OLD Media Moves

WSJ.com head leaving for new job

January 6, 2012

Posted by Chris Roush

Kevin Delaney, managing editor of The Journal Online — or WSJ.com, as it is better known — is taking a job at the Atlantic Media Company, reports Kara Swisher of All Things D.

Swisher reports, “The move is a blow to the Journal’s online efforts, as Delaney, who got the top job in late 2009, is a well-regarded journalist and editor.

“(He is certainly an AllThingsD.com fave of those at the Dow Jones mother ship, but he still did not call me back to comment! Thanks a lot, Kevin!)

“It has not yet been determined who will succeed him at WSJ.com, sources said. Delaney is not leaving immediately.

“Delaney joined the media giant in 1992, was a prominent tech reporter in Silicon Valley and was also deputy managing editor at WSJ.com.”

Read more here. And here is the memo from Journal managing editor Robert Thomson when Delaney was named WSJ.com ME.

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