John R. MacArthur is publisher of Harper’s Journal and creator with the e-book You Can’t Be President: The Outrageous Barriers to Democracy in The united states. This column at first appeared in the July 13,
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Rupert Murdoch’s legal, and now political, issues in the U.K. — stemming in the apply at one particular of his newspapers,
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Tiffany Charm Bracelet, of eavesdropping on cellular phones and paying police for details — remind me of your darkish joke I often share together with the staff at Harper’s Journal.
As it takes place, the Australian-born press baron owns the Harper’s trademark since he owns HarperCollins publishers. So, for 24 years,
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Tiffany & Co, I’ve been placing out a highbrow regular monthly devoted to severe literature and high quality journalism with the revocable permission of your man finest identified for negative style and reduced ethics in practically every thing he does.
The 1980 revenue agreement together with the Minneapolis Star and Tribune Firm,
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Tiffany.com, says I’m permitted to affix the hallowed name Harper’s “only on or in magazines of high literary high quality of a standard equivalent to that which has been maintained by [Harper & Row] in publishing ‘Harper’s Journal.’ ” When Murdoch’s Information Corp. bought Harper & Row,
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Tiffany & Co Outlet, it inherited this agreement and thus could haul me into court if its chairman thought that Harper’s Magazine was damaging his guide company’s trademark by scurrilous behavior.