OTB News (Free subscription) | 07/27/2008
I see no evidence, nor do my friends there report any evidence, of the bad Rupert showing up, trying to move the [Wall Street Journal's] coverage in a way that advances his business interests. So, to me, my fears haven’t been realized. [more ...]
Talking Biz News (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
Slate.com media critic Jack Shafer responds to comments made by former Wall Street Journal managing editor Paul Steiger that the paper’s new owner, Rupert Murdoch, hasn’t hurt it yet are just an indication that he’s unaware of how Murdoch subtly gets what he wants. Shafer writes, “Murdoch would no more make a policy of twisting Wall [...]
Slate Magazine (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
I see no evidence, nor do my friends there report any evidence, of the bad Rupert showing up, trying to move the [Wall Street Journal's] coverage in a way that advances his business interests. So, to me, my fears haven't been realized. [ more ... ]
Everyday Ethics (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Portfolio.com Paul Steiger declines to say which news orgs won't work with ProPublica. The New York Times isn't one of them, says a spokeswoman. "We are not an organization that has shied away from ProPublica."
Talking Biz News (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Jeff Bercovici of Conde Nast Portfolio reports that former Wall Street Journal managing editor Paul Steiger spoke last night at a Northwestern University function and said he hasn’t seen new owner Rupert Murdoch hurt the paper. Bercovici wrote, “‘I see no evidence, nor do my friends there report any evidence, of the bad Rupert showing up, [...]
Everyday Ethics (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Portfolio.com Former Wall Street Journal managing editor Paul Steiger says: "I see no evidence, nor do my friends there report any evidence, of the bad Rupert [Murdoch ] showing up, trying to move the coverage in a way that advances his business interests. So, to me, my fears haven't been realized." He adds: "I know something about the economics of that paper. It is not making money....
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Is Rupert Murdoch single-handedly keeping the WSJ a bastion of journalistic integrity? Paul Steiger , the former managing editor of The Wall St. Journal , the last one, in fact, to serve before Rupert Murdoch took over, says that he knows "something about the economics of that paper. It is not making money. [Rupe] is pouring money into that paper to try and upgrade it." Steiger,...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
ProPublica , Paul Steiger 's vehicle for righting the wrongs of the world, is almost completely done hiring a goal it aimed to have completed by June . Just days after poaching Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber from the Los Angeles Times , the organization announced the Marcus Stern , Chisun Lee , Thomas Detzel and Michael Webb will be joining the team. Stern, currently news editor...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
We're not sure if this is a case of following the money or just escaping the lack of it, but LA Observed is reporting that two of the LA Times ' top reporters are jumping ship to join up with ProPublica the online non-profit investigative journalism website helmed by former WSJ er Paul Steiger . Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber , who won a Pulitzer Prize in 2005 for reporting on the...
Talking Biz News (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
Marcus Brauchli, the former managing editor of The Wall Street Journal, was named the new executive editor of The Washington Post on Monday, according to a story on its Web site. Howard Kurtz wrote, “Paul Steiger, Brauchli’s predecessor as the Journal editor, praised Brauchli’s wide range of experience, ‘having done everything from very heavy financial and [...]
Everyday Ethics (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
LAObserved.com Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber , who won a Pulitzer in 2005 for reporting on the deaths at King-Drew Medical Center, are joining Paul Steiger & Co. at ProPublica.
Gawker (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
The former editor its new executive editor, replacing after 17 years. The transition comes thanks to a new publisher, , who wants to put her own stamp on the paper. With Brauchli, it will be hard to avoid doing just that. While the Post has remade itself over the past decade as a local paper with a focus on national politics, Brauchli is basically a foreign news reporter who, prior to a replacing Paul...
