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    And an add-on example of what the Daily Beast wants to print …

    Weeks into former president Donald Trump’s criminal trial this spring, Joanna Coles — one of two veteran media bosses trying to inject new life into the Daily Beast — had a story idea.

    Like many digital-era editors, she sometimes thinks of story ideas in terms of their headline appeal. In this case, Coles had a very specific request, according to three people who attended the meeting who spoke on the condition of anonymity to preserve confidences:

    She wanted a story with a headline asking whether Trump would get raped in prison.