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National Enquirer being sold to former newsstand mogul

The National Enquirer is being sold to the former head of airport newsstand company

The National Enquirer at a New York convenience store in February. The National Enquirer is being sold to the former head of the airport newsstand company Hudson News. (Stephanie Keith/Getty Images/TNS)
The National Enquirer at a New York convenience store in February. The National Enquirer is being sold to the former head of the airport newsstand company Hudson News. (Stephanie Keith/Getty Images/TNS)Read moreStephanie Keith / MCT
    by Bernard Condon, AP Business Writer, The Associated Press
    Published 

NEW YORK (AP) — The National Enquirer is being sold to the former head of the airport newsstand company Hudson News.

Tabloid owner American Media says it is selling the supermarket weekly to James Cohen. The deal comes after a rocky year for the tabloid in which it was caught up in a federal probe of illegal campaign contributions to Donald Trump's presidential campaign in 2016.

The tabloid has also been accused by Amazon chief Jeff Bezos of trying to blackmail him by threatening to publish explicit photos of him. The tabloid denies the charges.

Financial terms were not immediately disclosed for the deal, which also includes two other American Media tabloids, the Globe and the National Examiner.