San Antonio Express-News
Observations from people familiar with what
Rupert Murdoch did in San Antonio in the 1970s:
* "Murdoch gave the consumers what they wanted, not what the editors wanted," says retired Express-News circulation director
Vince Fusco.
* "He laid out a plan to be successful with a bigger staff. We started making progress from the first day with more financial resources. He's the smartest man I've ever met," says former Express-News publisher
Charles O. Kilpatrick.
* "Murdoch would be a roll-up-his-sleeves and be a down-and-dirty owner [at WSJ]. He'll come up with 10 or 20 things people never thought of. He's thinking of new things all the time," says former Express-News executive editor
James Dolan.
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