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New York Times Hit With Incredibly Weird Lawsuit [UPDATED]

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Senior Media Editor, The Huffington Post

New York Times Co. signage is displayed on the company's building in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, April 27, 2011. New York Times Co., publisher of the namesake newspaper, said more than 100,000 people signed up for new digital subscriptions, a sign online revenue may help offset a decline in print advertising and circulation. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images
New York Times Co. signage is displayed on the company's building in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, April 27, 2011. New York Times Co., publisher of the namesake newspaper, said more than 100,000 people signed up for new digital subscriptions, a sign online revenue may help offset a decline in print advertising and circulation. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images

The owners of Texas Monthly magazine are set to sue New York Times Magazine as the Times hires former Monthly editor Jake Silverstein, according to a report Friday. The Times previously reported that Silverstein was also a target of the lawsuit, but later issued a correction.

Silverstein's hiring in March was widely praised, but apparently Emmis Communications decided that the Times was liable for "inducing" him to break the contract.

Times spokeswoman Eileen Murphy called the decision "inexplicable" in a statement issued prior to the correction:

Here's the full statement from the NYT: pic.twitter.com/8O4pfGeYFv

— Ravi Somaiya (@ravisomaiya) April 11, 2014

The overall reaction on Twitter could perhaps be best characterized as "confused":

Shorter Texas Monthly to @jakesilverstein: “Oh, please don't go—we'll eat you up—we love you so!”

— Tim Dickinson (@7im) April 11, 2014

This entry has been updated to reflect The New York Times' correction that Emmis Publishing is not suing Silverstein.

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