Smaller Dow Jones Papers Wouldn't Share WSJ's Editorial Protection If Sold

International Herald Tribune:

While the bulk of speculation, anticipation and hand-wringing over Rupert Murdoch's potential purchase of Dow Jones has focused on The Wall Street Journal, a smaller media property has quietly chugged along, successful and unprotected.

Barron's, the weekly financial and investment newspaper, is a prestigious publication on Wall Street and a profitable piece of Dow Jones. Its ability to influence the markets can equal The Journal's; stocks it picks on a Saturday morning often experience a "Barron's bounce" when Wall Street reopens on Monday.

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