In media-watch news, The Journal has a good story about how Sam Zell’s Tribune Co. is putting some of the money it is cutting from newspapers into its TV news operations.

Zell has been a disaster, of course, but investing in TV seems like an obviously good move.

Playing it straight


Finally, the Journal’s good story on Wal-Mart mobilizing its managers and supervisors to warn that if Democrats win power in November, they’ll likely change federal law to make it easier for workers to unionize” has to be taken into account for those of us keeping score on whether the paper would play it straight politically after NewsCorp.’s takeover.

Even bells need a vacation

Note to readers:

The Opening Bell will take a couple weeks off starting Monday.

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