Wall Street Journal Taps Matt Murray as Editor, Succeeding Gerard Baker

Matt Murray was named editor-in-chief of the Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires, succeeding Gerard Baker, who is moving to a new position after 5 1/2 years atop the widely read business newspaper. Baker will become editor at large and host a television program on Fox Business Network, Journal owner News Corp. said Tuesday in a statement. Murray, an executive editor at the Journal, takes over a newspaper that remains required reading for investors and business people.