Blind Item | An OC member, and a workplace affair

Which newspaper operating committee member was caught having an affair with a direct report -- while negotiating that report's new pay package? (Hint: The subordinate's spouse found out.)

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[Photo: legendary gossip columnist Hedda Hopper. Blind item?]