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WSJ.com Redesign and Relaunch Coming on Sep 16; May Start Charging Lot More For Tiers - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 04 Sep 2008 12:08 AM PST

The Wall Street Journal, which is basking in the glory of launching its luxury magazine supplement WSJ, also slipped in a reference to the relaunch of its real WSJ., meaning…

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Dow Jones’ Scarce Numbers; WSJ.com’s Subs Pass 1.1 MIllion; Integration With Other Brands - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 05 Aug 2008 09:55 PM PST

Now that Dow Jones (NYSE: NWS) is one small part of the News Corp empire, its reported numbers are also, well, tiny. In News Corp’s Q208 earnings today, little mention…

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A Year After: Dow Jones Under Murdoch: Enterprise’s the Bright Spot; WSJ Americas-Fox International - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 03 Aug 2008 10:57 PM PST

It has been a year since Rupert Murdoch’s Dow Jones chase started, and DJ’s integration within the News Corp machinery continues. Variety does an in-depth on a year after, and…

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Moving Towards Each Other: More on NYT vs WSJ - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 20 Jul 2008 12:20 PM PST

Yesterday we mentioned about the war of words between NYT’s digital side and WSJ.com....now today some more interesting new projects scheduled to go live at NYTimes.com this fall, as mentioned…

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NYTimes.com’s Oblique War of Words With WSJ.com - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sat 19 Jul 2008 06:35 PM PST

If Murdoch can publicly talk about his intentions to topple New York Times (NYSE: NYT) in a few months, the NYT’s digital brass can also fire back, if only in…

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WSJ Laying Off 50 Staffers Amid Editorial Reorg; Plans To Add 95 Reporters In Coming Months - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 16 Jul 2008 12:44 PM PST

WSJ is cutting 50 editorial positions as it moves to reform editing functions across print, online and mobile, according to a staff memo written by Robert Thomson, the News Corp…

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Newspaper Roundup: WSJ-Gannett; NY Post-Daily News; Journal Register - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 15 Jul 2008 07:43 PM PST

-- WSJ/Gannett: Just several months ago, hopes were dashed that the WSJ.com’s paywall was going to come down. And a year ago, WSJ raised its newsstand price from $1 to…

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Update: So It Begins: Walt Mossberg Jumps To Fox Business From CNBC - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 08 Jul 2008 01:25 PM PST

Rupert Murdoch’s WSJ remains locked in a deal with CNBC which prevents its reporters from going exclusive to News Corp (NYSE: NWS). cousin Fox Business News. But evidently they’ve found…

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It’s Official: Former WSJ Managing Editor Marcus Brauchli Will Be Next WaPo Executive Editor - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 07 Jul 2008 01:29 PM PST

Enough trial balloons were floated for this not to be a surprise and yet the reality still has some bite: Marcus Brauchli, who left his post at managing editor of…

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Holiday Catchup Wire: Terra Olympics; Strike TV; Netflix Box; BigDownload; PwnorDie - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 06 Jul 2008 05:15 PM PST

Back after holidays, and some links that cropped up during the last week: -- Terra gets Olympic Internet rights: For Latin America, that is. It has been awarded Internet and…

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Industry Moves: Meredith; Dow Jones; NYT; Dailymotion; Invision - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Tue 24 Jun 2008 01:37 PM PST

-- *Meredith* Corp.: Meredith (NYSE: MDP) has named Tom Harty chief revenue officer for the publishing group, according to AP. Formerly a magazine publishing exec, he will continue to oversee…

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DisContent: DJ’s M&A Team in China; HuffPo’s Real Valuation - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 22 Jun 2008 11:14 AM PST

Some rumor busting and rumor testing: -- Dow Jones’ (NYSE: NWS) M&A team was in China last week, our sources says. What were they doing? Some sources say they were…

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Murdoch: Digital Could Make Up 75 Percent Of Dow Jones Revs - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 19 Jun 2008 12:59 PM PST

Dow Jones gets about half of its revenues from its digital operations right now, and within a few short years, News Corp (NYSE: NWS). CEO Rupert Murdoch expects his subsidiary…

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WSJ Makes More Editorial Leadership Changes; Creates Central News Desk - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 19 Jun 2008 09:59 AM PST

News Corp (NYSE: NWS). is continuing to remake the editorial and business leadership of the Wall Street Journal, and has now internally announced a few major editorial changes. Below is…

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FiLife Has A Half-Life, At Least; WSJ-IAC JV Site Launches - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 10 Jun 2008 11:22 PM PST

FiLife, the personal finance site which is a joint venture between IAC (NSDQ: IACI) and now-News-Corp-owned WSJ, has been in birthing stages for the longest time, and went almost dead…

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Paul Steiger’s ProPublica Opens For (Non-Profit) Business - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 10 Jun 2008 01:19 PM PST

While his former colleagues at the Wall Street Journal deal with the reverb from News Corp’s (NYSE: NWS) acquisition of Dow Jones, long-time WSJ managing editor Paul Steiger has been…

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WSJ To Sever Ties With Breakingviews; Selling Its Minority Stake? - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 06 Jun 2008 08:26 PM PST

The Wall Street Journal, now part of News Corp (NYSE: NWS). is going to stop carrying the long running Breakingviews daily opinion columns in its paper, reports Guardian. WSJ Europe…

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Industry Moves: WSJ Deputy Managing Editor Bill Grueskin Leaving For Academia - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 04 Jun 2008 09:10 AM PST

Another WSJ departure… Bill Grueskin, Deputy Managing Editor of the paper, is stepping down to take the position of Dean of Academic Affairs at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.…

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Floodgates Opening: Google, CNBC, WSJ To Get Real-Time Quotes From NASDAQ - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 02 Jun 2008 05:46 AM PST

The days of the 15-minute delay for stock quotes appear to be numbered. Last week Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) announced that Yahoo Finance would provide real-time stock quotes courtesy of the…

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@ D6: Murdoch On WSJ: We Can Charge A Lot More; Looked At Bebo For $100M - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 28 May 2008 08:43 PM PST

Updated with video clips below courtesy of AllThingsD Rupert Murdoch, the new owner of D conference, and Dow Jones (NYSE: NWS), is speaking in the last keynote of the day…

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@ D6: Les Hinton: We Stand For Journalism - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 27 May 2008 06:28 PM PST

In the middle of apprehensions about the major editorial changes at Wall Street Journal, some reassurance from Les Hinton, the new-ish CEO Dow Jones (NYSE: NWS), at the opening of…

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Updated: Wall Street Journal To Drop, Well, Wall Street - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 22 May 2008 08:30 PM PST

Updated: The full memo, below. The Wall Street Journal is making the anticipated move from Wall Street/Financial Center, to midtown. About six months after being bought by News Corp (NYSE:…

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Thomson Named DJ Editor-In-Chief, WSJ Managing Editor; DJ Head Hinton Adds Publisher Title - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 20 May 2008 03:37 PM PST

The Murdochization of the Wall Street Journal is complete: publisher Robert Thomson is ceding that role to Dow Jones CEO Les Hinton and switching roles officially to managing editor of…

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Industry Moves: WSJ; The Knot; Westwood One; Live Gamer - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Tue 13 May 2008 09:25 AM PST

-- The Wall Street Journal Digital: Sarabjit “Ruby” Walia has been named the network’s CTO, effective immediately. Walia will be responsible for directing all aspects of technology, ensuring functionality of…

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Updated: Murdoch Comes Out Swinging On DJ; Defends Deal; Not Giving Up On Newsday - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 07 May 2008 01:45 PM PST

Rupert Murdoch is intent on changing the Street’s image of News Corp’s (NYSE: NWS) investment in Dow Jones and he’s using today’s earnings call to make the case that the…

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