Okay. The Wall Street Journal spec­u­lat­ive fun keeps on com­ing. Nick Denton dishes his rumour in the com­ments after Deal­breaker outs it:

Nick Denton at 03:05 PM on 05÷16÷08 Reply by Email * @Phyllis Nefler: Rebekah Wade. But, yes. That was the rumor I was hear­ing. Inter­est­ingly, she was men­tioned earlier in the year as a pos­sible replace­ment for Col Allan at the Post. (Fiercely denied by Posties.) Wants out of The Sun. Tried for Times of Lon­don job. Well regarded within News Corp. But still more likely to be good for Post than Journal.