Before the closing of the Washington Post Co.’s sale of
Newsweek
to 92-year-old businessman Sidney Harman, the staff received an announcement that Harman’s son Daniel would join the staff, according to
a report by Keith J. Kelly of the
New York Post.
Daniel Harman, who is in his twenties, is a second-year MBA student at Columbia University, Kelly reported. The report noted that he “apparently has no publishing experience but was involved in setting up and running a sports car accessories business called Harman Motive.”
When Sidney Harman takes over as owner, up to 30% of the
Newsweek
staff are expected to be laid off, the article said. The elder Harman told Kelly that his son would be an intern at the magazine.
“He’s an intern. He’s a second-year MBA and one of the requirements of second-year MBAs is that they serve an internship…. I don’t press anyone in the family to follow my drum. He is not the heir and it is not apparent.”
(Source:
New York Post,
Sept. 22, 2010.)
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