Slim margins at Wall Street Journal could open door to Murdoch
Dow Jones's flagship newspaper is thought to be only marginally profitable, and that could bolster Murdoch's case to buy the business news giant.

Informa buying market research firm
The deal will allow it to offer its customers analysis of the energy, financial services, health and technology sectors.

Big changes in store for TV ads
As the big ad agencies get ready for the biggest week of the year for the biggest U.S. advertising medium, big changes are coming.

Clothing sales make big inroads on the Web
For the first time since online retailing was born about a decade ago, sales of clothing in the United States have overtaken those of computer hardware and software, suggesting that consumers have reached a new level of comfort buying merchandise on the Web.

Auto Web sites zoom into videos
Web videos give buyers more sense of car models than do simple data alone.

A victory for journalistic integrity
International Data Group last week removed the chief executive of its largest-circulation computer magazine, PC World, and reinstated its top editor, who had quit days earlier over the executive's decision to not run an article critical of an advertiser.

Veteran of British newspaper wars bets on smaller, local newspapers
After several years of hand-wringing about readers and advertisers defecting to the Internet, some investors see value in old-fashioned print publishers.

For a media mogul, a good No. 2 is hard to find
In their longtime business relationship, David Radler was in many ways a scrappy, low-profile alter ego to the larger-than-life Conrad Black.

Reinventing newspapers is Murdoch's long-range goal
Murdoch's vision is to unite his news businesses into a seamless digital platform anchored by the Web-oriented Journal and, in the process, reinvent the newspaper industry that his company was built on.

Star power, helping to sell the menswear line
As the model Kate Moss was unveiling her new clothing line this month, the French soccer star Thierry Henry was quietly trying on items from his own new fashion collection.