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In recordings made by the billionaire, Ronald W. Burkle, Mr. Stern uses some of Mr. Johnson's relationships as examples of what he called the right approach because it's a pretty complicated business. There is nothing illegal, or even particularly rare, about the relationships that Mr. Stern brings up. Mr. Burkle, a supermarket magnate and Democratic fund-raiser whose name was mentioned in Page Six four times in the past year, claims that Mr. Stern offered to influence coverage of him in the column in exchange for $220,000. Mr. Burkle, a supermarket magnate and Democratic fund-raiser whose name was mentioned in Page Six four times in the past year, claims that Mr. Stern offered to influence coverage of him in the column in exchange for $220,000. Mr. Stern said that he was asking Mr. Burkle for an investment in his clothing line, Skull & Bones.