Dow Jones business journalists approve new contract
Business reporters at Dow Jones & Co. properties such as The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and Marketwatch have approved a new contract negotiated with the union. Here is the text of the e-mail sent to members: The IAPE Election Committee has been informed by TrueBallot Inc. that a majority of eligible voters have voted to […]
Murdoch gets comfortable at the WSJ
Joshua Chaffin and Aline van Duyn of The Financial Times write for Monday’s paper that News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch is getting comfortable at The Wall Street Journal even though he doesn’t close on his acquisition of parent company Dow Jones & Co. until December. Chaffin and van Duyn wrote, “The television in the lobby, […]
Debt made him leave the Wall Street Journal
Dave Kansas writes on the FiLife personal finance web site about how he left The Wall Street Journal to go to TheStreet.com back in 1996 to make good on a promise — to pay off his college debt by the time he was 30. Kansas, who returned to the Journal but is now running the […]
Dow Jones journalists will start voting Thursday
Business journalists who work for Dow Jones & Co. properties such as The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and Marketwatch will vote whether to ratify a new contract with the company beginning Thursday, according to an e-mail sent to reporters and editors obtained by Talking Biz News. The journalists — eligible members of the Independent Association […]
FCC commissioner expresses concern about Dow Jones deal
Corey Boles of The Wall Street Journal writes Friday that Federal Communications Commissioner Michael Copps has expressed concern about the pending acquisition of Dow Jones & Co., the paent of The Journal, Barron’s and Marketwatch, by News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch. Boles wrote, “He expressed concerns over the impact on diversity in both the New York […]
Bloomberg editor: Murdoch's purchase of WSJ is a good for competition
Matthew Winkler, the editor in chief of Bloomberg News, said that News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch‘s acquisition of The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and Marketwatch will be good as long as he can enrich the financial news properties he is buying, writes Peter Alford of The Australian. Alford wrote, “Mr Winkler is in charge of Bloomberg […]
WSJ prepares for Murdoch
Michael Calderone of The New York Observer writes Wednesday about how changes at The Wall Street Journal reflect how the paper is preparing for life under ownership by News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch. Calderone wrote, “Mr. Murdoch has also begun to engage with the editorial side of the daily paper. It was widely noted when, […]
Not clear why WSJ.com should become free site
Fortune’s Richard Siklos writes Monday that it’s unclear why The Wall Street Journal would want to make its Web site free despite what new owner News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch has intimated. Siklos wrote, “For one thing, more of the site than you might think is already free to the public (and if you visit […]
WSJ names new tech/media coverage bureau chief in New York
The Wall Street Journal merged its tech industry coverage with its media and marketing team coverage and named Rich Turner as the head of the new combined operations, according to a memo Monday from managing editor Marcus Brauchli and deputy managing editor Bill Grueskin. Brauchli and Grueskin wrote, “When Almar Latour left as chief of the […]
Dow Jones deal even sweeter for the Bancrofts
Fortune’s Allan Sloan writes that the deal to sell Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, to News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch is even sweeter for the Bancroft family than originally thought because of overlooked provisions of the deal. Sloan wrote, “I’m interested in one little-noticed detail – the way selected […]
