Wall Street Journal: Swiss Editor-in-Chief Resigns
After just under a year on the job, the Swiss editor-in-chief of The Wall Street Journal, Marcus Brauchli, is stepping down. Apparently, the American with a Swiss passport was unable to bridge the gap between the Journal’s veteran journalists and the business vision of its new owner, Murdoch.
The Wall Street Journal has seen a change in personnel: After just under a year in office, Swiss editor-in-chief Marcus Brauchli is stepping down. He apparently failed to walk the tightrope between the Journal's old team of journalists and the entrepreneurial ideas of the new owner Murdoch. The American with a Swiss passport had begun his journalistic career in 1984 as news editor at Dow Jones. He later spent 15 years reporting from abroad, including China, Russia and Japan. In 1999, he returned to New York.The Wall Street Journal is the flagship of the Dow Jones business media group, which was acquired by multibillionaire Rupert Murdoch just four months ago. Since the purchase for a good five billion dollars, Murdoch has replaced numerous top managers. The search for a successor to Brauchli will begin immediately, Dow Jones announced, according to SDA. The 46-year-old Brauchli will work in the future as a consultant elsewhere for Murdoch's media group News Corp. Temporarily, publisher Robert Thomson is to take over as managing editor-in-chief.
