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The NY Post made a lengthy “exclusive” out of a report claiming that, “Simon & Schuster staffers are fuming after their Christmas party was once again scrapped by what they called the Scrooge-like investment giant that owns the famed book publisher, The Post has learned…. ‘They are being cheap and not having a big company-wide party this year,’ one of the sources told The Post.” As for comment, S&S ceo Jonathan Karp writes to PL: “Today’s NY Post story about KKR having anything to do with S&S not having a holiday party is a total work of fiction. I made …
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