Times Metro Desk Got Tipsy Ahead of Journal's Metro Launch
Gearing up for a skirmish over today’s debut of The Wall Street Journal‘s “Greater New York” section, reporters for The New York Times‘ did what any grizzled journo does before a fight — chugged some beer.
A Times reporter tells FishbowlNY that on Thursday, the paper’s Metro staff threw some sort of pep rally to ready itself for the then-forthcoming launch. Treats included pizza and Foster’s beer — an apparent hat-tip to the Australian homeland of Journal publisher Rupert Murdoch.
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