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Donahue lawsuit dismissed
The Greenville News ^ | 8/24/02 | Andy Paras

Posted on 08/24/2002 7:38:12 AM PDT by PJeffQ

Edited on 05/07/2004 9:05:57 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

A Greenville County circuit judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by talk show host Phil Donahue against the former owners of his show, Multimedia Inc., Universal Television Enterprises Inc. and Gannett Co., Inc.

Donahue filed the lawsuit in the Greenville County Court of Common Pleas in 1997, alleging that his 1982 contract with Multimedia, which also owned The Greenville News, called for him to be given the option of buying the rights to the show and reruns if they were being sold.


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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: court; donahue; gannett; lawsuit; multimedia; southcarolina

1 posted on 08/24/2002 7:38:12 AM PDT by PJeffQ
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To: **South_Carolina
Bump
2 posted on 08/24/2002 7:39:14 AM PDT by PJeffQ
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To: PJeffQ
Where does the line form to be able to purchase the reruns of his old shows? BE CAREFUL - the stampede could be dangerous.

A PICTURE OF THE PEOPLE RUSHING TO GET IN LINE?

3 posted on 08/24/2002 7:49:07 AM PDT by stlrocket
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To: PJeffQ
Lessons learned, Dona-spew: Going to court in an attempt to enforce an expired contract makes you look like the fool that you are when your case gets dismissed.
4 posted on 08/24/2002 7:51:46 AM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity
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To: stlrocket
Well, that's certainly offensive. Why would they think using a photo of the horrified reactions of 9/11 witnesses by adding profanity on top of it would NOT be offensive? (It's not your site, but Strange Cosmos tends to be offensive, doesn't it?)
5 posted on 08/24/2002 8:05:28 AM PDT by savedbygrace
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To: PJeffQ
"In dicta, the court stated in its ruling, 'Oh, and your new show sucks, too.'" <|:)~
6 posted on 08/24/2002 8:45:16 AM PDT by martin_fierro
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