Posts tagged as Wall Street Journal
Family Completely Unaware That Man Who Gave Them Ton Of Money Was Not Completely Reputable
"A number of key members of the family which controlled The Wall Street Journal say they would not have agreed to sell the prestigious daily to Rupert Murdoch if they had been aware of News International's conduct in the phone-hacking scandal at the time of the deal."
Part Of 'Wall Street Journal' Enjoyed
I have never read Elizabeth Smart's By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept, but after Sarah Weinman's terrific appreciation of it in the Wall Street Journal's weekend Review, I think I probably have to add it to the list. Anyway, this is a good a place as any to mention that the recently-revamped Review section is actually very enjoyable. Sure, it skews a little to the right, but not in the crazy, creeping way that the paper's editorial section does. It's just a nice, compact journal of arts and literature, and conservative in the good, comforting way. Also, any publication that runs the byline of Awl pal Ann Finkbeiner is certainly worth your time.
Actually Big Government, Foreign Intervention and Charity Saved the Miners
Daniel Henninger'sWall Street Journal op-ed column today is mind-boggling. He comes out hard, so it's easy to summarize: "It needs to be said. The rescue of the Chilean miners is a smashing victory for free-market capitalism." His point is that the drill and the drill rig used for the miner rescue were developed by two smallish companies, right here in America. Other bits of technology were also created by companies! The free market innovates! Companies make things! So capitalism saved miners. Pretty much everything about this column is utterly undone by the facts. READ MORE
'NYT' v. 'WSJ' More Heated Than We Thought
The storytellers at Next Action Media, fresh from their remarkable depiction of the Chilean miner story, turn their CGI lens to the battle between the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. This is rough going, but stick with it: You don't want to miss the West Side Story-style battle between Rupert Murdoch and Arthur Sulzberger. Also, Carlos Slim looks like a Mountie for some reason? But whatever, I'll take as many of these as I can get.
Teenage Botox Vs. Baby Skinny Jeans: The Outrage-Off
The more one reads the Times' Styles section, the more one is convinced that it is a week-in, week-out exercise in trolling — giving bloggers topics to opine on and get lathered up about, as predictable in call and response as the Barbra Streisand references in the old Saturday Night Live sketch "Coffee Talk." That silly article on Sunday about the completely publishing-devised nontrend of "Formerly Hots" was but the most egregious example of the Times trying to get the self-appointed commentariat riled up — and succeding. And don't think the Wall Street Journal, which has been attempting to gain ground on the Gray Lady, hasn't noticed! Indeed, today both papers have pieces that seem tailor-made for spiking comment-section traffic all around the Web, with one looking at why teenagers get Botox (NYT) and the other examining babies who have been forced into skinny jeans by their parents (WSJ). How do the stories stack up against each other in stoking outrage? Let's see! READ MORE
'Times' Lawyers Send Catty Trademark Slap to 'WSJ'
With the rise of the Wall Street Journal's New York section has come the realization that the WSJ and the New York Times are two silly, squabbling children. This schtick was fun and profitable when the Post and the Daily News did it-but that scheme isn't going to work in this case. The endless back and forth has already become sad: now their legal departments are bitching each other out over trademarked language in their competing promotions. Also, you know what's uncalled for, from a lawyer? "After an exhausting search of our records, we find no indication that you ever received permission to make use of our unique and proprietary Slogan." Really? Exhausting?
Russians, Arabs Too Filthy, Ethnic For Dying Couture Industry
You all know the story: A multileveraged American industry goes into a slump. Traditional stateside sources of capital dry up, and distribution networks get lubricated with foreign investments that don't bear close scrutiny. Balance sheets become wooze-inducing, and at the end of the day, a globe-bestriding empire shrivels into a mere vanity project, as international markets turn away in abashment and horror. We speak, of course, of the ultra-high end fashion world, where the fetishized handmade franchise of "couture" appears to be in its death throes, according to an absurdly solemn cover story by Nancy Hass in the Wall Street Journal magazine. READ MORE
Today In Unlikely Endorsements: Misshapes For 'WSJ'
"I haven't read it, but I hear it's really good." READ MORE
Advertisements in the New 'Wall Street Journal' Greater New York Section, Page by Page
Page A21, band across bottom: Gagosian Gallery (Monet Late Work exhibit) READ MORE
Crazy Memos: Arthur Sulzberger Flips Out on 'Wall Street Journal'
Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger and his trusty CEO Janet Robinson sent out a snide, braggy memo congratulating the Wall Street Journal on the launch of its New York section. It is wildly out of whack in terms of tone; yet it is sort of admirably hostile, in a way? Except that then doesn't one figure that such a hostile "big barking dog" strategy really just mean you're weaker than anyone expects? Read for yourself and decide. I guess I least enjoy having the ad demographics displayed as a measure of worth. I'm sure the paper does have rich readers! And here's the rest of us, dragging down your market demo. Sorry! READ MORE
