Richard Perez-Pena of the New York Times is reporting that The Wall Street Journal has plans to hire a dozen reporters to cover New York.
“The push into metropolitan news, which would involve about a dozen new positions, is part of The Journal’s effort to create a New York edition, first reported almost two months ago as a project that was focused mostly on increased arts coverage. The edition could begin early next year.
“It also reflects Rupert Murdoch’s mandate to make The Journal more of a general-interest newspaper, and a more direct competitor to The New York Times.”
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