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Sunday Style apologises for Instagram intern ad featuring lingerie model on all fours

news corp intern image News Corp magazine Sunday Style has apologised after posting an advert on Instagram with the word ‘Interns wanted’ over a picture of a woman on all fours in lingerie on a bed.

The image, posted on Friday, was quickly removed from the social networking site following a string of complaints from followers.

Later Sunday Style, the fashion insert on News Corp’s Sunday newspapers which is run by magazine division NewsLifeMedia, posted an apology admitting an “error of judgement” by posting the image.

The original image  came with a caption “we are on the hunt for fashion interns” and then details of where candidates could send their CVs, or asking people to tag friends on the site who might be good candidates.

The apology read: “We made an error of judgement today with an image used in a recent Instagram post calling for interns that has since been taken down. We take our intern program seriously and apologise for any offence caused.”Sunday style image apologyNews Corp declined to comment further on the post.

 

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