The perfect buyer for the National Enquirer, Runner’s World does retail, The Onion’s threats: Publisher’s Brief

Welcome to the latest edition of Ad Age Publisher's Brief, our roundup of news from the world of content producers across digital and print. Got a tip? Send it our way. Joining us late? Here's the previous edition. All Peckered out: Supermarket tabloid the National Enquirer, as you’ve probably heard by now, is up for sale. Why? Well, here’s your executive summary: Owner American Media Inc., run by Trump pal David Pecker, was pressured to shop the gossip sheet by hedge fund manager Anthony Melchiorre, who has an 80 percent stake in AMI, according to The Washington Post. Melchiorre, a source tells the paper, grew “disgusted” with the Enquirer’s approach to “journalism” in the wake of what Amazon CEO (and Washington Post owner) Jeff Bezos in February characterized as an extortion attempt surrounding purloined photos. If you haven’t already read Bezos’s blog post about his run-in with the tabloid, well, now’s a good time. It includes passages like this, from a rather descriptive email written by AMI Chief Content Officer Dylan Howard, as quoted by Bezos: In addition to the “below the belt selfie — otherwise colloquially known as a ‘d*ck pick’” — The Enquirer obtained a further nine images. These include: · A naked selfie in a bathroom — while wearing his wedding ring. Mr. Bezos is wearing nothing but a white towel — and the top of his pubic region can be seen. · A shirtless Mr. Bezos holding his phone in his left hand — while wearing his wedding ring. He’s wearing... Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'

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