Wall Street Journal circulation scam claims senior Murdoch executive

Andrew Langhoff resigns as European publishing chief after exposure of secret channels of cash to help boost sales figures

One of Rupert Murdoch's most senior European executives has resigned following Guardian inquiries about a circulation scam at News Corporation's flagship newspaper, the Wall Street Journal.

The Guardian found evidence that the Journal had been channelling money through European companies in order to secretly buy thousands of copies of its own paper at a knock-down rate, misleading readers and advertisers about the Journal's true circulation. Full Story »

Posted by Jack Powers - via Nicholas Kristof, Jay Rosen, Columbia Journalism Review, Mark Pegrum (t), Thanh Tran (t), barbara trummpinski-roberts (t), Joey Baker (t)

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