The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday named veteran journalist Matt Murray as its editor-in-chief, replacing Gerard Baker - who oversaw a tumultuous period as the business daily shifted its focus to digital. Murray, who assumes the new role next Monday, has been deputy editor-in-chief since 2013 and was a deputy managing editor from 2008.
He has been with Dow Jones, the unit of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, which operates the Journal, since 1994. Baker, a former journalist with the BBC, Financial Times and The Times of London who joined the US daily in 2009, will take on a new role as editor-at-large that includes regular writing, hosting conferences and presenting a segment on Fox Business Network.