February 23rd, 2006
WSJ Moves a Step Closer to Laying Off the Presses
The Wall Street Journal will be combining it’s print and online news operations:
IN YET ANOTHER CLEAR EXAMPLE of the inroads online publishing is making against its traditional print counterpart, Dow Jones announced a reorganization that includes a combined print and online Wall Street Journal news operation.
Dow Jones also signaled its belief in the power of online communications by naming the executive who had been in charge of the company’s electronic publishing operation to head the largest and most influential unit of the newly restructured company.
It’s only a matter of time now before a blue chip Old Media publisher ceases to publish in print (or lays of the presses, as I like to think of it).
Any bets on who it will be?


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will be more likely to stick around if they have either time or money invested in it. I have a feeling that people who paid to read the Wall Street Journal Online , read it more often, and read more articles, than they would have if they didn’t purchase it. If you joined an online