Slate
Jack Shafer says instead of leveling with readers about the reasons behind the Wall Street Journal's new slim profile -- to save money -- publisher
L. Gordon Crovitz insults their intelligence by claiming the change is for the "convenience" of readers. "The Journal may be shrinking, but the size of Crovitz's double-speak skills only grew as he transited from the editorial page to the executive suite," he writes.
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ME Steiger says WSJ doesn't plan to close more foreign bureaus (Reuters)
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Steiger to retire at end of '07, replacement to be named in spring (NYP)
