal to cover the movie business, reports Alexander Kaufman of The Wrap. Kaufman writes, “Nancy Sullivan, vice president of communications for the Times, said the paper would replace him in the coming weeks. “‘Yes, Ben Fritz will […]
WSJ editor: We want more scoops
Wall Street Journal deputy managing editor Matt Murray sent out the following email to the staff on Thursday asking them to emphasize scoops: Nothing we do as a news organization is more important than maintaining a steady flow of scoops. Exclusives are at the very heart of our journalism and of what readers expect of […]
The spirit that animates The Wall Street Journal
William McGurn, who is leaving The Wall Street Journal editorial page to become editorial page editor of The New York Post, writes Tuesday about the business newspaper and what makes it special. McGurn writes, “At its heart, the spirit is simply confidence in the ability of ordinary men and women to better themselves if given […]
How Murdoch has changed The Wall Street Journal
Michael Wolff writes in The Guardian about how he perceives the changes at The Wall Street Journal since it was acquired five years ago by News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch. Wolff writes, “When he bid for the Wall Street Journal in 2007, many Journal loyalists, along with his journalistic enemies, believed that, under Murdoch, the […]
Incoming WSJ ME: We had a great 2012, but need more scoops in 2013
Incoming Wall Street Journal managing editor Gerard Baker sent the following email to the staff on Monday afternoon: It’s an extraordinary privilege for me to take the reins this week from Robert Thomson as Editor in Chief and to lead Dow Jones into the next phase of our history. I’m especially […]
WSJ’s editorial page had disclosure problems in 2012
Eric Hananoki of Media Matters writes about how The Wall Street Journal regularly failed to disclose the election-related conflicts of interest of its op-ed writers. Hananoki writes, “The paper’s editorial page published op-eds from 12 writers without disclosing their roles as advisers to Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign. It also didn’t regularly disclose columnist Karl Rove’s close ties to the […]
Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal win National Press Foundation awards
Bloomberg News and The Wall Street Journal have both won National Press Foundation awards. Bloomberg News and its reporters William Selway, Esmé E. Deprez and Alison Vekshin will receive the Feddie, given for work showing the impact of Washington rules and regulations outside the Beltway, specifically how current and projected spending cuts impacted Americans. The […]
WSJ is now selling subscriptions via Apple’s “Newsstand”
The Wall Street Journal is now selling digital subscriptions via Apple’s “Newsstand” service, reports Peter Kafka of All Things Digital. Kafka writes, “That means Dow Jones’ business newspaper has joined thousands of other magazines and newspapers that market their stuff through Apple’s iTunes store — in exchange for giving Apple a cut of sales, and […]
