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WSJ's Thomson says sales up, not happy with Ellison book

Zeke Turner of the New York Observer writes Tuesday about his interview with Wall Street Journal managing editor Robert Thomson, who was the keynote speaker at the Deadline Club’s annual award ceremony on Monday.

Turner writes, “‘The most recent figures are that weekday sales, retail is up 13 percent and Saturday is up 18 percent, which are pretty good numbers in a retail market that’s best described as challenging,’ he said.

“‘At the New York Times it’s the hour of dour most of the day, so they’re a little leaden-footed in the way they dance around the boxing ring,’ Mr. Thomson continued.

“We wondered if Mr. Thomson was happy with Sarah Ellison‘s War at the Wall Street Journal, which came out in May to excellent reviews.

“Ms. Ellison thanked Mr. Thomson for ‘his wit’ in the acknowledgements.

“‘I’ve read bits and pieces,’ he said. ‘I think a book that has large chunks of reported, quoted speech —’ he paused. ‘It’s just not accurate.'”

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