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Re: 2008/07/20/nyt-wsj-business-war/

Jennifer Naylor — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:00:27 -0000

A longtime reader of the Wall St. Journal, I cannot stand the new redesign and content focus. The paper has become far less relevant to helping me glean large business trends, case studies and the like. Further, where the paper had an inviolable line between news and editorial, it's blurring. And I wonder out loud if the intent isn't to make it the FOX News of print media.

Interestingly, where I had been a casual reader of the NYT, I now read it first and more thoroughly. What they have done with the business section is great, and I spend more time on that.

I'm deeply dismayed with the direction of the Journal.

Re: 2008/07/20/nyt-wsj-business-war/

PaulGlazowski — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:58:44 -0000

NYT has quite a bit of cash, too. And the WSJ will have a tough time getting the reach that NYT has. I don't mean readership, which WSJ actually has more of, at least in paper form. I mean the amount of content delivered in a given day.

As for their websites, NYT definitely trumps WSJ.com. I look forward to seeing what WSJ does with the planned refresh for the autumn.

Re: 2008/07/20/nyt-wsj-business-war/

Ling — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:53:04 -0000

The WSJ has one big advantage, and that is Murdoch's deep pockets. No way the NYT can fight that. If Murdoch decides to make the WSJ free online, the game is as good as over for the NYT. Don't see that happening soon, though.