The editor of the UK Sunday Times, Emma Tucker, has been announced as the new editor of The Wall Street Journal.
The Murdoch-owned News Corp, which operates both papers, announced on Monday that Ms Tucker, 56, would succeed Matt Murray on 1 February.
The paper said that Mr Murray will work alongside Ms Tucker during a transition period until 1 March. Mr Murray will then move on to another role at News Corp.
“As a long-time admirer and reader of the brilliant journalism of The Wall Street Journal, it is my honour to edit this great newspaper,” Ms Tucker said in a statement released by The Journal. “I can’t wait to work with the entire team at the Journal and my new colleagues at Dow Jones, who have done so much in recent years to publish journalism that matters and set new records along the way.”
Ms Tucker became the editor of the Sunday Times in January 2020.