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Marcus Brauchli appointed new managing editor of WSJ

Posted: 24/04/07 By: Clare Fisher
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The Wall Street Journal has appointed Marcus Brauchli as its new managing editor.

Mr Brauchli replaces Paul Steiger who has been promoted to editor at large until his retirement at the end of this year.

Mr Brauchli will report to executive vice president of Dow Jones & Company and publisher of the Wall Street Journal, Gordon Crovitz and will continue to develop the news policies for the Journal franchise.

Mr Crovitz, commenting on these key appointments, said: "Paul is one of the great leaders in the history of business journalism, and his leadership has resulted in The Wall Street Journal going from strength to strength.

"Marcus Brauchli is a superb journalist, who reported for Dow Jones Newswires and the Journal from more than 20 countries, and as global news editor oversaw Journal coverage from stockmarket downturns to the September 11 terrorist attacks," added Mr Crovitz.

"More recently, as a deputy managing editor under Mr Steiger, Mr Brauchli led the news department in the highly successful Journal redesign that launched earlier this year, giving us great confidence that the Journal in print and online will thrive by continuing to engage readers with distinctive, only-in-the-Journal coverage."

Both commence their new roles in May.