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Submitted: February 11, 2008 - 11:56am
Last updated: February 21, 2008 - 12:03pm
Last updated: February 21, 2008 - 12:03pm
TRADING PINSTRIPES FOR POLITICS
[SOURCE: New York Times, AUTHOR: David Carr]
[Commentary] The Wall Street Journal, which has historically had a thing for guys in pinstripes rendered in stippled drawings, is taking its makeover very seriously. During a week when the stock market fell more than 4 percent, a recession seemed more likely, and Microsoft was putting the moves on Yahoo, The Journal spent almost all of its front-page real estate above the fold on politics, replete with flashy graphics. Out with Ballmer and Bernanke; in with Obama, Clinton and McCain.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/11/business/media/11carr.html?ref=todayspaper
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