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New York Times | Gawker
Still, WSJ deputy managing editor Alan Murray says outside columnists "do have other business interests" that they're bound to promote. He declines to discuss specific provisions of the agreement with Mark Penn, but says "if anyone is touting their business interests in our columns, that is a problem, and that's what the conflict-of-interest agreement deals with." || Hamilton Nolan's reaction. || Earlier: "WSJ unbelievably keeping Mark Penn as columnist."