The Guardian reported in December that the New York Times's chief executive, Janet Robinson, was to step down.
There were no clues as to why she was going. But, if a New York magazine article is to be believed, it appears that the story behind her departure is very interesting indeed.
According to the writer, Joe Hagan, it involves a mixture of corporate strife, internal family rivalry and a personality clash between Robinson and the girlfriend of the paper's publisher Arthur Sulzberger Junior, Claudia Gonzalez.
According to Hagan, the imperious Robinson had long enjoyed something of a platonic marriage with Sulzberger.
This relationship soured as Sulzberger became increasingly preoccupied with the strong-willed Gonzalez who, it seems, was no fan of Robinson.
However, Robinson's firing - with a reputed $24m (£15.3m) pay-off - was not as simple as that clash might sound.
Hagan explains that the overarching issue concerned the ravaged newspaper business and its impact on the Sulzberger family's financial comfort.
Declining advertising revenue, a plummeting stock price and the three-year absence of a dividend eroded Robinson's job security.
Indeed, the lack of a dividend created such a feeling of discontent inside the Ochs-Sulzberger family that two years ago it too counselling from a company that specialises in disputes inside wealthy families.
It was Robinson's views on the company's digital strategy - or lack of it - that underlay her departure.
When she clashed first with Martin Nisenholtz, the company's digital chief, and then Michael Golden - a first cousin of Sulzberger who wanted a broader mandate at the company - Sulzberger didn't have the stomach to defend her.
According to the article, Robinson's dismissal was not unanimously agreed at board level. At least two directors were against her removal.
• The headline was amended on 30 May 2012 to better reflect the content of the article.