NYT Responds To News Corps Slap

New York Observer:

On June 26, News Corp., the international media giant helmed by Rupert Murdoch, lashed out at The New York Times for its dogged pursuit of a series of stories laying out Mr. Murdoch's history as a media mogul in England, the United States, Australia and China.

"... [The] agenda for this unprecedented series is so blatantly designed to further the Times's commercial self interests," read the statement from News Corp. executive Gary Ginsberg in part, "by undermining a direct competitor poised to become an even more formidable competitor."

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