Hal Morris, writing on his Grumpy Editor blog, wonders whether News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch will face any sort of antics within The Wall Street Journal newsroom after he closes his deal to acquire its parent, Dow Jones & Co.
“Participating staffers feel not typing their names atop of their output will grab readers’ attention. However, it’s ho-hum. Other than their mothers and spouses, most readers don’t miss, or even observe, bylines on routine stories.
“A half century ago, reporters’ copy went to editors’ desks without bylines. If the writers’ texts were outstanding or involved much spade work, editors penciled in writers’ names. This procedure, also mirrored in photographers’ credit lines, was considered a reward for extra effort.”
Morris concluded, “With a surplus of news talent on the market, including those caught up in downsizing of publications, will Murdoch put up with such juvenile conduct?”
Read more here.
The Yale Program on Stakeholder Innovation and Management announced the appointment of Alan Murray, departing chief…
The Advocate is looking for a savvy reporter to cover the Baton Rouge business scene…
MLex, a LexisNexis company, is an independent news organization for breaking news and forward-looking analysis…
The Austin Business Journal seeks a staff writer to cover economic development in one of…
A Russian court on Saturday placed Sergei Mingazov, a journalist for the Russian edition of…
Justin Nielsen of Investor's Business Daily writes about the newspaper's 40th anniversary. Nielsen writes, "When the…