A top Washington Post editor instructed editors Tuesday night not to promote a story about a controversy involving the paper’s new CEO Will Lewis.

On Tuesday, a court in the United Kingdom ruled that Prince Harry could introduce new amendments in a lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp.

over phone hacking — including one alleging that Lewis, then an News Corp executive, was involved in a plan to delete emails regarding the phone hacking after the scheme was revealed.

The Washington Post published a detailed story about the ruling on Tuesday, noting Lewis’ role and his denials of wrongdoing.

But in the hours after the story was published, editors sought to downplay it.

In an email to some staff Tuesday evening, newsletter chief Elana Zak issued a brief directive with the subject line “don’t distribute this story,” linking to Tuesday’s development.

“Please do not put this Prince Harry story in any of your newsletters,” she wrote.

The email contained no additional information explaining why the paper did not want the story included in its newsletters. A Post employee familiar with the situation told Semafor after this story was published that Tuesday’s email was a result of some internal miscommunication between editors.

The Post declined to explain what happened but provided a statement from managing editor Matea Gold: “The Washington Post is committed to covering this topic – and all stories – independently, rigorously and fairly. We had routine discussions about the promotion of this piece across our platforms.”

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Source: New York Post