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Murdoch visits WSJ newsroom

Reuters is reporting that News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch visited the Wall Street Journal‘s newsroom on Wednesday, the first time since he agreed to purchase its parent company, Dow Jones & Co.

Reuters wrote, “He stayed about three hours and met with the Journal’s top editors, but did not speak widely to the newsroom, according to newsroom sources.

“Murdoch’s visit came amid strained contract negotiations, with Dow Jones’ labor union seeking to renew the employment contracts for about 2,000 members.

“The union has argued with management over the company’s health-care and pay raise proposals, calling them inadequate.”

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.

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John R says:
September 13, 2007 at 8:43 pm
There are always some storms when changes take place. Nothing un-usual. Being the hard-core business man he is- Murdoch will surely deal with it the way he knows best- to safeguard his interest.
Hopefully, the labors will get some piece of Murdoch's generosity.