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May 2008
- Cut the Charade: Let Rupert Have His Way With Journal
  
  newser | Slate | May 1, 08 11:32 AM CDT
  
  Let’s stop kidding ourselves, Jack Shafer writes in Slate: Rupert Murdoch is seizing control of the Wall Street Journal , and we might as well be done with the “Special Committee” that was supposed to protect editorial independence. The Bancroft family insisted on the creation of the board, which then proved itself "a set of high-paid flunkies" who sat on their hands as the paper’s top editor was forced out. More »
April 2008
- WSJ Oversight Panel Slams Editor's Ouster
  
  newser | Reuters | Apr 29, 08 5:53 PM CDT
  
  A committee formed to protect the editorial independence of the Wall Street Journal from Rupert Murdoch’s influence said today the solicited resignation of managing editor Macrus Brauchli violated an agreement with Murdoch's News Corporation, Reuters reports. The committee is supposed to review all high-level hirings and firings, but, as Brauchli opted to resign, it learned of his ouster only after the fact. More »

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