Kurtz leaves DailyBeast after retracted blog post

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Kurtz leaves DailyBeast after retracted blog post

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/kurtz-leaves-dailybeast-retracted-blog-post-204748611.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/4v5ZVnbLgYGWzgatmB1zIA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/7df58ec7be23bc0e300f6a706700c5ea.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - This April 25, 2012 file photo shows journalist Howard Kurtz at the world premiere of &quot;Knife Fight&quot; during the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival in New York. Kurtz has left online news and commentary site The Daily Beast, a day after the website retracted one of his blog posts about the coming out of NBA player Jason Collins. Both Kurtz and Daily Beast editor-in-chief Tina Brown confirmed his departure over Twitter. Kurtz did not acknowledge any link between the retraction and his departure. He tweeted that “we began to move in different directions, both sides agreed it was best to part company.” (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)" align="left" title="FILE - This April 25, 2012 file photo shows journalist Howard Kurtz at the world premiere of &quot;Knife Fight&quot; during the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival in New York. Kurtz has left online news and commentary site The Daily Beast, a day after the website retracted one of his blog posts about the coming out of NBA player Jason Collins. Both Kurtz and Daily Beast editor-in-chief Tina Brown confirmed his departure over Twitter. Kurtz did not acknowledge any link between the retraction and his departure. He tweeted that “we began to move in different directions, both sides agreed it was best to part company.” (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (AP) â€" Columnist Howard Kurtz left The Daily Beast on Thursday, the same day the website retracted one of his blog posts in which he mistakenly accused NBA player Jason Collins of hiding a previous engagement to a woman before declaring this week that he is gay.</p><br clear="all"/>

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