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WSJ is closing Budapest bureau

The Wall Street Journal is closing its Budapest bureau, according to a report in the Budapest Business Journal.

The report states, “As part of the overhaul of its operations, Dow Jones is establishing offices covering the whole continent and closing independently operating units, as well as leaving some news areas, the Hungarian daily added.

“The Wall Street Journal plans for the revamp were announced in October. ‘These are challenging times. I thank you in advance for your patience and understanding as we set about the difficult task of continuing to build our digital future while responding to the decline in traditional advertising,’ said Dow Jones Chief Executive William Lewis said at the time, according to wsj.com.

“Local correspondents Margit Feher and Veronika Gulyás confirmed the news of the Budapest closure in posting the following joint statement on their public Facebook timelines: ‘Dow Jones &Co., the publisher of The Wall Street Journal, is closing its Budapest bureau as part of its downsizing in Europe and Asia. We are very sad about this but will always be proud to have been part of the DJ/WSJ family.'”

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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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