Rupert Murdoch launches metro edition of Wall Street Journal
Move to sink debt-ridden New York Times with metro edition.
Three years ago, Rupert Murdoch coveted the New York Times but was forced to settle for buying the Wall Street Journal. Now, the tycoon is using the considerable resources of his media empire to try to sink the newspaper that denounced his purchase of the Journal, by launching an advertising price war and a challenge to the Times's lead in reporting New York.
The Wall Street Journal is spending $15m on a new metro edition today, promising in-depth coverage of New York politics and life, in an attempt to wrestle readers and revenue away from its debt-ridden rival and ultimately bring it down.
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Dear Mr. Murdoch, this might be a hastily published page on my Congressional web site, but this unconventional introduction- however much it's rushed into print- of me, the Democratic challenger to the entrenched- not very true blue blooded Republican- Frank LoBiondo- might present an intriguing opportunity for you to one up the New York Times. And more! LoBiondo is for Cap and Trade, and it's not the first time he picked the wrong time to sidle up to Democrats when they've been up in the polls (or were). Cap and Trade, this is the first time I've mentioned it on this web site, but it get's his once loyal constituency down here all bent out of shape. And for good reason. it's a dumb idea, and I'm one Democrat not afraid to say it! Mr. Murdoch, are you getting the idea I might be your kind of Democrat? I can serve many useful purposes to many different constituencies, all of them fed up with the status quo in Washington. You could help bump off an apostate Republican, plus zing the Times. Enough out of me....... if a picture is worth a thousand words; what's a video worth, me- pleading for the Times to pay attention to me? You send a reporter down to Mexico with me, and trump the chumps.

The New York Time's Carlos (Mr. Cell
The Wall Street Journal's, Rupert Murdoch.





