WSJ Europe Publisher Quits Over Possible Conflict Perception

By: Edmund Lee | Bloomberg Businessweek

The publisher of News Corp.’s Wall Street Journal Europe newspaper resigned because of what he called a possible perception of impropriety involving two articles that originated with a business partner.

Andrew Langhoff, 49, who ran the newspaper’s business since January 2009, said an arrangement between its circulation department and a company called Executive Learning Partnership could be viewed as undermining the news operation’s editorial independence, according to his e-mail to employees, a copy of which was obtained by Bloomberg News.