From a story just published on The Wall Street Journal's website, about News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch's plans to directly take on The New York Times, with implications for USA Today:"The new section comes more than two years after News Corp. bought the Journal's parent company and set out to broaden the readership and advertising base of the paper to compete with general-interest national newspapers like the New York Times Co.'s flagship paper and Gannett Co.'s USA Today."
Murdoch (above) for the first time previewed the WSJ's nascent New York City edition in a speech today before the Real Estate Board of New York.
Related: my News Corp. Blog, and New York Times Co. Blog
Earlier: What the Journal risks in targeting USA Today
How vulnerable is USAT to the WSJ's ambitious national expansion? Please post your replies in the comments section, below. To e-mail confidentially, write jimhopkins[at]gmail[dot-com]; see Tipsters Anonymous Policy in the rail, upper right.
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