And settling is what I had started to feel was happening at All Things Digital. Walt and I were still operating awkwardly inside Dow Jones, where we’d been given stability but not the opportunity to grow, as well as complete operating autonomy and editorial independence by contract. Others in the company resented the freedom we had. Typical of a newsroom, they crapped all over us trying new things while they stayed in line for whatever advantage they thought standing still gave them.
