Wall Street Journal staff stay away in protest
Guardian [UK]
06/29/07
Wall Street Journal staff across America refused to turn up to work yesterday in protest at rapidly advancing takeover talks between Rupert Murdoch and the paper’s owner, Dow Jones. The protest came as it emerged that Mr Murdoch’s News Corp had agreed with Dow Jones on a special committee that would be responsible for the hiring and firing of key editors at the Journal and the company’s other news businesses. The Independent Association of Publishers’ Employees (IAPE), representing more than 2,000 Dow Jones staff, said Journal reporters chose not to show in the morning but were planning to be back at their desks in the afternoon to get today’s edition out...
http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,,2114706,00.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Murdoch
06/29/07
Wall Street Journal staff across America refused to turn up to work yesterday in protest at rapidly advancing takeover talks between Rupert Murdoch and the paper’s owner, Dow Jones. The protest came as it emerged that Mr Murdoch’s News Corp had agreed with Dow Jones on a special committee that would be responsible for the hiring and firing of key editors at the Journal and the company’s other news businesses. The Independent Association of Publishers’ Employees (IAPE), representing more than 2,000 Dow Jones staff, said Journal reporters chose not to show in the morning but were planning to be back at their desks in the afternoon to get today’s edition out...
http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,,2114706,00.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Murdoch
rudkla - 29. Jun, 15:40
