The Embargo Broke Early

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The Harbor Gazette held one sealed scoop for tomorrow's front page: the confidential shortlist for the city's new library site, embargoed until the council's 9 AM announcement. At 10:40 PM tonight a rival blog posted the exact three shortlisted parcels, word for word from the Gazette's unpublished draft. The draft lived only on the copy desk, and only four people were in the building.

Subject

The library-site scoop

An embargoed front-page story naming the three shortlisted parcels, leaked to a rival blog before the Gazette could print it.

The suspects

Renata Cole — Night editor
Desmond Ayer — Copy proofreader
Priya Nandal — Cub reporter
Hollis Frame — Pressroom foreman

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