News Corp. Names Robert Thomson WSJ Managing Editor

In his latest high-profile move since buying The Wall Street Journal parent Dow Jones & Co., Rupert Murdoch May 20 named Robert Thomson as managing editor of the Journal and editor in chief of Dow Jones.
 
Thomson succeeds Dow Jones vet Marcus Brauchli, who resigned in April after less than a year on the job and a few months after Murdoch took over the company. Les Hinton, CEO of Dow Jones, will add the publisher title to his existing duties.
 
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