New York Times | Gawker
Jared Kushner, 25, paid nearly $10 million for a majority stake in the Observer, reports
Katharine Q. Seelye. "I am here to help build the paper in a way that will lead to the best and most honest reporting, regardless of who is involved," he says. "It is up to the editors and reporters to decide what should be in the paper. The headline in everything we do should be integrity." Kushner's father, Charles, was sentenced to prison last year after pleading guilty to tax evasion, witness tampering and illegal campaign donations. || Read Kushner's
memo to NYO staffers.
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"In this day and age, much of journalism is about right or left, conservative or liberal, and The Observer is just that, an observer," the paper's new owner tells
David Carr.
(NYT)
