Posts Tagged ‘WSJ’

New M.E. for WSJ

May 21st, 2008

Robert Thomson will be stepping up to fill the void left by Marcus Brauchli last month.  Rupert Murdoch named Thomson as managing editor of the WSJ and editor in chief of Dow Jones.  Before this promotion, Thomson had been publisher of Dow Jones and had been editor of News Corp.’s The Times of London since [...]

Surprise! WSJ.com to Retain Paid-Content Model

January 24th, 2008

Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, today, News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch quashed speculation he had raised in the fall that the Wall Street Journal would make all online content available at no cost.  In fact, he said, that “the really special things” would probably be more expensive.  (This bit of news, [...]