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 Big Day 
 a Windfall 
 for Newspapers 

Huge demand for special editions

Jan 19, 09 4:02 AM CST
(Newser) - Newspapers expect a multi-million-dollar windfall in extra sales to people who want a keepsake of Inauguration Day, and publishers are gearing up to make the most of it, Bloomberg reports. The Washington Post is  jacking up its price to $2, and the New York Times, USA Today and other publications... More »

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newspaper • New York Times • Washington Post • Wall Street Journal • USA Today • Los Angeles Times • Chicago Tribune • souvenir • President Obama • Inauguration Day • newspaper industry • special editions

OPINION


 To Save the News,
 Look to iTunes 

Model proves people will pay for what could be free

Jan 12, 09 10:44 AM CST
(Newser) - People expect their news for free these days, but online advertising revenue isn’t enough to support major operations, David Carr writes in the New York Times. But there may be hope for the newspaper industry. A decade ago, people began getting their music illegally. Now, the convenience of iTunes... More »

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Steve Jobs • online advertising • Wall Street Journal • iTunes • subscribers • online newspapers • Consumer Reports • David Carr • newspaper industry

 Journal's Year in Pictures 

See the year again, for the first time

Dec 24, 08 8:55 PM CST
(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch always said he’d make the Wall Street Journal more visually interesting, and it doesn’t get much more visually interesting than the 2008 “Year in Photos” feature the paper began today. You can see many of the Journal’s selections, spanning global conflict, the financial... More »

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Wall Street Journal • photography • photograph • photojournalism • Best of 2008

 One Year On: 
 Murdoch Dances, 
 News Corp Mourns 

Purchase of Dow Jones came at worst possible time

Dec 16, 08 7:42 AM CST
(Newser) - Those hesitant Bancrofts who sold the Wall Street Journal to Rupert Murdoch last year have something to smile about this Christmas. Murdoch may be delighted with his new toy, but News Corp.'s share price has plunged 61%, farther than even perennial underperformer Time Warner. One year after its acquisition... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • Wall Street Journal • Dow Jones • American media • News Corp • newspaper industry

 Journal Poaches 
 Times' Ad Dollars 

Expansion of coverage under Murdoch has lured high-end retailers to WSJ

Nov 21, 08 5:45 PM CST
(Newser) - The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal are in an advertising war, and it appears the Journal is winning, Bloomberg reports. Notable accounts, particularly in the luxury market, are fleeing to the Times’ rival. “They’re definitely stealing advertising dollars,” one analyst said of the Journal,... More »

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newspaper • Rupert Murdoch • New York Times • advertising • Wall Street Journal • Bill Keller • print advertising • Robert Thomson • economic downturn

Paulson:
We're Doing
the Right Thing

Bush administration 'creatively working'
on financial crisis

Nov 17, 08 9:00 PM CST
(Newser) - On the eve of his testimony before Congress, beleaguered Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson used last night's speech to defend the administration's response to the nation's "unprecedented" financial crisis. Paulson said without the $700 billion Wall Street bailout, things would be even worse, ABC News reports. "It's hard to... More »

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Wall Street Journal • Henry Paulson • Treasury Department • Robert Rubin • economic stimulus package • Larry Summers • economy • Treasury secretary • financial crisis • Wall Street bailout

OPINION

Obama, McCain Take Fight
to Pages of Journal

Rivals sounds familiar themes with columns in conservative newspaper

Nov 3, 08 11:14 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama and John McCain are appearing together today on one battleground—the opinion pages of the conservative Wall Street Journal. Obama sticks almost exclusively with economics, mentioning the paper’s own reservations with McCain’s housing rescue plan. He’s also quick to remind readers in upper tax brackets... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Wall Street Journal • Warren Buffett • Election 2008 • economy

GLOSSIES

 Meet the Murdochs, 
 the Last News Dynasty 

6 children compete for affection and business, writes Wolff

Nov 3, 08 8:24 AM CST
(Newser) - In an age of MBA-holding executives and shareholder revolts, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. is that rarest thing: a business dynasty. The media mogul's six children, by three different wives, have conducted their power plays in public and private. But as Michael Wolff writes in Vanity Fair, while the elder... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • Wall Street Journal • Wendi Deng • James Murdoch • Lachlan Murdoch • News Corp • Michael Wolff

ANALYSIS

Even Times Crossword Puzzle Favors Obama

Dem's vowel-heavy name better as clue than McCain, paper says

Sep 25, 08 11:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain’s campaign chief looks to have been on to something when he accused the New York Times of being “in the tank” for Barack Obama; why else, David Levinson Wilk asks on Politico, would the paper’s crossword puzzle so thoroughly exclude John McCain? OBAMA has been... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Joe Biden • New York Times • Washington Post • Wall Street Journal • crossword puzzle • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin

OPINION

Time for the
Dow to Ditch Ailing AIG

Index should replace enfeebled AIG or GM
with Apple or Cisco

Sep 16, 08 3:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - The downsizing of American International Group should spur its ejection from the Dow Jones 30, Paul R. La Monica writes in CNNMoney. The company's inclusion in the index means its troubles will hurt the market even more than the tribulations of Lehman, Fannie and Freddie—its shedding of divisions will... More »

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insurance companies • Wall Street Journal • Dow Jones • Wells Fargo • AIG • American International Group • financial crisis

PRODUCT REVIEW

 Chrome Is 'Smart, Innovative'

Google's beta version hows promise, but
lacks key features, too

Sep 2, 08 7:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Google's innovative new browser Chrome could unseat Microsoft's Internet Explorer, but the beta version lacks some important features, Walter Mossberg writes in the Wall Street Journal. Chrome introduces the "Omnibox," a combination search box and address bar, as well as tabs that operate as self-contained browsers. However, its... More »

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Microsoft • Wall Street Journal • web browser • Internet Explorer • tech review • Google Chrome

'Rupert Murdoch Is Becoming
a Liberal'

Mogul held secret meeting with Obama to negotiate a truce: Wolff

Sep 2, 08 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch isn't what you've been told, Michael Wolff writes in Vanity Fair. He's not a destroyer of journalism—he is perhaps the last great lover of newspapers. And he’s actually turning liberal. Yes, he’s still a free-marketeer, but Murdoch has been seduced by his second wife’s... More »

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Barack Obama • newspaper • Rupert Murdoch • Wall Street Journal • Fox • Roger Ailes • News Corp • liberal

Laid-Back
Bush Enrages
Neocon Base

Sportsfan prez made even the French look sharp, Journal snipes

Aug 18, 08 9:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - The administration’s slow response to the Russia-Georgia conflict has conservatives fuming, with onetime true believers openly questioning President Bush's commitment to the foreign policy of the first 7 years of his term. And they're not keeping their dissatisfaction quiet, reports the Washington Post. The latest blast from a once-unexpected... More »

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Dick Cheney • Wall Street Journal • Condoleezza Rice • 2008 Beijing Olympics • conservative base • George W. Bush

 How to Spot Overpriced Wines 

Experts explain pricing and weigh in with ways to save

Aug 16, 08 10:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Why does a bottle of wine cost $100 at one restaurant and three times that at the bistro down the block? The Wall Street Journal asked wine experts to decipher vino pricing and offer tips for finding the best deals. The results: Expensive wines often mean better value, as... More »

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Wall Street Journal • wine • restaurant • deal • price • dining

PRODUCT REVIEW

 Retro Moped Slow, 
 But Efficient—and Cool 

Velosolex has old-fashioned charm ... and engine

Aug 5, 08 2:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Velosolex S4800 motorized bike sports plenty of retro charm—and technology. Its incredible gas mileage (150-200 mpg) makes as much sense today as in postwar Paris, but the two-stroke engine is also a weakness, Jonathan Welsh writes in the Wall Street Journal. The Velosolex generates 0.80 horsepower and... More »

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Wall Street Journal • auto technology • green transportation • tech review • moped • Velosolex

ANALYSIS

Cable Dominates News by Blowing Up Stories

But print reporters dig up the stories that play on TV

Aug 2, 08 7:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Twenty-four-hour cable networks set the news agenda by turning stories "from brushfire to raging conflagration," Paul Farhi writes in the American Journalism Review. Particularly during presidential campaigns, CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC pull stories from newspapers and web sites and make them hot by running them day and... More »

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New York Times • Washington Post • Wall Street Journal • MSNBC • news • journalism • Fox News • CNN • print journalism • television news • network news

Ex-Journal Editor Lands Atop Post

Ousted by Murdoch, Brauchli, 46, heading
to Washington

Jul 7, 08 3:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Washington Post has picked Marcus Brauchli, a former top editor at the Wall Street Journal, as its executive editor, sources tell the New York Times, with a formal announcement coming later today or tomorrow. The 46-year-old Brauchli replaces the outgoing Leonard Downie, 66, and represents a dramatic generational shift... More »

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newspaper • Washington Post • Wall Street Journal • editor • Marcus Brauchli

OPINION

Murdoch's Journal
 Wins Back a Fan 

Slate critic once thought Murdoch would kill storied paper

Jun 15, 08 8:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch's attempt to make the Wall Street Journal the "first read" for elites, rather than playing second to the New York Times on non-financial stories, looked like a recipe for disaster to Jack Shafer. It was likely to result in me-too coverage crowding out the Journal's signature reporting,... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • Wall Street Journal • journalism • Jack Shafer • enterprise reporting

Murdoch Names Thomson New Journal Editor

Publisher takes over spot left open after forced resignation

May 21, 08 4:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch has named Wall Street Journal publisher Robert J. Thomson as its top editor, reports the New York Times. Thomson, whom Murdoch made publisher just five months ago, was previously the top editor of Murdoch's Times of London. His appointment is expected to speed the pace of change at... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • Wall Street Journal • Dow Jones • News Corp • Marcus Brauchli • Robert Thomson

analysis

Journal Staff Uneasy as Murdoch Era Rolls On

Some worry paper will lose its business edge

May 9, 08 10:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tensions are running high in the Wall Street Journal’s newsroom, the New Republic reports, as staffers wonder just where this Murdoch thing is going. Managing editor Marcus Brauchli’s resignation still hangs heavy in the air. Murdoch pushed Brauchli to resign, and paid him millions to sign a non-disclosure... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • Wall Street Journal • Dow Jones • News Corp • Marcus Brauchli

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