Former 'NOTW' Employees Detail System for Paying Sources
Sources tell the NYT that managing editor authorized payments
On the heels of the arrest of former News of the World managing editor Stuart Kuttner, The New York Times has new details about the tabloid’s cash payment system.
According to the Times, which spoke to a number of former NOTW employees, the ground floor of the tabloid’s office complex held a cashier’s window where reporters would go whenever they needed cash to pursue an article. Once there, “they simply filled out a green form and, after getting authorization from the managing editor, exchanged it at the window for up to tens of thousands of pounds.”
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