Thomson Named WSJ's Managing Editor

News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch named Wall Street Journal Publisher Robert Thomson as the paper’s new managing editor, succeeding Marcus Brauchli, who left under pressure last month.

Mr. Thomson will also take the title of editor in chief of Dow Jones, the News Corp. unit that publishes the Journal, according to a statement from Dow Jones.

Howard Kurtz notes…

Les Hinton, the chief executive of Dow Jones, who is also assuming Thomson’s role of publisher, said in a statement that “in hindsight, we recognize it would have more been appropriate to have advised the committee in advance of reaching an agreement with Mr.