Forward Into Battle

FORWARD INTO BATTLE
[SOURCE: Newsweek, AUTHOR: Johnnie L. Roberts]
With The Wall Street Journal and a new business network, Rupert Murdoch and Fox News chief Roger Ailes plan their next move: all-out war. When combined with News Corp. properties like Fox News and the soon-to-be-launched Fox Business Network, Murdoch's purchase of the Journal will create a juggernaut whose influence ranges far beyond the world of financial news and information. With plans to expand the Journal's political and international coverage, Murdoch is itching for a fight with the nation's presumed newspaper of record, The New York Times, as well as the Financial Times of London. Last week, after the deal was clinched, the Journal's editorial page, accusing Murdoch's critics of "commercial" and "ideological" motives, blasted the two Timeses for giving credence to concerns that Murdoch will turn the paper into a mouthpiece for his own right-wing political and business interests.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20123487/site/newsweek/

* Times, FT Face Bruising Battle (Ad Age)
http://adage.com/mediaworks/article?article_id=119715

* Rupert Ready: You Bet He's Got a Plan (Ad Age)
http://adage.com/mediaworks/article?article_id=119712

* A potential institutional conflict of interest ahead (Edward Wasserman)
[Commentary] It's not Murdoch's politics that has the potential to corrupt The Journal; it's his business.
http://www.miamiherald.com/430/story/193935.html

* How Murdoch Made Times of London His
http://adage.com/mediaworks/article?article_id=119710

* Neuharth Predicts What's Next
USA Today Creator Says Murdoch's Reign at WSJ Will Be 'a Very Good Thing'
http://adage.com/mediaworks/article?article_id=119711

* The Journal, in the Family but Out of Control
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/06/AR200708...

* What Got More (and Less) Coverage Than Murdoch
There's been no shortage of ink spilled over Rupert Murdoch's conquest, but the media mogul still didn't quite trump Paris Hilton, Steve Jobs or Harry Potter when it came to getting journalists' attention.
http://adage.com/mediaworks/article?article_id=119713