BLOG RUMORZ: UK SUN ED ITOR TO BECOME WSJ ME
May 19th 2008 14:13
BLOGOSPHERE HOT WITH RUMOURS THAT UK SUN EDITOR REBEKAH WADE IS TO BE NEW MANAGING EDITOR OF THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
The blogs were running wild last night with the latest RUPERT MURDOCH RUMOUR.
DealBreaker reported, “Is Rupert Murdoch preparing to name Rebecca Wade, the editor of UK tabloid The Sun, to be the new managing editor of the Wall Street Journal? That's the rumour we're hearing today. (And perhaps the one that Nick Denton called ‘too crazy for even me to pass on.’) Wade is reportedly close to Murdoch. We're told that Robert Thomson, the Journal's publisher, may favour naming Wade to replace Marcus Brauchli, who resigned as editor in April.
“Update: Apparently Rebecca Wade spells her name Rebekah Wade. Whatevs.
“Updater: Denton confirms that Wade was indeed the crazy story he was hearing.”
Gawkers Nick Denton posted, “Rebekah Wade. But, yes. That was the rumour I was hearing. Interestingly, she was mentioned earlier in the year as a possible replacement for Col Allan at the(New York) Post. (Fiercely denied by Posties.) Wants out of The Sun. Tried for Times of London job. Well regarded within News Corp. But still more likely to be good for Post than Journal.”
The postings of course elicited the almost-mandatory, ‘Page 3 Girls for WSJ’ comments.
The blogs were running wild last night with the latest RUPERT MURDOCH RUMOUR.
DealBreaker reported, “Is Rupert Murdoch preparing to name Rebecca Wade, the editor of UK tabloid The Sun, to be the new managing editor of the Wall Street Journal? That's the rumour we're hearing today. (And perhaps the one that Nick Denton called ‘too crazy for even me to pass on.’) Wade is reportedly close to Murdoch. We're told that Robert Thomson, the Journal's publisher, may favour naming Wade to replace Marcus Brauchli, who resigned as editor in April.
“Updater: Denton confirms that Wade was indeed the crazy story he was hearing.”
Gawkers Nick Denton posted, “Rebekah Wade. But, yes. That was the rumour I was hearing. Interestingly, she was mentioned earlier in the year as a possible replacement for Col Allan at the(New York) Post. (Fiercely denied by Posties.) Wants out of The Sun. Tried for Times of London job. Well regarded within News Corp. But still more likely to be good for Post than Journal.”
The postings of course elicited the almost-mandatory, ‘Page 3 Girls for WSJ’ comments.
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