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Today's Fresh Blogs...| In Brief: "U.S. executives have been able to secure ... |
| Published: July 27, 2007, 9:40 am |
| Tags: I Hope You Re Sitting Down, No Shit, Wall Street |
| "U.S. executives have been able to secure more favourable research ratings for their companies from investment banks by bestowing professional favours on Wall Street analysts, according to new... |
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| In Brief: We hear that Rebecca Dana, who left the TV ... |
| Published: July 27, 2007, 9:32 am |
| Tags: Changing Jobs Is Like Changing Skinny Jeans, New York Observer, New York Times, Rebecca Dana, Wall Street Journal |
| We hear that Rebecca Dana, who left the TV beat at the New York Observer to go to the New York Times but was shanked on her way in the door, has taken Brooks Barnes's old job—or an iteration of... |
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| The Hills Have Crabs: The 'Wall Street Journal': Already Ruined! |
| Published: July 27, 2007, 10:30 am |
| Tags: Abominable Hedcuts, Paris Hilton, The Hills Have Crabs, Wall Street Journal |
| From today's WSJ: "Paris Hilton wants more privacy. The celebrity socialite has put her Los Angeles home on the market for $4.25 million. Arguably one of the most closely watched people in the world,... |
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| Dow Jones Deal: All Over But the Shoutin'... |
| Published: July 31, 2007, 12:52 pm |
| Tags: It Just Happened, Bancroft Family, Dow Jones, News Corp, Rupert Murdoch, The Wall Street Journal |
| …and the payoffs to the Bancrofts' lawyers and bankers, and the inevitable fury of Christopher Bancroft, and the mass defection of Journal staffers to the FT and the Times and, as at least the folks at CJR would have you think, the topless chicks on the front of "Money & Investing": But, yeah, it's basically over. Bancroft Family Accepts |
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| Today's Bancroft-o-Meter: Rupe's Gonna Make It After All? |
| Published: July 31, 2007, 10:19 am |
| Tags: In Other News, Bancroft Family, Dow Jones, News Corp, Rupert Murdoch, The Wall Street Journal |
| Photo: NYTimes.comIt's a funny thing. When any of us has a deadline, we have to obey it. Work has to be in when work has to be in. Taxes must be postmarked by April 15. The 5:09 for Montauk leaves at, God willing, 5:09. But apparently if you're an already-rich family try to cash out on your newspaper company — or, for that matter, if you're |
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| Today's Bancroft-o-Meter: Busted! |
| Published: July 30, 2007, 5:34 pm |
| Tags: In Other News, Bancroft Family, Dow Jones, News Corp, Newspapers, Rupert Murdoch, The Wall Street Journal |
| and the publisher of The Wall Street Journal, to Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. So what's going happen? The short answer: No one knows. The Denver trusts are still holding out for more money, and now some of the Boston lawyers who act as trustees might feel that way, too. Rupert says he won't offer more. Jane Cox MacElree, a family |
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| The End Of The End: 'WSJ': Rupert Murdoch Will Buy 'WSJ' |
| Published: July 31, 2007, 12:19 pm |
| Tags: Dow Jones, Finita La Commedia, News Corp, Rupert Murdoch, The End Of The End, Top, Wall Street Journal |
| And we're done. From the Wall Street Journal:Bancroft family members owning 32% of Dow Jones & Co.'s overall votes have agreed to support News Corp.'s $5 billion bid for Dow Jones, the publisher of... |
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| Murdoch Comes Out On Top |
| Published: July 31, 2007, 2:56 pm |
| Tags: Featured Top Post, News, Features, Bancroft Family, Dow Jones, Knight Ridder, News Corp, Rupert Murdoch, The Tribune, Wall Street Journal |
| Company, publisher of The Wall Street Journal, for $5 billion. Trusts and family members that represent about 32% of the shareholder vote were reported to have shown their support of the offer, although details are still being ironed out. Murdoch has spent his career building a global media empire called News Corporation that has a net worth |
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| Everyone Hates Rupert Murdoch: New Murdoch Employees: "NOOOOOO" |
| Published: August 1, 2007, 9:40 am |
| Tags: Dow Jones, Everyone Hates Rupert Murdoch, Explications, I Can T Believe Balk S On Jury Duty Today, Rupert Murdoch, Top, Wall Street Journal |
| Today, there's a great spasm of coverage of Dow Jones agreeing to Rupert Murdoch's purchase of the company. But what are the people really saying? Here's something fairly typical of the reaction in... |
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| Memos: 'WSJ' Managing Editor Marcus Brauchli Tells His Staff Not To Panic |
| Published: August 1, 2007, 9:20 am |
| Tags: Dow Jones, Marcus Brauchli, Memos, Rupert Murdoch, Takeovers, Wall Street Journal |
| This morning, Wall Street Journal managing editor Marcus Brauchli sent out an internal memo to his troops, basically cautioning them not to rush to judgment and assuring them that Rupert Murdoch's... |
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| The Dow Jones Deal, Summarized |
| Published: August 1, 2007, 12:08 pm |
| Tags: In Other News, Dow Jones, Jim Romenesko, News Corp, Rupert Murdoch, The Wall Street Journal |
| So what does Rupert Murdoch’s successful purchase of Dow Jones mean for the company, the Journal, the country, the world, you? Let’s (metaphorically) ask Jim Romenesko, the ultimate summarizer of such matters. According to Jim, “explaining how Murdoch ended up winning DJ is simple,” but the “WSJ will lose prestige |
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| Signed, Sealed, & Delivered |
| Published: August 1, 2007, 10:50 am |
| Tags: The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones, Rupert Murdoch, News Corporation, Rachel Maddow |
| Company, publisher of The Wall Street Journal, making him the single most powerful media mogul in the world. "It’s sad," said a veteran reporter at one of the domestic bureaus, who did not want to be named because of concerns over his career. "We held a wake. We stood around a pile of Journals and drank whiskey." Not a bad idea. |
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| Memos: Dow Jones CEO Rich Zannino Sees The Dollar Signs |
| Published: August 1, 2007, 10:20 am |
| Tags: Dow Jones, Memos, Rich Zannino, Wall Street Journal, Whatever Becky |
| Hot on the heels of Marcus Brauchli's unreassuringly reassuring email to the Wall Street Journal staff is Dow Jones CEO Rich Zannino's even less reassuring email. It's full of platitudes like "The... |
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| In Brief: Former Dow Jones board member James Ottaway ... |
| Published: August 1, 2007, 10:13 am |
| Tags: Blaming The Jew Lawyers, Dow Jones, James Ottaway Jr, Race Baiting, Wall Street Journal |
| Former Dow Jones board member James Ottaway Jr., on the Murdoch takeover: "At this global information age, it is outrageous that anyone should have to pay an estimated $30 million to outside... |
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| Fly On The Wall: Dow Jones Bigs Call A Meeting: "Murdoch Will Not Meddle" |
| Published: August 1, 2007, 2:01 pm |
| Tags: Dow Jones, Fly On The Wall, Meetings, Top, Wall Street Journal |
| At 11:15 this morning, Wall Street Journal managing editor Marcus Brauchli, Dow Jones CEO Rich Zannino, WSJ publisher Gordon Crovitz and a couple other bigwigs gathered the Journal employees for a... |
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