In today's New York Post, Keith J. Kelly detailed a purported quid pro quo arrangement between the National Enquirer owner American Media and Tiger Woods. As you'll note from the link above, the story has since been taken down but was syndicated on other Media Corp. sites and as of this posting, remains online. 

The National Enquirer caught Tiger Woods in a steamy extramarital affair two years ago, but killed the story in exchange for the golfer doing a rare cover-shoot for its sister mag -- despite Tiger's exclusive deal with a rival publication, a former editor told The Post.

Woods' camp, fearful of a potential public-relations nightmare in spring 2007, allegedly agreed to do a cover for Men's Fitness -- a magazine owned by the Enquirer's parent company, American Media, former Men's Fitness editor-in-chief Neal Boulton said yesterday.

"[American Media CEO] David Pecker knew about Tiger Woods' infidelity a long time ago," Boulton told The Post. "[Pecker] traded silence for a Men's Fitness cover."

Update on Saturday, December 5, 2009 at 09:43 PM by Geoff

** The link appears to have been restored or repaired. Only took three days and the coincidence of a new Daily Mail story backing up the story.