politico.com - 11/12/2008
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Gerald Baker, most recently at The Times of London, has been named the Wall Street Journal's Deputy Editor-in-Chief, according to a staff memo obtained by Politico.
During a June masthead shake-up, Baker was rumored to be in the running as a possible replacement for D.C. bureau chief John ...
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Wall Street Journal Makes Rightward Veer With News Hire
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... Via Michael Calderone at Politico comes the news that the Wall Street Journal has hired Gerard Baker, a self-styled "right-wing curmudgeon" from the Times Of London, as the paper's new deputy editor-in-chief, where he will have oversight of the Journal's news coverage. Calderone says that the move "surprised some staffers because of his strong, right-wing political views." No doubt the surprise wore off after those staffers remembered recent events and said to themselves, "Oh, that's right! The Wall Street Journal was recently acquired by ...
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