Romenesko

New York Observer
The News Corp.-Dow Jones deal doesn't close until November, but Michael Calderone finds signs that Rupert Murdoch's already influencing the Wall Street Journal. "Several times over the past few months, he's expressed his preference for shorter, newsier front-page stories. Sure enough, a 400-word piece on M.I.T's miscalculation of S.A.T scores in the September 22-23 Weekend Journal didn't jump past page one. That sure looks like a new direction."