A woman will direct the 'Wall Street Journal' for the first time in its centennial history

After the appointment of Roula Khalaf at the helm of the

, in 2019, the election of the British Emma Tucker as director of

confirms that the salmon press is no longer a territory reserved for men.

Both are the first directors of those headers in their centenary history.

The American newspaper was acquired in 2007 by News Corp, the media group of magnate Rupert Murdoch.

Tucker, 56, had previously run

, another News Corp header.

The new director of Wall Street's salmon bible has been hailed by Dow Jones, the publishing company -which News Corp acquired in 2007-, as "an experienced and energetic leader" who during her tenure at The Sunday Times achieved "

increasing substantial” of subscriptions, as well as award-winning journalistic coverage.

Tucker will replace Matt Murray, who has been director for the last four years, as of February 1, when his incorporation to the American economic newspaper will become effective.

The British journalist, who before landing at

went through the

, will also take over the management of the Dow Jones Newswires agency, the company explained in a statement.

Murray, who since 2018 has had a disagreement with his editors, will now hold a senior position at News Corp, the media conglomerate that owns, among others, Dow Jones.

“Matt [Murray] is a terrific journalist and leader who has overseen an unrivaled editorial team that has made

a success at a time of extreme vulnerability for media companies and journalism,” said Robert Thomson. , chief executive of News Corp, in a statement.

A time, it should be added, in which any information of global scope has also had to be interpreted in an economic key, from the fight against the covid to the war in Ukraine;

from climate change to food insecurity.

Unlike Murray, who has spent nearly 30 years at the

, Tucker is an outsider to the culture of the New York newspaper.

Since she acquired the influential newspaper, Murdoch has repeatedly opted for a similar movement,

newspaper pointed out this Monday when assessing the replacement: new blood to energize a dimensioned structure and with an inert path.

And of British origin, it should be added.

The relief also occurs when News Corp is considering merging with Fox Corporation, also owned by Murdoch.

The deal, if carried out, would bring Fox News, the leading ultra-conservative network in prime time, and the

under one corporate roof .

The merger project has caused some discomfort in the editorial staff of the newspaper.

Unlike other directors, whose profile is more executive than journalistic, Tucker forged a proven career as a reporter and later correspondent while working for the

, from where she made the leap in 2007 to

and, in 2020, to its Sunday edition. , which works separately, with its own wording.

During his time at the head of the Sunday newspaper, the newspaper signed up for exclusives such as the suitcase with more than a million pounds that King Carlos today received from Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani of Qatar, supposedly to finance non-profit projects from the foundations that the monarch ran when he was Prince of Wales.

With the incorporation of Tucker to the

, Murdoch resumes the habit of imposing a Briton in the dome of the Wall Street bible: as if the City landed on the New York Stock Exchange.

The only American in charge of the salmon newspaper has been Murray, under whose direction the header signed up for the publication of the

in 2021, a series of internal documents that revealed the security, moderation and control failures of Mark's social network Zuckerberg.