re: Seattle pastor claims newspaper canceled church's Easter service ad after CEO objected

There are words in the article that make it sound like the parties had a contract:

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The ad's original messaging mentioning "Hell" and "revival" was altered after it was rejected by the paper, but a modified version of the ad was finally accepted and paid for on March 19, the emails reportedly showed.

However, Johnson said the contract was canceled the following day, just two days before the ad was to be published.

He claimed the marketing team told him that "the owner [Frank Blethen] personally stepped in today and canceled your ad." He was told the prominent religious ad would hurt the company's reputation.

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When you see words like "accepted," "paid for," and "canceled," it sounds like there was a contract.