Thomson takes over at the Journal

News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch named Wall Street Journal Publisher Robert Thomson as the paper's new managing editor, succeeding Marcus Brauchli, who left under pressure last month. Thomson will also serve as editor in chief of Dow Jones, which means he will continue to oversee editorial operations at Dow Jones Newswires, as he had when he was publisher, according to reports from the Journal.
Les Hinton, chief executive of Dow Jones, will add to his duties the position of Wall Street Journal publisher.
The move is expected to speed the pace of change at the nation's second-largest newspaper, creating a more direct pipeline from News Corp. to the paper's editors.
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