Dow Jones Committee Lashes Out Against Murdoch, News Corp For WSJ Editor Resignation

A special committee established to oversee The Wall Street Journal's editorial integrity said its members should have been informed earlier that the newspaper's managing editor, Marcus Brauchli, had been pressured to resign.

The criticism came in a chronology the committee released on Tuesday surrounding the events that led to the surprise resignation of Mr. Brauchli on April 22. At a meeting that day, "Committee members expressed the view that learning of the Brauchli matter after the fact failed to meet the letter and the spirit of the agreement" which outlines the body's powers, the chronology stated.

The committee said it relayed these concerns to officials at News Corp., which in December acquired Dow Jones & Co., publisher of The Wall Street Journal. A News Corp. spokesman declined to comment.

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