The Mood At WSJ: Demoralized

Lessons learned from official New York Times Rupert Murdoch beat reporter Richard Perez-Pena‘s piece on the demoralized employees of the Wall Street Journal:

  • “Newsroom employees answered phones with “News Corporation” and mimicked Mr. Murdoch’s Australian accent.”

  • Retiring Dow Jones exec Peter Kann compared the Journal to “a citidel trying to repel an invasion by tabloid barbarians.”

  • Dissident Bancroft family member Leslie Hill is the editorial staff’s great anti-Murdoch hope.

  • According to a WSJ reporter, the newspaper’s “culture of passion for the truth” will be caput under Murdoch — and nearly the whole staff feels that way.
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