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WSJ to end print edition in Hong Kong

The Wall Street Journal will stop distributing its print edition in Hong Kong on Oct. 7, reports Amy Nip of The Standard.

Nip reports, “The paper, part of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp media empire, is scaling back print operations in Europe and Asia to cut costs and focus on digital media. In an e-mail to subscribers, the New York-based Journal said it will distribute the last printed issue on October 6. Subscribers can shift to the online version.

“The newspaper costs HK$23 an issue in Hong Kong, while a digital subscription costs US$12 (HK$93.60) for 12 weeks. The US edition of the Journal is published Monday to Saturday. Asian and European editions are published Monday to Friday.

“The newspaper is under Dow Jones & Co, which is a part of News Corp. Dow Jones did not respond to The Standard as of press time.

“News Corp reported a loss of US$643 million for the fiscal year ending June 30 compared to a US$235 million profit the previous year.”

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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.