is the new wall street jounal 'post' coming?

[alocispepraluger102]

http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/080422/wallstreetj...ditor.html?.v=9

[papsrus]

Short answer: Yes. It's inevitable.

[Christiern]

Yes, as any astute observer readily predicted. It will, however be a more subtle form of trash. Murdoch should never have been granted citizenship, IMO, it was obvious what a creep he is and what his motivations were. Then, of course, he works hand in hand with the D.C. decision makers. I know it sounds far fetched, but Murdoch may, in the long run, do more to destroy the United States than Bush and his crooks have.

My $2 (inflation, you know).

Edited April 23, 2008 by Christiern

[Jazzmoose]

I can't see Murdoch being stupid enough to ruin the stellar reputation of the news sections of the WSJ; what would be the point? As for the editorial page, how much worse could he make it?

[7/4]

The WSJ has a stellar reputation?

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[Jazzmoose]

For business news, yes indeed. Don't confuse the reporting side with the worm-under-a-rock editorial side. If Murdoch does, he's going to lose everything he put into the paper.

[BruceH]

Yes, as any astute observer readily predicted. It will, however not be quite a subtler form of trash. Murdoch should never have been granted citizenship, IMO, it was obvious what a creep he is and what his motivations were.

Indeed.

[papsrus]

Didn't Murdoch buy The Times of London years ago and very quickly turn it from a serious paper into a fun 'n' gun rag?

If there's more money to be made running Page 3 girls (or whatever they're called), he's guaranteed to do it. Look for all sorts of cross-promotions with his new Ken-and-Barbie business channel as well.

[BruceH]

The WSJ has a stellar reputation?

For business news, yes indeed. Don't confuse the reporting side with the worm-under-a-rock editorial side. If Murdoch does, he's going to lose everything he put into the paper.

For years I said that if you just ignore the editorial section the Wall Street Journal was one of the best newspapers in the country. With Murdoch at the helm I doubt it will remain so for very long.

[medjuck]

I'm waiting for the naked tits on page 3 of the WSJ. None of the articles about him seem to remember that that's how he boosted the circulation of The Sun in the UK.

[Guy Berger]

The WSJ has a stellar reputation?

For business news, yes indeed. Don't confuse the reporting side with the worm-under-a-rock editorial side. If Murdoch does, he's going to lose everything he put into the paper.

For years I said that if you just ignore the editorial section the Wall Street Journal was one of the best newspapers in the country. With Murdoch at the helm I doubt it will remain so for very long.

I think you could make a strong case that it is THE best -- the only real competition is the NYT.

I have little doubt that the WSJ's quality of journalism will deteriorate as Murdoch's influence increases. High quality journalism isn't his thing - he likes the "populist" style. The argument that he would not want to kill a cash cow is not convincing to me at all; if he became convinced that he could make more money by turning it into a comic book, he would do it.

At any rate, if it's not true already, it's almost a certainty that within a short time span the Financial Times will be the best English-language daily in the world.