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Some Serious Editorial Mishegas at the Wall Street Journal
WTF, WSJ? First, there’s Kali Hays’s piece in yesterday’s WWD (tip o’ the pixel to The Missus). WSJ Reorganization Continues as Editors Reapply for Positions The Wall Street Journal has been slowing moving forward with its restructuring. The Wall Street Journal is … Continue reading
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Tagged desk editors, Gerard Baker, Kali Hays, Lloyd Grove, Maxwell Tani, News Corp, The Daily Beast, The Missus, Wall Street Journal, WSJ 2020, WWD
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The Wall Street Journal Is a Shell of Its Former Self
It’s just sad what’s become of the Wall Street Journal. Last month the Journal started slashing staff and sections, as this Fortune piece noted. Wall Street Journal Begins Layoffs, Cuts Sections Shakeup comes amid cost cutting push. News Corp’s The … Continue reading
Ask Dr. Ads: What’s Up With The News Corpse – Er, News Corp – Ad?
Well the Doc opened the old mailbag today and here’s what poured out. Dear Dr. Ads, Rupert Murdoch has just split his News Corp empire in two: 21st Century Fox, the entertainment division, and the new News Corp print/publishing division. … Continue reading
Boston Globe Herald Hostage, Day Three (Volume Two)
The print edition of The Schadenfreude Gazette has arrived at the Global Worldwide Headquarters of Two-Daily Town, so here’s a better look at today’s offerings: The hardreading staff previously noted the feature story. A taste of the others . . . Read … Continue reading
Boston Globe Herald Hostage, Day Two
The Schadenfreude Gazette is at it again today: Obligatory two-page spread: Helpful chart . . . Read the rest at It’s Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town.
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, Jerry Holbrt, Jessica Heslam, Kevin Cullen, Mark Jurkowitz, New York Times Co, News Corp, Project for Excellence in Journalism, reptilian Michael Wolff, Rupert Murdoch, The Schadenfreude Gazette
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NYT Convicts BBC Host Jimmy Savile Of ‘Serial Child Molesting’
From Tuesday’s New York Times Business section: Clouds Lifting Over Murdoch, He’s Out to Buy Again News Corporation is starting to look like its old self again. The media conglomerate, which had been on its heels for more than a year … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, hacking scandal, Mark Thompson, New York Times, News Corp, Rupert Murdoch
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WSJ Drops News Corp. Disclosure
At least for this Tuesday report: News Corp. Loses Contract New York Changes Mind on Education-Tracking Tool, Citing Hacking Scandal New York State’s comptroller rejected a $27 million contract between the New York State Education Department and News Corp.‘s education subsidiary, … Continue reading
Noise Of The World: Prime Minister’s Questions
One of the most excellent sidebars to the Rupert-Murdoch-Goes-Chernobyl saga has been the weekly Prime Minister’s Questions donnybrook in the British House of Commons, which C-Span has blessedly broadcast lo these many years. Especially lively – yesterday’s proceedings: PM David … Continue reading
FCC Decision Only Comcastic For Comcast
The Federal Communications Commission voted 4-1 on Tuesday to approve the merger of broadband Internet/cable service provider Comcast and NBC Universal, which owns 234 local TV stations, the NBC network, Universal movie studio, Universal theme parks, Telemundo, and cable nets MSNBC, … Continue reading
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Tagged Comcast, Disney, FCC, Huffington Post, NBC Universal, News Corp, Time Warner, Wall Street Journal
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