The Wall Street Journal

Wheatcroft Named WSJ European Editor-in-Chief - Posted June 17, 2009
Yesterday, The Wall Street Journal announced the appointment of former Sunday Telegraph editor Patience Wheatcroft as editor-in-chief, Europe. Starting next month, Wheatcroft will oversee the transition of the Journal's European office from Brussels to London. She is charged with overseeing The Wall Street Journal Europe, expanding its content across Europe and building... [FishBowlNY]

Wheatcroft Named WSJ European Editor-in-Chief - Posted June 17, 2009
Yesterday, The Wall Street Journal announced the appointment of former Sunday Telegraph editor Patience Wheatcroft as editor-in-chief, Europe. Starting next month, Wheatcroft will oversee the transition of the Journal's European office from Brussels to London. She is charged with overseeing The Wall Street Journal Europe, expanding its content across Europe and building... [FishBowlNY]

Wired's Anderson: "The Free Vs. Paid Debate Is Misunderstood" - Posted June 15, 2009
Today, we are staking out Wired magazine's Disruptive By Design business conference. Wired editor-in-chief Chris Anderson (left) opened the day with a discussion about his upcoming book: "Free: The Future of a Radical Price," and of course, he eventually started to talk about how the media has been affected by the... [FishBowlNY]

Wall Street Journal Moves On - Posted June 11, 2009
Tomorrow, The Wall Street Journal will complete its move from its home downtown to News Corp.'s corporate headquarters at 1211 Avenue of the Americas. In advance of the move from a "newsroom with the hush of the library" to the building that some WSJ reporters call the Death Star, The Observer's... [FishBowlNY]

WSJ Appoints Two New Top Editors - Posted June 9, 2009
Wall Street Journal editor Robert Thomson sent two memos to staff today announcing the appointments of two top editors at the U.S. and Asia editions of the financial paper. Deborah Brewster, formerly of the Financial Times will take the position of deputy managing editor of the Journal early next month, Thomson... [FishBowlNY]

Denton, Newmark, Fuller, Twitter's Dorsey And WSJ's Murray Talk Media's Future - Posted June 3, 2009
We interrupt coverage of Mediabistro Circus to bring you news of another media panel going on at New York University today. I Want Media hosted a panel earlier today featuring former Star magazine editor Bonnie Fuller, Gawker chief Nick Denton, The Wall Street Journal's deputy managing editor Alan Murray (left), Craigslist.org... [FishBowlNY]

Denton, Newmark, Fuller, Twitter's Dorsey And WSJ's Murray Talk Media's Future - Posted June 3, 2009
We interrupt coverage of Mediabistro Circus to bring you news of another media panel going on at New York University today as part of New York's Internet Week. I Want Media hosted a panel earlier today featuring former Star magazine editor Bonnie Fuller, Gawker chief Nick Denton, The Wall Street Journal's deputy... [FishBowlNY]

Playboy Eyes New CEO - Posted June 1, 2009
Has Playboy Enterprises finally found someone to permanently take the reins of the faltering company? The Wall Street Journal has reported that the adult entertainment company is most likely going to offer its top spot to Scott Flanders, president and CEO of Irvine, Calif-based media company Freedom Communications. Since Hef's daughter Christine... [FishBowlNY]

Deadline Club Honors Times, Journal and AP - Posted May 20, 2009
The Deadline Club, the New York Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, presented its 2009 awards honoring New York-area journalism last night. The biggest winners of the evening were The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and the Associated Press, which all took home three awards each. Newsweek, Newsweek.com, and... [FishBowlNY]

Deadline Club Honors Times, Journal and AP - Posted May 20, 2009
The Deadline Club, the New York Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, presented its 2009 awards honoring New York-area journalism last night. The biggest winners of the evening were The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and the Associated Press, which all took home three awards each. Newsweek, Newsweek.com, and... [FishBowlNY]

NY Press Club Awards Recognize Times' David Barstow, BusinessWeek - Posted May 20, 2009
The New York Press Club yesterday announced the 62 winners of its 2009 Journalism Awards. BusinessWeek led the award count with seven wins, while The New York Times' David Barstow will accept the Gold Keyboard Award for excellence in investigative journalism at the June 15 ceremony. Barstow was awarded the Gold Keyboard... [FishBowlNY]

NY Press Club Awards Recognize Times' David Barstow, BusinessWeek - Posted May 20, 2009
The New York Press Club yesterday announced the 62 winners of its 2009 Journalism Awards. BusinessWeek led the award count with seven wins, while The New York Times' David Barstow will accept the Gold Keyboard Award for excellence in investigative journalism at the June 15 ceremony. Barstow was awarded the Gold Keyboard... [FishBowlNY]

Journalist Judges Help ProPublica Award Investigative Governance Prizes - Posted May 19, 2009
Non-profit investigative newsroom ProPublica announced the winners of its first ever Investigative Governance Prizes today. The winners were federal and state/local investigative reports of elected or executive agencies, the legislative branch or independent agencies. The jury, which included public officials, politicians and journalists, awarded four prizes -- two at the state/local level... [FishBowlNY]

Traffic Soars At WSJ.com In April - Posted May 18, 2009
Editor & Publisher has published Nielsen Online's monthly unique visitor tally for newspaper websites in April and they have a few surprises. First, there was a huge jump for The Wall Street Journal (ranked number two on the list) while hits at The New York Times' Web site were down by... [FishBowlNY]

New York Times Tops Technorati Attention Index - Posted May 15, 2009
Our colleagues over at BayNewser have Technorati's list of mainstream media Web sites that get the most hits from bloggers, which they have titled the "Attention Index." YouTube is number one on the list (although we agree with BayNewser that the classification of that site as "mainstream media" is a bit of... [FishBowlNY]

Loeb Award Finalists Announced; Times, Economist Editors To Get Career Achievement Awards - Posted May 13, 2009
Today, UCLA's Anderson School of Management announced the finalists for its 2009 Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism. The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times had the most finalists, with seven each across multiple categories. The Journal was nominated in the large newspaper, commentary, breaking news, beat... [FishBowlNY]

Loeb Award Finalists Announced; Times, Economist Editors To Get Career Achievement Awards - Posted May 13, 2009
Today, UCLA's Anderson School of Management announced the finalists for its 2009 Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism. The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times had the most finalists, with seven each across multiple categories. The Journal was nominated in the large newspaper, commentary, breaking news, beat... [FishBowlNY]

EW.com, WSJ.com Take Top Prizes At EPpy Awards - Posted May 7, 2009
Editor & Publisher and Mediaweek presented their 14th consecutive EPpy Awards today in at the Interactive Newspaper Conference and Trade Show in New Orleans, honoring "the best Web sites in the media world." The beleaguered Boston Globe, The Las Vegas Sun, CNN and ESPN all took home two awards each. The Globe,... [FishBowlNY]

EW.com, WSJ.com Take Top Prizes At EPpy Awards - Posted May 7, 2009
Editor & Publisher and Mediaweek presented their 14th consecutive EPpy Awards today in at the Interactive Newspaper Conference and Trade Show in New Orleans, honoring "the best Web sites in the media world." The beleaguered Boston Globe, The Las Vegas Sun, CNN and ESPN all took home two awards each. The Globe,... [FishBowlNY]

News Corp. Papers Have Difficult Q3 - Posted May 7, 2009
News Corp. released its third quarter earnings numbers yesterday, and although Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch mentioned cable network programming -- and FOX News Channel in particular -- as a bright spot, the results for News Corp.'s newspapers and information services division was grim. Operating income for the newspaper group, which includes... [FishBowlNY]

News Corp. Papers Have Difficult Q3 - Posted May 7, 2009
News Corp. released its third quarter earnings numbers yesterday, and although Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch mentioned cable network programming -- and FOX News Channel in particular -- as a bright spot, the results for News Corp.'s newspapers and information services division was grim. Operating income for the newspaper group, which includes... [FishBowlNY]

Crown Media Holdings Gives CEO $2.5 Million to Leave - Posted May 7, 2009
Henry Schliff, who has been CEO and president of Crown Media Holdings Inc. (owners of Hallmark Channel), will step down after accepting a lump sum of $2.5 million. CMH officials told The Wall Street Journal the split at "amicable." Bill Abbott, currently the vice president of advertising sales, will take over as... [FishBowlNY]

Crown Media Holdings Gives CEO $2.5 Million to Leave - Posted May 7, 2009
Henry Schliff, who has been CEO and president of Crown Media Holdings Inc. (owners of Hallmark Channel), will step down after accepting a lump sum of $2.5 million. CMH officials told The Wall Street Journal the split at "amicable." Bill Abbott, currently the vice president of advertising sales, will take over as... [FishBowlNY]

Newspaper Circulation Falls Another Seven Percent - Posted April 27, 2009
The Audit Bureau of Circulations released its report on the state of the newspaper industry for the six-month period ending March 31, 2009 and findings include a seven percent decrease in daily circulation to 34,439,713. Sunday circulation dropped more than five percent to 42,082,707. The Boston Globe, which might be shuttered... [FishBowlNY]

Bill Keller Responds to Time's Cover Story: What About a Voluntary Pay Model? - Posted February 6, 2009
New York Times executive editor Bill Keller has been doing the "Talk to the Newsroom" feature all week and it's made for some interesting reading. The other day he said that a "lively, deadly serious discussion continues within The Times about ways to get consumers to pay for what we... [FishBowlNY]

WSJ Bucks the Trend, Insources Copy Editors From NJ to NYC - Posted July 16, 2008
Rumors were flying yesterday that The Wall Street Journal was about to dismiss all its copy editors currently based in its Brunswick, New Jersey office, and now its official. WSJ head Robert Thomson has just announced to staff that beginning next month "the news hub in New York will be... [FishBowlNY]

Fewer Than 8.3 Staffers to Touch a WSJ Article - Posted July 15, 2008
Are there more cuts on the way at The Wall Street Journal? Could be. Portfolio is reporting that the paper is in the midst of giving exit packages to around half a dozen top-ranking staffers including Carol Hymowitz, who writes "In The Lead," Terri Cullen, author of "Fiscally Fit,"... [FishBowlNY]