Founding Editor of WSJ Metro Section Cut

WSJ-twitter-logoJohn Seeley, the founding editor of The Wall Street Journal’s Greater New York section, has been cut by the paper. Seeley had been with the Journal since 2009. Prior to joining the Journal, he served as deputy managing editor of The New York Sun.

A Journal spokesperson told Capital New York that the paper has been “evaluating many areas of the newsroom.”

Seeley, in a memo to staffers, had a different way of describing his ouster:

Tonight I’m the bearer of bad news: The corporate belt-tighteners have decided that it would be best for the company if I were squeezed out.

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