How did the Wall Street Journal, led by Rupert Murdoch’s hand-picked Managing Editor Robert Thomson, follow up on the resignation of its publisher and the arrest of former top News Corp (NSDQ: NWS). exec Rebekah Brooks? With some standard news stories—and a flame-throwing editorial the Journal hopes will singe critics…

News Corp. (NSDQ: NWS) sent out a flurry of memos and statements in the wake of news that Les Hinton had resigned as CEO of Dow Jones and publisher of the Wall Street Journal. Below are Hinton’s resignation letter to old friend and boss Rupert Murdoch and memo to the…

The Wall Street Journal was a poster child for premium subscriptions long before Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp (NSDQ: NWS) bought out the Bancroft family.  But the digital landscape has changed dramatically since then. Murdoch, who floated massive trial balloons about free sites when online advertising was hot, instead is using…

Les Hinton and Robert Thomson don’t exactly finish each other’s sentences—they’re a tad too polite for that—but they could. When I joked about pairs for comparison, the two quickly shot back with Bill and Ben, the Flower Pot Men. (It’s a toss-up as to which is which of the string…

[by Andrew Clark] If you go by the numbers, a slim Australian with a sharp tongue and a penchant for ultra-skinny ties has become the most powerful newspaper editor in America. The Wall Street Journal has claimed top spot in circulation rankings and its boss seems intent on marshalling a…

The Robert Thomson quote machine was in full force during the obligatory Web 2.0 Summit look at the future of journalism. Federated Media’s John Battelle moderated the often chippy session featuring WSJ top editor Robert Thomson; Huffington Post CEO Eric Hippeau; New York Times digital head Martin Nisenholtz; and designated…

It seems like only yesterday that *News Corp*. Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch was talking about making WSJ.com free—and people were falling for it. But even before the deal to acquire Dow Jones (NYSE: NWS) closed in late 2007, Murdoch was leaving plenty of wiggle room for more, not fewer,…

Rupert Murdoch may set the tone but Robert Thomson has the way with words. Last week, the News Corp (NYSE: NWS) chairman and CEO spoke out against allowing Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and others “to steal all our copyrights.” Plain but emphatic. Thomson, editor-in-chief of Dow Jones and managing editor of…

With most big media companies retrenching around the world, Dow Jones (NYSE: NWS) has said it plans to expand. The latest evidence is a new Japanese-language site that is in the works for next year. No word from the company’s editor-in-chief Robert Thomson on whether it will be a Japanese…

At our second Future of Business Media conference, Robert Thomson, editor-in-chief of Dow Jones (NYSE: NWS) and managing editor of WSJ, was interviewed by our Staci D. Kramer—with an assist from attendees—about the changing landscape of journalism with regards to free vs. paid content (no pun intended), as well as…

Last year, around the time of our first Future of Business Media Conference, News Corp had just acquired Dow Jones (NYSE: NWS). Now, at the second annual event, Robert Thomson, the editor-in-chief of the Dow Jones & Company and the managing editor of The Wall Street Journal, provided an update…

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 the Journal and the new title of Dow Jones editor-in-chief. Thompson has been interim managing editor since Marcus Brauchli left…

It is official: The publisher of Wall Street Journal Gordon Crovitz (and a good friend of ours) will be leaving Dow Jones (NYSE: NWS) after the acquisition closes next week. Crovitz, before being appointed the publisher of WSJ, was president of the Electronic Publishing Group where he oversaw the launch…

Update 2: Yesterday it was media reports, today News Corp. (NYSE: NWS) has officially announced it: Les Hinton will become the CEO of Dow Jones, (NYSE: DJ) when News Corp. completes its $5.6 billion acquisition next week. The official announcement about Rich Zannino leaving came out earlier, but WSJ is…