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NYT Readers Brain Dead: WSJ Editor

USA Today also slammed—maybe

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 30, 2009 7:50 AM CDT
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(Newser) – Media-to-media relations are starting to resemble reality shows, writes Ryan Tate in Gawker—maybe this will up readership. In a staff memo about circulation growth, the Wall Street Journal managing editor slammed the New York Times, writing “there are two measures of mortality, brain death and the day the NYT subscription ceases—the latter may well be long after the former." 

He also poked at “certain newspapers [that] carpet the floors of lesser hotels with unread copies”—perhaps a dig at USA Today? Tate breaks down the WSJ's interpretation of the memo's chart—which shows its circulation up and everybody else's down: "It's supposed to prove the Journal caters to the sort of active, engaged readers who pick up the paper on the newsstand. USA Today and the Times, meanwhile, are for the non-sentient."

Ken Weiss reads the Wall Street Journal Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2007 in New York's Penn Station.
Ken Weiss reads the Wall Street Journal Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2007 in New York's Penn Station.   (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
A news stand displays the Wall Street Journal in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles Tuesday, April, 17, 2007.
A news stand displays the Wall Street Journal in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles Tuesday, April, 17, 2007.   (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
The Wall Street Journal is shown on a New York newsstand on Tuesday, May 1, 2007.
The Wall Street Journal is shown on a New York newsstand on Tuesday, May 1, 2007.   (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
People leave The New York Times headquarters Monday, April 20, 2009 in New York.
People leave The New York Times headquarters Monday, April 20, 2009 in New York.   (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
In this June 5, 2008 file photo, the New York Times building is shown in New York.
In this June 5, 2008 file photo, the New York Times building is shown in New York.   (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
The front page of Monday's edition of The New York Times, containing an advertisement for CBS television, is shown Jan. 5, 2009.
The front page of Monday's edition of The New York Times, containing an advertisement for CBS television, is shown Jan. 5, 2009.   (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
A man reads a spoof copy of the New York Times with the headline that the Iraq war has ended in New York, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008.
A man reads a spoof copy of the New York Times with the headline that the Iraq war has ended in New York, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008.   (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Risa Turken reads The New York Times with an article about the London terror attacks while riding the subway during the morning rush hour July 8, 2005 in New York City.
Risa Turken reads The New York Times with an article about the London terror attacks while riding the subway during the morning rush hour July 8, 2005 in New York City.   (Getty Images)
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Newser001
Apr 30, 2009 3:56 AM CDT
WSJ caters to its own... And that's how we got here.
Robert_Dada
Apr 30, 2009 1:12 AM CDT
Yet another reason why I hate the WSJ - along with conservative bias, we get childish arrogance. No wonder a lot of republicans read it.

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