News Sources: Murdoch Buys Wall Street Journal

Rupert Murdoch has succeeded in his quest to buy Dow Jones and its flagship publication, The Wall Street Journal, for $5.8 billion. Critics of the deal worry whether Murdoch's influence will cause the influential WSJ to change its coverage along the lines of Murdoch's tabloid newspaper holdings like the New York Post. Reporters looking for experts to interview on this topic can find them online at the collegenews.org database of news sources and subject matter experts from America's leading liberal arts colleges, including the followingt (click on names for contact information):

Jon Bekken - Associate Professsor of Communications, Albright College - Bekken has written extensively on issues surrounding newspapers and the press including current and historical labor issues.

Timothy E. Cook - Fairleigh S. Dickinson, Jr. Professor of Political Science, Williams College - Cook is the author of Governing with the News: The News Media as a Political Institution, and Making Laws and Making News.

Deborah Vance - Assistant Professor of Communication, McDaniel College - Vance is an expert in media ownership and Internet communities.