NEW YORK — With articles on a terrorist plot, an exploding state budget and a rat problem on the Upper East Side, The Wall Street Journal on Monday gave New Yorkers a taste of how it plans to cover their city in a new metro section.
The section had 16 pages, two bought out by Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s. Those are the kinds of advertisers that the Journal and News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch want to peel away from The New York Times.
In a party to celebrate the launch in midtown Manhattan on Monday night, Murdoch took some digs at the Times. He noted the circulation declines it has suffered over the years and said, “Time and again I’ve seen consumers wanting more but accepting less.”
The Times returned fire Monday with humor, offering “helpful hints” about the city to the Journal.
