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NY Times Fighter Gives Up

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Updated from 12:47 p.m. EDT

Hassan Elmasry, the portfolio manager with Morgan Stanley Investments who led a campaign to wrest control of New York Times (NYT Quote) away from chairman Arthur Sulzberger and his family, has sold his fund's stake in the newspaper publisher, according to a source close to the firm.

The source says the investment arm of Morgan Stanley(MS Quote) sold its 7.2% stake in New York Times, equal to more than 10 million shares, on Wednesday morning. Regulatory filings confirming the sale will be made public in the next few days.

A spokesman for Elmasry declined to comment. ...

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