http://syn2.thecanadianpress.com:8080/mrss/feed/fcf7391a2f354311807f0501c16bde6a MSN - AP World Copyright © 2010-2018 The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Fri, 06 Sep 2024 19:46:54 +0000 http://syn2.thecanadianpress.com:8080/mrss/feed/fcf7391a2f354311807f0501c16bde6a/b4dd19efee684f1bba4cd2901e8115d7 Federal prosecutors in New York are planning to meet with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos about his allegations that the National Enquirer tried to blackmail him with help from Saudi Arabia, a person familiar with the plans said Thursday. (April 11) b4dd19efee684f1bba4cd2901e8115d7 Thu, 11 Apr 2019 20:11:54 +0000 RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST:ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP CLIENTS ONLYNew York - 11 April 2019 1. Annotated text graphic:  "The National Enquirer's parent company American Media Inc. says it is exploring a possible sale of the tabloid."2. Annotated text graphic:  "Meanwhile, prosecutors plan to meet with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos about his allegations that the National Enquirer tried to blackmail him." ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP CLIENTS ONLYWashington - 13 September 2018. 5. Tight on Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and CEO at The Economic Club 6. STEPHEN ARNOLD MUSIC Date/Location Unkown "Looking For Answers" plays ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP CLIENTS ONLYNew York - 11 April 2019 7. SOUNDBITE (English) Bernard Condon, AP Business Writer:"The parent of the National Enquirer has put the tabloid on the auction block. The company says it wants to focus on different kind of businesses. It owns a bunch of other magazines like Us Weekly, Snowboarder (Magazine), Surfer (Magazine), Men's Journal. That is it's focus now and broadcast." ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP CLIENTS ONLYWashington - 13 September 2018. 8. Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and CEO, speaks at The Economic Club ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP CLIENTS ONLYNew York - 11 April 2019 9. SOUNDBITE (English) Bernard Condon, AP Business Writer:"The latest news, and it's a big headache potentially for the National Enquirer is that Bezos, federal prosecutors have told the Associated Press, that Bezos is coming in to talk to them about his claim that the tabloid tried to extort him. And that's going to happen soon, according to two our sources. And this is important because Bezos says that not only did the National Enquirer play dirty with him, but it had help from the Saudi Arabia government. He says the Saudis helped get into his phone to steal these tweets, I'm sorry these messages, he had exchanged with his mistress Lauren Sanchez." STORYLINE: Federal prosecutors in New York are planning to meet with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos about his allegations that the National Enquirer tried to blackmail him with help from Saudi Arabia. A person familiar with the plans told The Associated Press the billionaire will meet with prosecutors in the coming days. The person was not authorized to discuss the meeting and spoke on condition of anonymity. Bezos security consultant Gavin de Becker accused the Saudi government last month of gaining "private information" and access to Bezos' phone. The tabloid's parent company has had business dealings with Saudi Arabia. Bezos says the Enquirer threatened to publish explicit photographs of him unless he stopped investigating how the magazine obtained private texts between Bezos and his mistress. The Enquirer and Saudi Arabia have denied wrongdoing. This comes as the National Enquirer's parent company, American Media, says it is exploring a possible sale of the tabloid as part of a "strategic" review of its tabloid business. The supermarket tabloid came under fire fire for paying hush money to a former Playboy model to help Donald Trump in his 2016 presidential campaign. The Associated Press reported last year that American Media CEO David Pecker kept a safe that held documents on hush money payments and killed stories, including records on ones involving Trump. In August, the U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan agreed not to prosecute American Media in exchange for the company's cooperation in its investigation of campaign violations. That probe eventually led to a three-year prison term for Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen for campaign violations among other charges. An American Media attorney denied that the tabloid committed blackmail, but the attack from Bezos threatened potentially big legal costs and at a bad time for American Media. The company is struggling under a heavy debt load after years of borrowing to buy other publications. The Bezos attack also threatened to upend American Media's non-prosecution agreement with federal prosecutors. The Associated Press reported in February that prosecutors were looking into whether the publisher violated terms of the deal, which included a promise not to break any laws in the future. American Media is controlled by its biggest investor, a hedge fund called Chatham Asset Management. A phone message seeking comment from Chatham was not immediately returned. In addition to the National Enquirer, American Media said it was also considering selling two other brands, Globe and National Examiner. 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