UPDATE: The National Enquirer is being sold for $100 million to James Cohen, CEO of Hudson News
Source: Washington Post
Ending an association between a longtime friend of President Trump and the tabloid that favored him during the 2016 election, American Media Inc. LLC (AMI) is selling the National Enquirer for $100 million to James Cohen, CEO of Hudson News. The supermarket tabloid, along with two sister publications, will be purchased by the head of the travel retailer known for its airport newsstands, according to people familiar with the agreement.
The decision to sell came after Anthony Melchiorre, the hedge fund manager whose firm controls AMI, became disillusioned with the reporting tactics of the Enquirer, which is overseen by David Pecker, Trump’s confidant dating back many years. American Media has been under intense pressure because of the Enquirer’s efforts to tilt the 2016 presidential election in favor of Trump.
Pecker and his supermarket tabloid have also been embroiled in recent months in an unusually public feud with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who also owns The Washington Post. The sale of AMI’s newsprint tabloid business, which also includes the National Examiner and the Globe, is expected to reduce AMI’s debt to $355 million, according to a person familiar with the company’s finances.
The company has faced financial difficulty as it sought to refinance more than $400 million in debt this year and as the Enquirer’s circulation continued to decline. The paper sold an average of 516,000 copies per issue in 2014, but that number fell to 218,000 in December, according to data compiled by the Alliance for Audited Media.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/the-national-enquirer-is-being-sold-for-100-million-to-james-cohen-ceo-of-hudson-news/2019/04/18/03fef706-61fe-11e9-9412-daf3d2e67c6d_story.html
Timing of announcement.
But with the update - Mission accomplished.
Original article -
April 18 at 1:16 PM
The supermarket tabloid, along with two sister publications, will be purchased by the head of the travel retailer known for its airport newsstands, according to people familiar with the agreement.
The decision to sell came after the hedge fund manager whose firm controls the tabloid's parent company, American Media, became disillusioned with the reporting tactics it practiced. American Media has been under intense pressure because of the Enquirer's efforts to tilt the 2016 presidential election in favor of Donald Trump, who is a longtime friend of American Media's CEO, David Pecker.
This is a developing story. It will be updated.
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Elvis and JFK being alive aside. 
As I cannot imagine how lipstick would get on them.
You are telling me that contortionists manage to overlook the drinking fountains, somehow turn their heads upside down while arching their backs backwards, and put their lips on the nozzles of bottle filling stations?
Sorry, but as someone who logs 50k air miles a year and travels with a refillable bottle, I have never seen lipstick on a bottle filling station nor could I imagine how on earth it would get there.
As long as they remain in their seats in a folded position.
given the circumstances of late....
