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By Nick Denton, 4:26 PM on Tue Apr 29 2008, 400 views (Edit, to draft, Top, Slurp)

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That largely impotent committee set up to protect the editorial independence of the Wall Street Journal has issued a statement. The business newspaper's new owners, Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, "failed to meet the letter and the spirit of the agreement" to consult over personnel changes. And?

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