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People Editor Calls Times Allegations 'Totally Bogus' [Internal Memos]
Posted on November 21, 2008
High profile press fight! People magazine editor Larry Hackett just sent out an internal memo blasting the page one New York Times story today about People's alleged shady dealings with Angelina Jolie. Specifically, the Times cited two anonymous sources with knowledge of the bidding for the photos of Jolie and Brad Pitt's most recent newborns which cost People $14 million who said that there was an formal agreement that obliged the magazine to offer only positive coverage. Of course, as Hackett acknowledges, their coverage was positive; but he strongly asserts that the magazine would n...
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