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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Roy Greenslade

Why did paper pull story on Murdoch's wife?

The Sydney Morning Herald got cold feet about running a story on Rupert Murdoch's third wife, Wendi Deng? The paper, owned by the long-time Murdoch rival, Fairfax Media, paid A$30,000 (£12,500) to prize-winning journalist Eric Ellis to write a 10,000-word profile of Ms Deng. Though editors were evidently pleased with the result it was decided not to run it. Will any British editor be calling Ellis today? One pointer: he lives in Singapore. (Via FT.com)

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