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| The Wall Street Journal (6-month subscription) | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 11 reviews)
Sales Rank: 289
Category: Magazine
Publisher: Dow Jones & Company
Studio: Dow Jones & Company
Manufacturer: Dow Jones & Company
Label: Dow Jones & Company
Format: Magazine Subscription
Type: Consumer magazine
Media: Magazine
Subscription Issues: 153
Subscription Length: 6 Months
Issues Per Year: 306
First Issue Lead Time: 2-4 Weeks
ASIN: B000BDI724
Release Date: November 23, 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 2 to 4 weeks
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| Customer Reviews:
 Price review December 8, 2006
13 out of 15 found this review helpful
The journal is great. All the reviews state that. We don't need another redundant review.
But.
On the Wall Street Journal site, you can order a subscription for less than half the cost of the $215 Amazon charges.
Merry Xmas.
Among the Best October 28, 2006
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
"The Wall Street Journal" is one of the most-in-depth business journals available. It is an interesting blend of current events and insightful analysis of prevailing and sometimes not so apparent trends. The quality of reporting is generally balanced and professional.
Although every newspaper has a political orientation of one sort or the other, the Wall Street Journal news reporting is largely free of politics, making it a good source of unbiased news and information for most people. However, its editorial section is conservative, although thankfully the editorial section is a tiny portion of the whole magazine.
The journal has a lot of insightful business news that every manager at any level should find useful. The reporters cover the various topics in great detail and with knowledgeable perspective from all sides. They are not afraid to cover corporate transgression with rigour and honesty.
The journal also covers various other topics such as personal finance, special reports, business profiles, interviews, commentary, market and news of note for management personnel.
must be known to be loved October 12, 2006
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
Question: Is there a better American English-language daily anywhere?
Answer: no.
The Times (of London) is a great and venerable paper, but not easily available in the US and focused on a different reality.
The New York Times is an institution in its own right, better than WSJ on foreign affairs, and a much more complete paper.
But the Wall Street Journal is as good as it gets for a daily newspaper reader in this country with a business bent, an appreciation for an unfailingly high standard of writing and editing, and no particular interest in 'soft' topics or the New York cultural scene.
This is one very crisp paper. The last time an article got too wordy was back in 1967 and that writer's body was never found.
Just kidding. But it would be a convenient myth for explaining WSJ's disciplined tone.
In the 'Personal Journal' section, I routinely find articles that reshape some aspect of my personal (usually financial) life and habits.
Sports news is heady and analytical. For example, as I write this review we are in the thick of the American and National League Championship Series. Today's reportage does not tell me who won and lost last night and why. Instead, the 'On Sports' column is called 'Base Instincts' and explains why so many third base coaches end up as managers. In short, apart from the players they are the most important guy on the field.
Across the page, the 'By the Numbers' column is called 'Praising Pitcher's Parks'. It asks why teams that play in pitcher-friendly parks do so well in October.
As of this moment, I still don't know who won last night. But I know a lot more about the game of baseball.
Best of all, you can generally avoid the pricey subscription if you're willing to use frequent flyer miles to subscribe.
One memorably off-kilter film moment had its protagonist emerging from his tent and declaiming, 'I love the smell of napalm in the morning.'
'Never smelled napalm and don't hanker after the carnage. But I can say that the sight of my Journal in the driveway every morning in its little blue bag is an oddly comforting experience.
Buy it.
 Excellent Business Information March 7, 2006
4 out of 8 found this review helpful
Excellent (detailed, timely, and unbiased) source of business information; editorial page, however, is strongly slanted towards the conservative side.
Outstanding editorial line February 26, 2006
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
'The Wall Street Journal' it seems to me has the most sane and persuasive political writing of any major daily American paper. Its editorial writers are outstanding, and provide generally great insight into world news.
I read I must admit this paper occasionally and selectively, searching out the pieces that most interest me.
I am simply not the person who really follows closely the business and economic news the WSJ provides.
One small criticism is that I have never liked the format of the paper. I just do not like the way those very thin columns look.
But this is of course usually more than made up for by the quality of their content.
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