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E-Travel Dreams and the New York Times
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E-Travel Dreams and the New York Times

James Freeman is assistant editor of The Wall Street Journal's editorial page and author of the weekday Best of the Web column. He is the co-author of "Borrowed Time: Two Centuries of Booms, Busts and Bailouts at Citi," recognized as a New York Times Editors' Choice and a Financial Times Business Book of the Month. He is a contributor to the Fox News Channel and a host of "Deep Dive" on Fox Nation. Before joining the Journal in September 2007, James served as investor advocate at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, where he encouraged the transformation of financial reporting technology to benefit individual investors. He is a graduate of Yale.Follow James on Twitter @FreemanWSJ
Washington Post Names Former Dow Jones Chief William Lewis as CEO
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Washington Post Names Former Dow Jones Chief William Lewis as CEO

The Washington Post named former Dow Jones Chief Executive William Lewis as its CEO and publisher, ending a monthslong search for a leader tasked with improving the D.C. news outlet’s flagging business.   “The Washington Post is a premier global media publisher of record, known for its 145-year-old history of unflinching journalism, and I am thrilled and humbled to be at its helm as both a media executive and former reporter,” Lewis said in a statement Saturday. He will assume the role effective Jan. 2, 2024. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
Music Stocks Adjust to a Slower Tempo
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Music Stocks Adjust to a Slower Tempo

Oct. 29, 2023 10:00 am ETThe music industry is humming along nicely. That won’t make the hangover from rock-bottom interest rates any easier for some music stocks.Shareholders at Hipgnosis, a London-listed song catalog fund that owns rights to tracks by Shakira, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and others, voted against giving the fund another five-year mandate at the company’s annual general meeting on Thursday.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
Scholastic Planned to Segregate Diverse Titles at School Book Fairs. Then Came the Backlash.
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Scholastic Planned to Segregate Diverse Titles at School Book Fairs. Then Came the Backlash.

Updated Oct. 25, 2023 3:47 pm ETScholastic has reversed a decision to put certain books about gender and race into a separate collection that elementary schools can choose whether or not to offer during book fairs, after the publisher faced criticism that the move helped facilitate censorship.The company on Wednesday said the new collection—which it had created out of concern for its book-fair hosts after some U.S. states put restrictions in place about what kinds of books could be made available in schools—would be discontinued starting in January.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
Vivendi 3Q Revenue Grew Driven by Canal+, Havas
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Vivendi 3Q Revenue Grew Driven by Canal+, Havas

Updated Oct. 19, 2023 12:24 pm ETVivendi’s revenue for the third quarter rose, helped by organic growth at its Canal+ Group and Havas businesses.The French media group said Thursday that revenue for the third quarter was 2.43 billion euros ($2.56 billion) compared with EUR2.37 billion for the same period last year.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
Activist Builds News Corp Stake, Plans to Seek Changes
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Activist Builds News Corp Stake, Plans to Seek Changes

Starboard Value has built a stake in News Corp and the activist shareholder plans to push for strategic and governance changes at the Wall Street Journal parent. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
Activist Builds News Corp Stake, Plans to Seek Changes
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Activist Builds News Corp Stake, Plans to Seek Changes

Starboard Value has built a stake in News Corp and the activist shareholder plans to push for strategic and governance changes at the Wall Street Journal parent. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
Activist Builds News Corp Stake, Plans to Seek Changes
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Activist Builds News Corp Stake, Plans to Seek Changes

Starboard Value has built a stake in News Corp and the activist shareholder plans to push for strategic and governance changes at the Wall Street Journal parent. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8