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1. The Audit

   A word about leadership

   May 31, 2007 01:19 PM

   Warren H. Phillips, a former longtime CEO of Dow Jones & Co., wrote a letter to the New York Times's editor last week offering a different perspective from that of Joe Nocera, a Times business columnist, who called DJ "the... Continue reading

2. The Audit

   Of Lepers and Lou Dobbs

   May 30, 2007 10:30 AM

   60 Minutes couldn't do it. Neither could NPR. Well, hats off to The Times for running Dobbs to ground on his leprosy error. But just to make doubly sure, The Audit does the exact same thing today. Between... Continue reading

3. The Kicker

   FT on DJ

   May 23, 2007 11:45 AM

   We suspect the Financial Times has an advantage covering the Bancrofts--maybe everyone went to the same schools, or something--but the Peach One has been doing a good job on the comings and goings of the controlling family of... Continue reading

4. The Kicker

   A Good One on Drug Trials

   May 23, 2007 11:20 AM

   Barry Meier, one The Audit's favorites, has an excellent piece on today's New York Times business cover about a debate over whether pharmaceutical companies should publicly disclose the results of all clinical drug trials, not just positive ones. ... Continue reading

5. The Audit

   The Tragedy of Peter Kann

   May 21, 2007 07:04 AM

   We believe facts are facts and that they are ascertainable through honest, open-minded and diligent reporting. We thus believe that truth is attainable by laying fact upon fact, much like the construction of a cathedral. News, in short, is not... Continue reading

6. The Audit

   What’s Good For the Bancrofts Is Bad for the Journal

   May 10, 2007 02:44 PM

   “Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson has announced an ambitious pilot program to radically reshape the welfare system in his state. If it works, it could give the word welfare back its original definition as a temporary helping hand, not a permanent... Continue reading

7. The Audit

   Steiger Sat On What?!

   May 8, 2007 04:49 PM

   Well, we can stop wondering whether The Wall Street Journal would allow Rupert Murdoch to screw up its editorial judgment. That already happened. This morning, The New York Times published a story saying that Paul Steiger, the... Continue reading

8. The Audit

   The Trouble With Insurance Reporting

   May 3, 2007 10:10 AM

   You know me as The Audit, a mild-mannered, bespectacled, some would say underachieving critic and interpreter of the business press—just another New York metrosexual with a $72 haircut. I read the business news. It’s what I do.... Continue reading

9. The Audit

   The End of Dow Jones

   May 2, 2007 02:39 PM

   What must it be like to write your own obituary? What must it be like to read it? Reading the page-one story in The Wall Street Journal today about News Corp.’s offer to buy Dow Jones & Co.,... Continue reading

10. The Audit

    Mergers: They’re What’s for Dinner

    April 26, 2007 02:13 PM

    Is it just The Audit, or does anyone else feel that business stories about mergers and acquisitions sound like they were written as though readers should break out champagne and throw their hats in the air? The long-awaited unleashing [Audit... Continue reading

11. The Audit

    Dang, That’s Good

    April 19, 2007 01:43 PM

    Sometimes The Audit can only drop its monocle, place the riding crop under its arm, and bring its heels together with a deferential “click” in recognition of truly original and potential-lawsuit-defying work in the business press, and this can and... Continue reading

12. The Audit

    W.W.T.A.D.

    April 12, 2007 01:40 PM

    What Would The Audit Do? If somehow The Great One were to raise $125 million for a new magazine and then asked The Audit to reinvent business-reporting from scratch -- how would I go about it? ... Continue reading

13. The Audit

    Capitalism At Risk; Needs More From Journal’s Third Front

    April 5, 2007 12:10 PM

    Um, excuse me; there may have been a misunderstanding. See, when I took the job of running CJR’s The Audit, I knew I’d be expected to, you know, cover, interpret, critique and generally write about the nation’s business press. But... Continue reading

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