Did supermarket mogul Ron Burkle demand American Media Inc.
kill the Weekly World News as part of his acquisition of the tabloid and
magazine publisher at the behest of his friends the Clintons? That's the
conspiracy theory that peHUB puts forth concerning Evercore Partners Inc. and
Thomas H. Lee Partners LP's pending sale of the Boca Raton, Fla., publisher of
the supermarket tabloid known for its travails of Bat Boy, and Bill and
Hillary Clinton's relationships with aliens. —Matthew Wurtzel
See post from peHUB
See July 2006 story from The Deal newsweekly
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