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Anthony Weiner. | AP Photo/Seth Wenig Weiner loses newspaper column after 'sexting' report

It's a banner tabloid day for the New York Post, which on Sunday night published an exposé of flirtatious and explicit text messages and photographs sent by Anthony Weiner to a woman in July 2015, one of which included a photo of Weiner and his son.

Hours after the story's publication, Huma Abedin, Weiner's wife and longtime right hand and confidante to Hillary Clinton, issued a statement announcing that she intended to separate from Weiner immediately.

But if breaking the next Weinergate wasn’t enough, here’s another big win for the tabloid: its story also managed to dislodge the former congressman from his place as a contributing columnist at the Post’s tabloid rival.

The New York Daily News, where Weiner had occasionally contributed since 2014, has made the decision to drop Weiner as a columnist effective immediately, opinion editor Josh Greenman told POLITICO. Greenman wouldn’t comment further on the Daily News’ decision to cut ties with Weiner, other than to emphasize that Weiner was an infrequent contributor.

The Daily Beast was the first to report on the Daily News’ decision.

Weiner has also been booted from NY1, where he has been a contributor to local New York news station NY1's "Wise Guys" pundit-debate franchise. A spokesperson for the station told POLITICO that Weiner had been placed on "indefinite leave," effective immediately.