Washington Post
An editorial board overseeing the Wall Street Journal under a Rupert Murdoch ownership would have five members jointly chosen by News Corp. and Dow Jones.
Frank Ahrens reports the board would have the power to approve the hiring and firing of the Journal's managing editor and editorial page editor (but not the editor of Dow Jones Newswires), and to approve changes to "conditions of employment or changes to authority of key senior editors." || Related from
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Union says 150 WSJ staffers reported late for work on Thursday (LAT)