Brother of Bezos' Lover Sold Texts to Tabloid for $200,000

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Michael Rothfeld, Joe Palazzolo and Alexandra Berzon, Brother of Bezos' Lover Sold Texts to Tabloid for $200,000. Wall Street Journal, Mar 19, 2019 (front page).
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/u ... -brother/ar-BBUWhl5

Note:
(a) This is a blow-by-blow account of events ;leading to the publication.
(b) "A blowup in a restaurant between American Media Chief Executive David Pecker and his general counsel for media led the lawyer to leave the publisher immediately."

blowup (n): "a blowing up: such as a : EXPLOSION b : an outburst of temper * * * "
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blowup

(c) "Mr [Michael] Sanchez [Lauren's brother], a talent agent who has managed television pundits and reality-show judges, has long been a source for the Enquirer and its top editor, Dylan Howard, the people familiar with the matter said. * * * Ms [Lauren] Sanchez, a former television reporter who started an aerial film-production [filming from sky] company, was introduced to Mr Bezos by her husband, Hollywood talent-agent executive Patrick Whitesell. Mr Whitesell is executive chairman at talent agency William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, whose CEO, Ari Emanuel, is close with Mr [(National Inquirer's publisher) American Media CEO David] Pecker. * * * Mr. Pecker’s relationship with Mr. Emanuel had no bearing on the publisher’s decision-making, said people close to Mr Pecker. A spokesman for Mr Emanuel said the talent agent had no discussions with Mr Pecker about the Bezos story before it was published."

In the last sentence, the "talent agent" alludes to Michael Sanchez (note the definite article), not one in the talent agency William Morris Endeavor Entertainment.