Abstract
Former Murdoch stable editor Dunn, now editor-in-chief of the New York Daily News, sets out the ground rules to be heeded by those at Murdoch’s newly-acquired prize, the Wall Street Journal. Major changes are coming, warns Dunn: “Launching new sections for the Journal, introducing deeper and better coverage in key areas and improving the political coverage will only be part of it. What will be more interesting is his involvement on the business side of the Journal. At many of his publications around the world he knows that winning the editorial war is only part of the battle… Murdoch understands the war is waged on all fronts…Will the Journal succumb to such pressures? Will it maintain its independence and dignity in the face of being part of a global empire with so many interlocking and interdependent pieces? How the Wall Street Journal survives Rupert Murdoch will be one of the great media stories of the next decade.”
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