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Wall Street Journal - A New Owner, A change in control won't change Journal standards
Wall Street Journal - Review and Outlook - via OpinionJournal.com ^ | August 1, 2007 | Paul A. Gigot, et al

Posted on 07/31/2007 9:31:54 PM PDT by HAL9000

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Rupert Murdoch's courtship of the Bancroft family appears to have triumphed, with enough shares pledged to make News Corp. the owner of the newspaper whose Web site you are now reading. Readers are naturally asking how this will change the journalism we practice. Our sincere answer is that we intend to stand for the same principles and standards we have for more than a hundred years.

The Bancrofts have been wonderful stewards of The Wall Street Journal for a century, and we are grateful for the support they have provided for our brand of independent journalism. They are being assailed in some quarters for "selling out" for the money, but those of us who work here know how often they have supported our writing despite its risks to advertising or circulation. We don't doubt for a second that they are doing what they hope will be best for the Journal, as well as for their own families.

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TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bancroft; murdoch; newscorp; wallstreetjournal; wsj

1 posted on 07/31/2007 9:31:57 PM PDT by HAL9000
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To: HAL9000

Good. Now fire everyone and start over.


2 posted on 07/31/2007 9:46:04 PM PDT by TheZMan (Texas is no place for pansy-ass liberals. Ya'll move back to California er Mexico er somethin')
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To: HAL9000

Yeah that good idea I doubt Rupert would do that


3 posted on 07/31/2007 9:49:55 PM PDT by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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To: HAL9000

Yeah that good idea I doubt Rupert would do that


4 posted on 07/31/2007 9:50:01 PM PDT by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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To: HAL9000

Except that every missing/raped/murdered and drunk pretty girl will gets the headlines.


5 posted on 07/31/2007 10:10:19 PM PDT by donna (They hand off my culture & citizenship to criminals & then call me racist for objecting?)
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