Q&A: Publisher Defied Trump to ‘Defend the Principles of the First Amendment’

John Sargent, the chief executive of Macmillan, the parent company of Henry Holt, which has received orders for more than a million copies of “Fire and Fury.” Continue reading at 'The New York Times'

[ The New York Times | 2018-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Q&A: Publisher Defied Trump to ‘Defend the Principles of the First Amendment’

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