Howell Raines on Rupert Murdoch

Portfolio by Howell Raines | Apr. 12, 2008 (Opinion)
Hedge funds are circling, but Rupert may be the one who forces a sale of the Gray Lady.

Murdoch allowed that Escapes was all right as an attempt to thwart the Journal's targeting of young professional women, a key readership group for the Times. Then he added some advice about how to conduct a newspaper war: "You ought to hit them where they live," he said of the Journal. "Go after hard business news and beat them on their strength."
I can't shake the memory because it seems obvious to me that Murdoch now plans to do to the Times what he ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Beth Wellington - Apr 12, 2008 - 12:16 PM PDT
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 by Jim Lang - Oct. 1, 2008

Opinion of a former editor on the future of the New York Times and the role of Murdoch as a spoiler. For a media junky, it's a quick and interesting read with lots of speculation and virtually no meat.

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