Free Republic

SAN FRANCISCO -- A new court order clears the way for the Bay Guardian to try to raid the financial holdings of the archrival SF Weekly, its parent company and 16 other publications owned by the firm, including New York's Village Voice, to collect on a $21 million lawsuit judgment. Commissioner Bruce Slavit of San Francisco Superior Court granted the Bay Guardian's request Wednesday to place a lien on the Weekly's holding company, New Times Media, and the firm's interests in the Village Voice newspaper chain. Jay Adkisson, the Guardian's lawyer, said Thursday that the lien would enable the newspaper...

SAN FRANCISCO - -- A San Francisco jury awarded up to $15 million in damages today to the Bay Guardian alternative weekly newspaper, to be paid by its competitor, SF Weekly, for unfair business practices. The superior court jury agreed with Guardian Publisher Bruce Brugmann's claims that SF Weekly purposely undercut the Guardian with below-cost display ad rates, then used infusions from its Phoenix-based parent company, Village Voice Media, to stay afloat.