Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2020
Miami Herald responds to controversy over paid insert
Company response
The Miami Herald said it was investigating how it published a paid insert containing commentary it called racist and anti-Semitic. Its publisher and the managing editor of El Nuevo Herald apologized to readers, and the publisher said the company was appalled by multiple instances of such commentary in past issues.
Stated objective. to prevent this from ever recurring
Company response
Investigation — Miami Herald
The Miami Herald is investigating how it published a paid insert with what it called “racist and anti-Semitic commentary”
Apology — Miami Herald
Marqués González and the managing editor of El Nuevo Herald Nancy San Martín apologized to readers in a letter
Apology — Miami Herald
The Miami Herald and its sister Spanish-language publication, El Nuevo Herald, are apologizing to readers for a racist and anti-Semitic column published in a paid insert that was part of Friday’s El Nuevo Herald.
Investigation — Miami Herald
It is one of a series of internal failures that we are investigating in order to prevent this from ever recurring.
Source excerpt
After reviewing past issues of LIBRE, Marqués González wrote the company was “appalled to discover multiple instances of anti-Semitic and racist commentary since January,” the letter to readers said.
Marqués González and the managing editor of El Nuevo Herald Nancy San Martín apologized to readers in a letter saying they had not previously read the advertising insert until a column was widely shared on social media with commentary berating Jews for supporting the Black Lives Matter movement while comparing violent demonstrators to Nazis.
The Miami Herald is investigating how it published a paid insert with what it called “racist and anti-Semitic commentary” and distributed to readers of its Spanish-language sister paper.
2020
Miami Herald apologizes and ends LIBRE supplement relationship
Company response
Editors at The Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald apologized for including a LIBRE insert that contained racist and anti-Semitic commentary. The editors stated that they were investigating internal failures and announced that they would end the supplement relationship and would no longer publish, print, or distribute its content.
Company response
Apology — The Miami Herald
The Herald apologized after they spent the weekend going through past editions of LIBRE
Investigation — The Miami Herald
It is one of a series of internal failures that we are investigating in order to prevent this from ever recurring
Remediation — The Miami Herald
Both editors also announced the termination of their relationship with LIBRE and promised to "never publish, print or distribute its content again."
Source excerpt
Editors at The Miami Herald and its sister Spanish-language newspaper, El Nuevo Herald, apologized to readers this week for including a Spanish-language insert that said American Jews support "thieves and arsonists" and compared Black Lives Matter protesters to Nazis.
Both editors also announced the termination of their relationship with LIBRE and promised to "never publish, print or distribute its content again."
In an open letter published Monday, the editors said they were "deeply sorry" for the column in the "LIBRE" insert and that they would no longer include the paid Spanish-language supplement, which has included anti-Semitic and racist columns for months.
2015
Unauthorized publication of Harada dōjinshi
Libre apologized after a special B-Boy issue included manga artist Harada's dōjinshi without permission.
2007
Dispute over former Biblos licenses
Libre challenged Central Park Media's continued North American publication of titles that had previously been licensed from Biblos. Libre argued that the licenses needed to be renegotiated after Biblos's closure, while Central Park Media argued that its existing agreements remained valid.