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End of an Era for Newspaper Wine Columns

Wall Street Journal wine writers are the latest to depart
Posted: Dec 29, 2009 2:52pm ET

The past year’s recession, coupled with the challenges facing traditional print media, have effectively shut down publications, terminated wine columns and eliminated a significant number of wine writer jobs, mostly through attrition and staff reductions. Wall Street Journal wine columnists John Brecher and Dorothy J. Gaiter are the latest to go, ending a 12-year, 579 column run.

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