Reuters has an article up titled “Murdoch’s politics worry Wall St Journal employees.”

From this quote in the article, it’s not only the politics of Murdoch that are at issue:

Journal employees are wondering whether “the very pungent views of the Journal’s editorial board would somehow waft over into the news pages,” said a reporter who requested anonymity because he is not authorized to speak for the paper.

Note to anonymous employee: pungent view = meeting needs of current subscription base. Non-pungent view = dropped subscribers. Dropped subscribers = fewer anonymous employees to worry about.