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The Miami Herald’s publisher resigned Tuesday, citing the recent revelation that some journalists with its Spanish-language sister paper El Nuevo Herald were paid to appear on U.S.-government broadcasts aimed at promoting democracy in Cuba.
Jesus Diaz Jr. also resigned as president of the Miami Herald Media Co.
In a letter to readers, Diaz said the company would rehire two El Nuevo Herald reporters and a freelance contributor that he dismissed last month for getting paid by Radio Marti and TV Marti. He said six others who took payments would not be disciplined.
David Landsberg, a longtime Herald employee who served as general manager, took over immediately as company president and publisher of both newspapers, said The McClatchy Co., the papers’ parent company based in Sacramento, Calif.
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