The Press: New York's Battleground (Contd.)

From his new command center at the New York Post, which he now refers to as his U.S. flagship publication, Australian Press Lord Rupert Murdoch spent last week consolidating his control of his latest acquisitions, New York magazine, the Village Voice and New West. That meant a lot of changes—new faces, new plans. After committing $45 million for two corporations that both lost money last year (TIME cover Jan. 17), Murdoch needs to steer them into a quick turnaround.

The center of the turmoil was New York magazine. Murdoch's peppery new editor, James Brady, 48,...

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