Rupert Murdoch: The Last Hope for Journalism?
James Bennet and Mark Bowden discuss Rupert Murdoch's reign at The Wall Street Journal and reflect upon the past and future of the newspaper business

Read Mark Bowden's related story:

Mr. Murdoch Goes to War
The Atlantic, July/August 2008

"Newspapers are in a sad way in America. Readership continues to fall. Advertisers are deserting them for newer forms of media. Revenues are plummeting, as the costs of printing and distribution mount catastrophically. ... In the eyes of many media experts, print journalism, that stubborn 15th-century technology, appears at long last to be on its deathbed.

"Except that Murdoch is investing in it."