The Adelson family is now “confirming” its ownership of the @ReviewJournal — check out this strange juxtaposition https://t.co/GKMB1QQJVJ

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) December 17, 2015

Putting an end to a week-long mystery, the family of billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson confirmed Thursday morning that it has “purchased the Las Vegas Review-Journal through a wholly-owned fund.”

The family said in a statement that it was “proud to announce” the acquisition, and said it never intended to keep the news a secret.

The statement was printed in Thursday’s edition of the Review-Journal, alongside a thoroughly reported story that used anonymous sources to identify Adelson’s son-in-law Patrick Dumont as the broker of the deal. It was a strange juxtaposition.