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Greg Beyer, an editor at the Huffington Post, sent an email to colleagues on Friday explaining why he passed on a pitch from a reporter who flagged a New York Times story about Uber. He had cited a company partnership with Uber as a rational for rejecting the pitch.

Mr. Beyer’s email telling a reporter to “hold on this one please as we’re partnering with Uber on our drowsy driving campaign” was reported Thursday by Washington Post media blogger Erik Wemple.

The Huffington Post said Wednesday that Editor in Chief Arianna Huffington was joining Uber’s board of directors. The revelation a day later of Mr. Beyer’s email seemed to undermine the Huffington Post’s argument that its newsroom could still cover Uber impartially.

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