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Arrangement draws criticism

Associated Press

Thursday, September 10, 2009

HARTFORD, Conn. -- The Hartford Courant says it is re-evaluating its plan to have the daughter of Connecticut women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma write a blog about the team. The newspaper's sports editor, Jeff Otterbein, says he hired Alysa Auriemma to give an insider's viewpoint about her father and the team on monthly blog postings during the upcoming basketball season. Otterbein said Alysa Auriemma would be paid $125 per article. The arrangement has been criticized by a media ethics ex ...

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