New Owner's Son Receives Newsweek Internship

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday September 22, 2010

img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-46298" title="0803harman_1_0 (1)" src="/files/wxrimport/2010-09/0803harman_1_0-1.jpg" alt="" width="205" height="105" /><The New York Post reports:

Daniel Harman, son of 92-year-old stereo equipment mogul Sidney Harman, has joined the staff of Newsweek in advance of dad's purchase of the ailing weekly.

The deal is expected to be finalized any day now.

Newsweek staffers are anxiously awaiting news this Friday on who will be allowed to stay on board once the elder Harman completes his $1 deal to take over the ailing magazine from the Washington Post Company. As much as 30 percent of the staff is expected to receive pink slips.

Staffers will find out via e-mail.

"You either get the bye-bye package or you'll find out the terms of your new job," said one source close to Newsweek.

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