Journal Seeks Help from Times To Launch New York Local Section

Although Rupert Murdoch has touted the upcoming local New York section of his The Wall Street Journal as a direct competitor for The New York Times, it looks like this new venture won’t get off the ground without help from the rival paper’s printing presses.

Today, the Times reports that News Corp.’s plans to refit its New York Post printing presses in the South Bronx to print both the Post and the Journal have been met by many delays, possibly endangering the launch of the Journal‘s ever-expanding

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