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New York Observer | New York Times
This acquisition follows Toronto-based CanWest's 2006 purchase of 30% interest in the magazine. "It feels like a burden has been lifted from me," says Martin Peretz, who has been a part owner of the magazine for more than three decades. He'll remain as editor-in-chief. ALSO: On Thursday, Tunku Varadarajan joins the Wall Street Journal's newsroom as an assistant managing editor, after more than six years in the paper's opinion department.