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MURDOCH INK
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Matthew Sheffield previews a story at Newsweek about the upcoming competition between the newly redesigned WSJ and the NY Times newspapers.

"Along with the refocused front page, Murdoch is effectively relaunching the entire A section as a catchall for general news. As of Monday, the second section, Marketplace, becomes home to the Journal's coverage of corporate America, while the third section, Money and Investing, remains the showcase for news of the financial markets and investing. A culture section is under development for a fall debut in the Journal's weekend edition, and Murdoch has added a weekly sports page. The op-ed section, famous for its erudite and influential espousal of conservative ideology, will grow to three pages from two."

The UK has several "national" daily newspapers, while our "nationals" have been mostly weekly until recently. With the emergence of USA Today, there has been an effort on refocusing some publications to take on this role. It will be interesting to watch the progress of this issue.

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