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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (15591)	12/14/2006 11:59:45 PM
From: sandintoes	Respond to of 71588

Don't get me started about the press...<<GG>>

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (15591)	4/18/2007 2:15:10 AM
From: Peter Dierks	Respond to of 71588

Peter Kann's Values Our chairman retires after a memorable career. Wednesday, April 18, 2007 12:01 a.m. EDT These are days of anxiety in the media world, but young journalists wondering how to practice their craft, and generally how to comport themselves, would do well to follow the example of Peter R. Kann, who retires today after 43 years at The Wall Street Journal and 16 years as chairman of our owner, Dow Jones & Co. As careers in this business go, Mr. Kann has had a memorable one--from his start in 1964 in the Pittsburgh bureau, to covering the Vietnam War, to founding editor and publisher of The Asian Wall Street Journal in 1976. He won a Pulitzer Prize for covering the India-Pakistan war of 1971; in the middle of the fighting, his editors in New York demanded that he leave and Mr. Kann famously replied that he couldn't be reached. For 15 years until he became non-executive chairman last year, Mr. Kann was Dow Jones's CEO. For much of that period he was also the Journal's publisher, presiding over the paper's global expansion as well as its transition to the Internet. At a time when every other newspaper publisher chose to give content away for free on the Web, Mr. Kann decided that WSJ.com was worth paying for. Today the Journal franchise has some 2.7 million paid subscriptions in print and online. Perhaps his largest contribution is the way he has embodied the best values of American journalism. As publisher, Mr. Kann knew he spoke for the entire Journal. He strongly supported the principles of "free people and free markets" that have always defined the editorial pages. But he also knew never to display a public partisanship, or to give a commencement address assailing a U.S. President, that might compromise the reputation of Journal reporters for unbiased news coverage. He tenaciously defended Journal writers when their reporting challenged a President, a CEO, or some foreign government. In recent years, his contributions to the Journal opinion pages have often focused on the press and its standards. He has campaigned for honesty, integrity and fairness, as well as independent thinking and judgment. He has always wanted the Journal to stand apart from the pack, as he himself has done during his long and distinguished career. opinionjournal.com