sentences:  On Feb. 1, 2018, Oppel was hired by owner Paul Hobby to serve as ombudsman of "Texas Monthly" after Tim Taliaferro, then the editor-in-chief, drew media criticism for allegedly entering into an arrangement with the dating app Bumble.According to "Columbia Journalism Review", Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd would appear on the cover in exchange for a $25,000–30,000 social-media push by the dating company.Taliaferro denied there was any arrangement, saying the cover decision had been made before the social-media push was discussed.