Mediagazer: Longtime journalist Ken Kurson has resigned as editor of the New York Observer (Michael Calderone/@mlcalderone)

6:00 PM ET, May 24, 2017

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Michael Calderone / @mlcalderone:

Longtime journalist Ken Kurson has resigned as editor of the New York Observer — Ken Kurson has resigned as editor of the Observer

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