> Could you give some examples of the journalists who have left? There have been successive waves of departures, many of whom have left for the WSJ's rivals in

> Could you give some examples of the journalists who have left? There have been successive waves of departures, many of whom have left for the WSJ's rivals in financial news: Reuters and Bloomberg. I was a journalist for years, and this exodus is well known in the industry. For example, Laurie Hayes, deputy managing editor at the WSJ, left for Bloomberg in 2008. The mass departures of WSJ staff is credited with transforming Bloomberg internally. Many more names are cited here: http://mediamatters.org/blog/2011/04/25/exodus-former-wsj-staffers-speak-out-against-mu/179020 http://mediamatters.org/blog/2011/04/25/exodus-former-wsj-st... http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/01/more-wsj-veterans-land-at-bloomberg/ http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/01/more-wsj-ve... > in any event it would take at least 16 years for the policy to have an effect I agree that it will take time for the policy to take effect, but the article made a lot of predictions beyond that time horizon, which I believe are overly, willfully pessimistic.