WSJ announces revised editorial leadership
Managing editor Robert Thomson announced a major phase of News Corp.’s makeover of The Wall Street Journal today, realigning three top editors into a “triumvirate” that will “expedite decision making and give increased authority and responsibility to reporters and bureau chiefs.”
The Journal, traditionally an editor’s newspaper, will also create a central news desk to enhance cooperation between its print, Web, and Dow Jones Newswires reporters, according to a Thomson memo to news staffers.
News Corp. chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch said at a conference last month that the number of editors working on the average Journal story (8.3) is “ridiculous.” Read more »
