Comments on: Murdoch’s Journal: Markets rule, indeed

By: Kevin Childs

Kevin Childs — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 23:49:34 +0000

Those with long memories remember Murdoch’s words to the editor of his then newly acquired tabloid, the Sun News-Picotiral, in Melbourne, regarding an editoiral suggestion: “I’m not asking you, I’m telling you.” Have a glance at his appalling racist Sydney rag, the Telegraph or his somnolent sheets in one-paper towns such as Brisbane, Adelaide, Townsville and Hobart and you would weep for those whose only paper comes from his stable

By: Scott Rosenberg’s Wordyard » Blog Archive » Chernin, News Corp., and the Journal

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:54:56 +0000

[...] the paper’s quality decline, but then again, as I’ve said, it’s only fitting that market forces should be threatening this champion of free markets.) Pushing this analogy to an extreme would cast NewsCorp president Peter Chernin, who spoke here [...]

By: apotheon

apotheon — Thu, 03 May 2007 07:17:52 +0000

“The question is, how quickly can we find new ways to make sure that, whatever happens to the Wall Street Journal itself, someone somewhere is still able to provide Wall Street Journal-style coverage?”: Oh, that’s easy. Go get yourself involved at Wikinews, and make sure we have something good to replace the Wall Street Journal’s front page.

By: Elwyn Jenkins

Elwyn Jenkins — Wed, 02 May 2007 09:34:44 +0000

Good on the Aussie battler who made it big onto the World Stage. There are another 22 million of us who are all trying our best to bust out of Australia.

By: Rupert goes for the brass ring » mathewingram.com/work

Rupert goes for the brass ring » mathewingram.com/work — Wed, 02 May 2007 01:11:48 +0000

[...] co-founder Scott Rosenberg has some thoughts on the deal that are well worth reading — and notes the irony that the WSJ, the bastion of [...]

By: Rupert goes for the brass ring » mathewingram.com/media

Rupert goes for the brass ring » mathewingram.com/media — Tue, 01 May 2007 21:31:00 +0000

[...] co-founder Scott Rosenberg has some thoughts on the deal that are well worth reading — and notes the irony that the WSJ, the bastion of [...]

By: Carlos

Carlos — Tue, 01 May 2007 21:30:23 +0000

How quickly? Well, instantly. Both the Financial Times and the Economist are at least as highly regarded as the WSJ and neither suffers the level of looniness seen on the Journal’s editorial page.

This could be a good thing if it started American readers down the path toward global reading. News sources from other parts of the world aren’t necessarily better than American sources, but the shift in perspective can often reveal the unspoken assumptions and/or limitations in the American news media. Another good example is Haaretz, which feels free to be critical of Israeli policy in a way that no American news organization is comfortable emulating. Because Haaretz isn’t constrained in the same way as the American media, their coverage can often give a very different picture of the world than you could get from any American news outlet.

By: Paul Guinnessy

Paul Guinnessy — Tue, 01 May 2007 19:44:37 +0000

You just have to look at the London Times (owned by Murdoch) to see how WSJ could be turned into a shell of its former self.