NEW York: A Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ) study found that The Wall Street Journal de-emphasized its front-page business coverage in favor of political news during the first three months of News Corp.'s ownership, compared to the prior four months.

Released the day after WSJ managing editor Marcus Brauchli resigned, the study found that the 119-year-old paper upped its front-page politics coverage to 18% of the news hole, up from 5%, from December 13, 2007, to March 13, ...