In NYT vs WSJ, Murdoch As Shark, A Broadway Dance-Off
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You may have seen these amusing 3D news illustrations from the Far-East lately, like this one depicting Google’s Larry and Sergei as interga… Read more »
Gordon McLeod Resigns As President, WSJ Digital
Gordon McLeod is leaving Dow Jones (NSDQ: NWS) effective October 1. The president of the Wall Street Journal Digital network announced his r… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 07.29.10
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» The new Kindle is lighter, cheaper, faster than ever — but will it kill the iPad? [paidContent]
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Can Rupert Murdoch Remain King Of Content?
By Charles Arthur: Content is king, as we so often hear. The problem is, the internet is a republic; which means that the most exalted conte… Read more »
Updated: Read This Dow Jones Reply To A Licensing Request — And Weep
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We’ve been running a two-part interview with Dow Jones (NSDQ: NWS) top business and editorial execs, Les Hinton and Robert Thomson, includin… Read more »
Interview: Part 2: Dow Jones’ Les Hinton & Robert Thomson On WSJ Digital
The Wall Street Journal was a poster child for premium subscriptions long before Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp (NSDQ: NWS) bought out the Bancr… Read more »
Interview: Part 1: Dow Jones’ Not-So-Odd Couple Les Hinton & Robert Thomson
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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 jok… Read more »
WSJ To NYT On Slogan Steal Accusation: Are You Serious?
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The WSJ has responded to the NYT’s cease and desist order regarding the Dow Jones’ paper’s use of a tagline the NYT says is rightfully their… Read more »
NYT Accuses WSJ Of Ripping Off Its Ad Slogan
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The NYT is ordering Dow Jones (NYSE: NWS) to “cease and desist” using the slogan “Not Just Wall Street. Every Street” in its advertisements… Read more »
iPad News Figs: UK’s Times Sold 5,000, FT Shifted 130,000, WSJ 10,000 Subs
The Times’ iPad edition, which went on sale along with the tablet’s UK debut Friday morning, sold 5,000 copies in three days, News Corp.’s C… Read more »
MySpace Pulls The Plug On Social Media Incubator Slingshot Labs
MySpace is finally winding down News Corp (NYSE: NWS). social media incubator Slingshot Labs after a slow death. Valleywag, which broke the… Read more »
Springer Dumps WallStreet:Online Business News Sites
German media conglomerate Axel Springer is selling off its 75 percent stakes in business news site WallStreet:Online and stock broker WallSt… Read more »
Murdoch: WSJ iPad App Has 64,000 Active Users — And We Keep The Money
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It’s not even a rounding error but one of the numbers Rupert Murdoch seemed to really enjoy tossing out during the News Corp earnings call:… Read more »
Newspaper Fas-Fax: E-Edition Circulation Up 40 Percent
Buried inside today’s not-as-bad-as-feared newspaper circulation FAS-FAX (newspaper circ was only down 8.75 percent daily), some data on wha… Read more »
About That NYT Strategy Towards WSJ’s NY Launch …
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During the Q1 earnings call last week, New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) Janet Robinson was grilled on the company’s plans to deal with the muc… Read more »
Targeted Advertising: WSJ Courting FT Readers For iPad Switch
Now this is what I call targeted advertising. The Wall Street Journal is so keen on its new iPad app, it’s advertising it to online readers… Read more »
WSJ.com Expands Premium Service Aimed At Professionals To Consumers
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Rupert Murdoch has already made it quite clear that he believes in paywalls. Today’s launch of WSJ.com’s “professional edition” for $49 a mo… Read more »
WSJ Puts High Price On iPad App Subs
The app announcements have been rolling out all morning in anticipation of tomorrow’s iPad release. Among the initial iPad apps now in Apple… Read more »
Updated: WSJ Attempts To Ignite Subscription Price War With NYT – Or Does It?
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Update: While the WSJ is certainly trying to drive a wedge between the NYT and its readers and advertisers, it looks like the Dow Jones-owne… Read more »
NYT Marketing Campaign Aims To Blunt WSJ’s Metro, Luxury Ad Effort
The WSJ’s New York metro edition is debuting in about two weeks and with it, a stepped up effort to challenge the NYT’s tight hold on area r… Read more »
Video @ paidContent 2010: Thomson Reuters’ Wenig: Why M&A May Bounce Back By Year-End
Reuters (NYSE: TRI) makes most of its money in B2B, but the company is also trying to prove that it can also build revenues on the consumer… Read more »
Murdoch On WSJ’s NYC Edition: ‘Ready To Give NY Post Some Competition’ — And One Unnamed Paper Too
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In a speech before the Real Estate Board of New York, Rupert Murdoch finally acknowledged that WSJ will launch its special New York metro ed… Read more »
New York Newspaper War: WSJ Making Moves To Break NYT’s Hold On Big Retailers
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The WSJ has been targeting the NYT’s luxury retail advertisers for over a year, but with the expected debut of the News Corp-owned paper’s N… Read more »
Dow Jones Reboots Financial News, Retains As Standalone Site
While Murdoch’s footsoldiers rush to charge for consumer news like WSJ.com does for biz content, and while WSJ.com itself continues its Euro… Read more »
News Corp. Returns To Profit; Newspapers/Info Segment Rose Nearly 30 Percent
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News Corp earnings were up across the board, as the company swung to a profit of $254 million ($0.10) in Q4, reversing $6.4 billion loss. Th… Read more »
Brauchli Got $6.4 Million For One-Year WSJ Stint
Current Washington Post editor Marcus Brauchli exited his one-year stint as managing editor of the WSJ with $6.4 million, Politico says, cit… Read more »
WSJ Adds Travel Booking Services To Its Wine Business
With advertising still struggling, the WSJ is expanding its commerce offerings by getting into travel services. The site, WSJ Travel, will s… Read more »
Dow Jones Reorg Continues; McLeod Keeps Digital; Memo
Less than a month after the surprise announcement that Todd Larsen had been promoted to president of Dow Jones and Clare Hart was out, Larse… Read more »
Print Roundup: WSJ Europe Goes Mobile; Evening Standard’s Homes & Property
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Two more digital moves from printed newspapers today, one in mobile for the Wall Street Journal and one online for The Evening Standard:
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Larsen Moves Up In DJ Reorg Combining Enterprise, Consumer; Hart Is Out; Hinton Explains In Memo
A new year and a new org chart for Dow Jones (NYSE: NWS) & Company: Clare Hart, president of the Enterprise Media Group and an EVP, is leavi… Read more »
WSJ, MarketWatch and NY Post Subscriptions Coming To Sony E-Reader
Sony (NYSE: SNE) has struck a deal with News Corp (NYSE: NWS). that gives the electronics company the opportunity to sell subscriptions to t… Read more »
Delaney Promoted To WSJ ‘Digital Czar’ (aka Managing Editor, WSJ Online)
More change in the Wall Street Journal edit ranks, this time spurred by the defection of Nik Deogun to CNBC. Rebecca Blumenstein, who had be… Read more »
In WSJ Op-Ed, Rupe Offers His Two Cents On Free News
You could almost hear Rupert Murdoch choking on his Corn Flakes last week, when reading – in his own paper, the WSJ – Eric Schmidt’s defensi… Read more »
Thomson: Up To 290 WSJ Reporters Would Be Jobless If Site Had Gone Free
WSJ Managing Editor Robert Thomson is known for his one-line zingers. He famously told Google (NSDQ: GOOG) VP Marissa Mayer earlier this fal… Read more »
DJ’s Hinton: WSJ Has 30,000 Kindle Subs
Roughly 30,000 users subscribe the Wall Street Journal Kindle Edition, *Dow Jones* head Les Hinton told the Paley Center conference Rafat is… Read more »
Video: Murdoch Making News Invisible To Search Engines? Not So Fast
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Rupert Murdoch was in Sydney for the latest News Corp earnings call but that wasn’t the only talking he did down under. The News Corp (NYSE:… Read more »
A Peek At The Wall Street Journal’s New Bay Area Edition
The Wall Street Journal’s Bay Area Edition debuted today. Not in the neighborhood? We asked the News Corp (NYSE: NWS) premium case study for… Read more »
Murdoch’s Attack Dog Snarls At the ‘Parasites’
[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 p… Read more »
WSJ Closes Boston Bureau; Memo From Thomson
The Wall Street Journal is closing its Boston bureau, leaving in place an “investigative function.”
Dow Jones (NYSE: NWS) will keep its New… Read more »
Wall Street Journal Continues European Push With Paper, Online Revamp
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News Corp.’s Wall Street Journal is further setting its European edition apart from its US counterpart by adding features to the London-base… Read more »
