BizJournals Portfolio
Home >   Business Views, Opinions and Blogs >   Business Blogs >   Mixed Media >  

A Murdoch Critic Flees Murdochs Wsj

Mixed Media

by Jeff Bercovici
Main
A Rare Glimpse of Oprah's Ugly Side   'Times' and MoveOn: Anatomy of a Bogus Outrage

Recent Blog Posts

Links

Sep 14 2007 12:00am EDT

A Murdoch Critic Flees Murdoch's 'WSJ'

File this under "Damn, I wish I'd caught this first": Tunku Varadarajan, assistant managing editor of The Wall Street Journal is leaving. Why?

Apparently because he amassed a reputation as the paper's most strident critic of new owner Rupert Murdoch. Media Mob connects the dots.

Ever since News Corp.'s bid for the Journal prevailed, practically every departure from the paper has prompted the question "Do you think it was because of Murdoch?" In most cases, the answer is no. But most people aren't leaving "with the hope of returning to academia -- although he has no job lined up yet."

Did the Murdoch-owned Post know exactly why Varadarajan was fleeing but decline to say out of corporate omerta?


UPDATE: The Post's Keith Kelly says he didn't know, per se: "I had my suspicions but he didn't vent when I called. He just said he started as an academic and was now returning to his roots, blah, blah."

Comments

If you are commenting using a Facebook account, your profile information may be displayed with your comment depending on your privacy settings. By leaving the 'Post to Facebook' box selected, your comment will be published to your Facebook profile in addition to the space below.


Connect With Portfolio.com
Like Portfolio on Facebook

Come on, like us—you know you want to.

Follow Portfolio on Twitter

Follow us and if you're an innovative entrepreneur, we'll return the favor.

The Mix

Today's top stories, conversation starters, and the back nine business bites.

spotlight on

People & Ideas

Whisky To-Go-Go

Now there's a company that let's you taste your knowledge of fine blended Scotches by mixing a whisky of your own. Read More