freeclimb9 Posted June 18, 2002 Share Posted June 18, 2002 from planetfear: Denver -- Climbing magazine publisher Primedia has filed a lawsuit against its main competitor and two employees, contending the defendants have attempted to "cripple" the 51,000 circulation monthly. The suit, filed Monday, June 10, in Colorado's District Court in Denver, is seeking in excess of $75,000. Big Stone Publishing, which puts out Rock & Ice magazine, is named along with its publisher Duane Raleigh and production manager Quent Williams --both of whom are former Climbing magazine employees. "We were fully engaged in a spirit of friendly competition for our readers, advertisers and employees," said Primedia's Norb Garrett on Thursday. "However, as the days passed, information came to light that made it clear to us that Rock & Ice was not interested in fair competition, and we were basically left with no choice but to defend ourselves." The complaint alleges Big Stone, Raleigh and Williams of attempting to degrade the quality of Climbing magazine and steal editorial and advertising opportunities for Rock & Ice. Further, all three are accused of having "waged a systematic misinformation campaign about Climbing in an effort to cripple the magazine." Raleigh and Williams resigned from their respective jobs as publisher and production manager at Climbing magazine in April, then publicly announced that they had purchased Rock & Ice. Six other Climbing magazine employees also resigned from their jobs in mid-May to go to work for Raleigh and Williams, whose names appear on the articles of incorporation as Big Stone's two sole directors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daisy Posted June 18, 2002 Share Posted June 18, 2002 Oh, I thought this thread was gonna be about different pads.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceIceBaby Posted June 18, 2002 Share Posted June 18, 2002 quote: Originally posted by daisy: Oh, I thought this thread was gonna be about different pads.... You cant plant onions and expect apples…this is CC.com for G sake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeclimb9 Posted June 18, 2002 Author Share Posted June 18, 2002 I think it's great that lawyers are now involved in the dispute between the new owners of R&I and Climbing. You know what happens when you give a lawyer Viagra? he stands up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_Parker Posted June 19, 2002 Share Posted June 19, 2002 You mean there's actually a difference between these two rags? Bla, Bla, Bla. I stopped subscribing to them when the "bolt" wars started way back. Now I have to see this shit all over cc. The Bolt war is just like the war between Palistines and Israelies. No one will win, it will last forever and there ain't nothin' you and I can do about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon Posted June 19, 2002 Share Posted June 19, 2002 We've actually been thinking about starting our own climbing magazine called SPRAY. Actually come to think of it, it really doesn't even have to be about climbing, kind of like the other mags Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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