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marcus brauchli
Washington Post Editor's Dad Has Anti-Bush Blog
You remember Marcus Brauchli? First, short-lived editor of the Wall Street Journal under the reign of Rupert Murdoch and now the newly-installed executive editor of the Washington Post? Well, it's a good thing Brauchli finally escaped the Journal, because Paul Gigot and his gang of conservative editorialists must have given him unending grief over his father's awesome left-wing blog! We were just alerted to the existence of the site, but the dad, a lawyer and contributor to sites like Spot-On and Counterpunch, has been at it for some time, posting items steadily since 2005. Officially, Christopher Brauchli's site is about more than Bush — "political commentary and satire," the tagline reads — but, more often than not, the president makes an appearance. And you know what? The site is pretty damn funny! In fact, I'll take Christopher Brauchli's posts over most of the op-ed content in American newspapers, the Post and Journal included. After the jump, a sampling. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by HobartSavoie: How about concerned Americans following in the footsteps (pun intended) of the Iraqi journalist and send 1 shoe to Bush... more » | Other threads
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Worldly Marcus Brauchli To Edit The Washington Post
The Washington Post tonight named former Wall Street Journal editor Marcus Brauchli its new executive editor, replacing Leonard Downie Jr. after 17 years. The transition comes thanks to a new publisher, Katherine Weymouth, 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 Steiger atop the Journal masthead, edited global and national news. Then again, we hear Brauchli is prepared to sacrifice much of what he has accumulated at the Journal to take the Post gig — and not just the wealth of his experience.
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New Washington Post Editor This Week
"Marcus Brauchli, who recently stepped down as managing editor of The Wall Street Journal, is believed by people familiar with the search to be the leading candidate... staffers expect one of the new editor's first tasks may be further downsizing the newsroom." [WSJ]
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By Ryan TateComment by Bell County: Oh good, it was just an illusion. ♂, I was worried there for a second. more » | Other threads
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WSJ Short On Copy Editors, Too
The good news for the Wall Street Journal's editors is that the above story was not moved in violation of its embargo — it ran just after midnight, as apparently required by the originating source. As the Silicon Alley Insider notes,that signals the Journal's adherence to a choreographed style of journalism recently-departed managing editor Marcus Brauchli opposed. The bad news: The fact that the story starts with "EMBARGOED!" signals that the Journal's copy editors are stretched quite thin this summer weekend (the LA Times feels your pain, WSJ). [Silicon Alley Insider]
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By Ryan TateComment by Bell County: @cyanidecygnet: My sense is that the fact that the article was embargoed is more of an internal notation for the... more » | Other threads
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Civil War At The Wall Street Journal
Of all the cliques at the Wall Street Journal, the reporters and editors of the newspaper's Money & Investing team were most inclined to accommodate to the new régime put in place by Rupert Murdoch. They're more financially sophisticated than the average Journal reporter, and less precious; the head of the paper's third section is thought friendly with Murdoch aide Gary Ginsberg, and has even been mentioned as a candidate for managing editor; and Money & Investing is widely regarded as the newsiest part of the Journal, in need of less of a re-education than the self-indulgent feature writers of the main paper and the second section, Marketplace. And that's why this week's disastrous pep talk by the Australian media mogul's key lieutenant, Journal publisher Robert Thomson, is so damaging.
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By Nick DentonComment by Trai_Dep: Their editorial page is such a sucking black hole of suckitude that I hope Newscorp turns WSJ into The Sun... more » | Other threads
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Naughty Rupert
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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By Nick DentonComment by BooWahBabe: Dave Kansas will clean things up. Trust me. more » | Other threads
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Journal Withholds Journal News... Again
Reporters at News Corp.'s The Wall Street Journal had a story all written and ready to go on the ousting of managing editor Marcus Brauchli, but were forced by Journal higher-ups to sit on it, a source at the paper tells us. That decision resulted in the paper getting scooped on its own news. Granted, covering your own news organization is a tricky business, but you'd think Brauchli would have learned his lesson last year when he held back breaking news regarding News Corp. chair Rupert Murdoch's initial move to take over the paper, and got scooped on the news by CNBC, leading to an investigation. More »
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Comment by howdydoo: Let's move on from this ouster to the next: Which of Brauchli's lieutenants and lower-level bureau chiefs are now set... more » | Other threads
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Journal Held Back Journal News... Again
Reporters at News Corp.'s The Wall Street Journal had a story about the ousting of managing editor Marcus Brauchli all ready to go in advance of his departure, but were ordered by Journal higher-ups to sit on it, according to a source at the paper. That decision, of course, led to the paper getting scooped on its own story. Granted, covering your own news organization is a tricky business. But you'd think they would have learned from making the same wrong move last year when they first got involved with News Corp. chair Rupert Murdoch. More » -
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Refreshed By Blood
Marcus Brauchli got screwed, as this virtual gift on the outgoing Journal managing editor's Facebook page so aptly depicts. With his departure goes any pretense that Rupert Murdoch's takeover of the business newspaper will be anything but brutal, and Wall Street Journal reporters are already gossiping about the likely casualties. But there will be winners as well as losers; some of them will even be deserving. Our list, after the jump. More »
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By Nick DentonComment by LoveHandles: @rosaluxembourgeoise: Yeah, spelling, damnit. I've become complacent with ubiquitous spell-checkers, and, obviously the one place you get nailed time-after-time for... more » | Other threads
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"My Hands Are Clean"
Portfolio's Jack Flack, interpreter of opaque corporate boiler plate, translates Marcus Brauchli's letter resigning as managing editor of the Wall Street Journal. -
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Murdoch's Frantic Journal Surgery
The newest reports on Marcus Brauchli's departure from the Wall Street Journal offer a fresh list of slights inflicted on the outgoing managing editor by Rupert Murdoch and his lieutenants, beyond that time the News Corp. chairman forgot to call on Brauchli during an introductory speech to Journal staff. Murdoch and his men also kept Brauchli in the dark about Project Eagle, the Journal's British edition, until one week prior to launch, when Brauchli reportedly discovered it at a New Jersey printing plant, deeming it "cartoonish." Brauchli's chosen editor for the paper's new glossy magazine was tossed aside for a Murdoch lieutenant and his vision for it scrapped. And Brauchli's authority was sufficiently undercut that on a recent trip to the San Francisco bureau he began explicitly invoking Murdoch's name to explain some plans for the future, not even making the pretense of broad consensus among top editors. "My view of that situation is, and I’m hard-pressed to think how anyone could think of it differently, is Rupert Murdoch is the editor in chief of The Wall Street Journal," media writer Michael Wolff told the Observer. All the more important, then, to look at new information on where Murdoch wants to take the paper. More » -
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Who Will Be Journal's Pretend Managing Editor?
"Almost all agree that Robert Thomson, who was named publisher back in December when News Corp., took over the paper, will assume most of the control of the newsroom decisions, but that CEO Rupert Murdoch will need to pick someone from inside the paper to take on the ME slot to keep the reporters and lower-level editors happy... Nik Doegun, the current editor of the Money & Investing section; John Bussey, former foreign editor and now Washington bureau chief; and Alan Murray, executive editor of WSJ Online, were named as candidates to be a new No. 2 person in the newsroom behind Thomson." [Talking Biz News] -
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The Martyrdom of Marcus Brauchli
The Wall Street Journal's managing editor, who's just resigned, went along with many of News Corporation's plans for the business paper. "It's hard to think he could've jumped much higher," a Journal reporter told Portfolio's Jeff Bercovici. For an explanation of Rupert Murdoch's frenzy of activity, here's the analysis of the motives of the News Corporation boss.
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By Nick DentonComment by Bell County: @Bell County: That's probably too big. more » | Other threads
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Old Man In A Hurry
Rupert Murdoch's 78th year has been busy. With the exit of the Wall Street Journal's native managing editor, Marcus Brauchli, the Australian media mogul's lieutenant now has a free hand to turn the business newspaper into a broader national title. We're hearing this afternoon that Daily News owner Mort Zuckerman has dropped out of the bidding for Newsday, clearing the way for Murdoch's News Corporation to take control of a third newspaper in the New York market. And the New York Post is this week shrinking to allow the News Corporation tabloid to be produced on the same presses as the Journal. But here's the question: why the rush? There are three main reasons: newspaper publishing economics; the broader synergies available to a media group with heightened political influence; and mortality. More »
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By Nick DentonComment by Nick Denton: @fasdunaroawerm: Oh, very clever. No, really, very clever. more » | Other threads
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Stating The Obvious
Departing managing editor of the Wall Street Journal, Marcus Brauchli, says Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation "should have a managing editor of their choosing."
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By Nick DentonComment by TheHonJudgeSmails: You never can get billionaire media moguls to eat their Brauchli, can you? more » | Other threads
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Brauchli Was Fighting Murdoch Layoff Pressure
"Journal newsroom employees say that Mr. Murdoch and the publisher he installed, Robert J. Thomson, have made it clear that they think the paper has too many editors, and have instructed Mr. Brauchli to thin the ranks, potentially making roomm in the headcount for more reporters. Two people briefed on Mr. Brauchli’s thinking said that had become a major point of contention." [Times]
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By Ryan TateComment by it takes a lot to laugh: Given their continuing losing battle against poor copyediting, they should probably hire more editors. A quick glance at the paper... more » | Other threads
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Old WSJ Exits With Brauchli
Journal staffer: "This is a clear sign that it’s over—the Dow Jones culture is dead." [Politico]
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By Ryan TateComment by famousauthor: I ask again, where is that nice young woman from the Bancroft family who is going to keep Rupert Murdoch... more » | Other threads
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Managing Editor Of Wall Street Journal To Resign After Murdoch Takeover
Rupert Murdoch's takeover of the Wall Street Journal has been swift and smooth—till now. Marcus Brauchli, the modernizer who sought to reconcile the storied business newspaper with its new owners, is reported to be quitting his position. Sources at the Journal tell Time that Brauchli is submitting a letter of resignation, with his departure to be announced as early as Tuesday morning. It's a surprise.
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By Nick DentonComment by ladyfannyofomaha: murdoch will destroy what little integrity the wsj-brand has left. sacrificing the trust and respect of your consumers to try... more » | Other threads
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Murdoch-Ruled 'Wall Street Journal' Is Above The Law
Stuart Karle, the Wall Street Journal's long time first amendment lawyer, was fired yesterday by a Murdoch-installed Dow Jones bigwig. Managing editor Marcus Brauchli wasn't in, or even allowed to weigh in on, the decision. Add to this, Murdoch snubbed Brauchli's welcome speech when he first arrived. It's as if this crazy media mogul is taking over the entire Wall Street Journal operation! He must be stopped! Of course, "first amendment lawyer" isn't exactly an editorial position, so one wonders how much say the managing editor ought to have, and also perhaps he's just distancing himself from the decision for political reasons, and, as we have seen in most other Murdoch outlets, Rupe hardly calls these sorts of shots himself in an imposing top-down dictator/owner fashion, so maybe a press-friendly lawyer just got fired, and maybe people at the Journal are just worried about their own job security, "well-liked" or not. [NY Observer]
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By rebeccaComment by famousauthor: Where's that nice young woman from the Bancroft family who's going to stand up to Murdoch? more » | Other threads
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Murdoch forgets a managing editor
And so it begins. When Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation completed its acquisition of the Wall Street Journal, the Australian-born mogul brought in a fellow countryman as the business newspaper's publisher. Don't think for a minute that this is an Australian takeover, like the one the 76-year-old mogul implemented at the New York Post, his other US newspaper title; Murdoch's henchmen can't stop telling people how much they like and respect Marcus Brauchli, the Wall Street Journal's native managing editor. And, according to the News Corporation talking points, the Journal veteran and Murdoch's favorite go way back. Brauchli and Thomson were both foreign correspondents in Asia, earlier in their careers. Slightly awkward then that Brauchli had a welcome speech prepared when Murdoch came before the holidays to greet his new subjects in the Journal's newsroom. And the managing editor had to put his notes back in his pocket, we're told, because the new bosses forgot to call on him. (Any tidbits about the Journal under the new regime, send to nick@gawker.com.)
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By Nick DentonComment by cassandra: @malegirdle: I wouldn't be too sure about Brauchli's career being a cautionary tale. He saw Murdoch coming a mile away... more » | Other threads
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dow and out
Dow Jones VP Paul Ingrassia (brother of Times Biz editor Larry, as we are always reminded) plans to leave the company in early 2008. Ingrassia, who was passed over for the managing editor job at the Wall Street Journal in favor of Marcus Brauchli, claims that the move has nothing to do with Rupert Murdoch's acquisition of the company, but, really, why else would you leave? [Reuters]
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By abalkComment by jadedperson: says Reuters: 'He also said he did not see "any role that really excited me" at Dow Jones.' translation: "any role... more » | Other threads
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'WSJ' Managing Editor Marcus Brauchli Tells His Staff Not To Panic
This morning, Wall Street Journal managing editor Marcus Brauchli sent out an internal memo to his troops, basically cautioning them not to rush to judgment and assuring them that Rupert Murdoch's purchase of the paper's parent company "won't change what we do in the newsroom." Uh, yeah, good luck with that! The full memo after the jump. (Nice sign-off, btw!) More »
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Comment by Trackback: Well, they were not the Chandlers of Los Angeles, who couldn't sell their journalistic birthright fast enough. Nor were they... more » | Other threads
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If You Ever Bought The 'WSJ' You'd Be Steamed Right Now
The Bancroft family will send its proposal for a board to preserve the Wall Street Journal's editorial independence to Rupert Murdoch as early as today. In the wake of yesterday's organizational realignment by new Managing Editor Marcus Brauchli—which sends Jim Cramer into paroxysms of fury—the paper announced it will raise its newsstand price to $1.50 an issue, which is less significant than it seems because no one actually buys the Wall Street Journal, they get it free at work. As the union representing Dow Jones employees flails about in its efforts to find an alternate bidder to Murdoch, the Guardian's Roy Greenslade defends the News Corp. head: "He knows how to run papers."
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By abalkComment by Curse_of_NursePornstein: Non-profit paupers who have 403bs, a desire to protect their contributions so that they can continue work/create outside of the... more » | Other threads
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Everything's Going Rupert Murdoch's Way
If Rupert Murdoch agrees to the Bancroft family's plans for editorial independence at Dow Jones, the family will tell the board to begin negotiations. Then, a year down the road when Murdoch breaks his promise and remakes the Wall Street Journal, the Bancrofts can say, "Hey, at least we tried," from the decks of their yachts. Everyone wins! Meanwhile, back at the Journal, new Managing Editor Marcus Brauchli is busy rearranging the deck chairs—including stripping a few "rising stars" of their titles. If anyone understands the agenda behind it all, get in touch with us, because we don't get it. In any event—don't get too comfortable, anyone! More »
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