Ken Kurson is a political consultant, longtime professional associate of Rudy Giuliani and close friend of Jared Kushner, who owns the paper, and his father Charles.
Elizabeth Spiers, the founding editor of Gawker hired to give The New York Observer and its website a kick in the pants in 2011, is out as editor-in-chief, the weekly newspaper announced Thursday.
Players: James Franco, Hollywood actor who's made a name for himself for being a jack of all trades and the ultimate professional student; The New York Observer, a weekly paper suffering from Franco fatigue.
The New York Observer joins the small group of people supporting News Corp.'s CEO
CUNY passes on awarding the Pulitzer-winning playwright an honorary degree
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