Former Editor Sues Over Manure Crack- July 2, 2003 The Denver Westword reports here (scroll down) that former Denver Post assistant city editor Arnie Rosenberg has filed suit against the Denver Post and its editor Greg Moore over a comment made by Moore about Rosenberg's firing at a well-attended staff meeting last year. According to the complaint, when a staffer asked Moore why Rosenberg had been fired, "Moore first stated that he was not at liberty to discuss personnel issues." Moore then proceeded to respond by stating "the way to clean up.http://actualmalice.blogspot.com/2003_07_01_actualmalice_archive.html#105717452425242926 Back In My Day, A Contract With A Heroin Addict Meant Something- July 2, 2003 In March 2003, Craig Veytia claims that Jason Mewes, "Jay" of "Clerks" and "Mallrats" fame, entered into an agreement assigning the rights to his life story to Veytia. Shortly thereafter, HBO announced that it was commissioning a documentary to be produced by Veytia's production company. The documentary titled "Rock Bottom," was to track Mewes' rehabilitation and efforts to kick his heroin habit. Now, apparently Mewes is refusing to cooperate with the project and has disavowed the assignment.http://actualmalice.blogspot.com/2003_07_01_actualmalice_archive.html#105708340968643656 Fox News v. Faux News- July 1, 2003 MediaLife Magazine has an interview here with Richard Luckett, webmaster of agitproperties.com, a website currently serving as the bee in Fox News Channel's bonnet. Apparently the folks at Fox are none too pleased with agitproperties' "Faux News Channel" and "O'Reilly Youth" t-shirt parodies. Fox has threatened the website with legal action.http://actualmalice.blogspot.com/2003_07_01_actualmalice_archive.html#105708222824236555 In Its Place We Bring You "Breakfast at Tiffany's" Starring Mickey Rooney as Mr. Yunioshi- July 1, 2003 The Fox Movie Channel has bowed to pressure and has decided to pull from its schedule the planned broadcast of 22 restored Charlie Chan films. for more info check CharlieChan.net On its website, Fox makes the following statement: Fox Movie Channel will discontinue the broadcast of the Charlie Chan mystery films. Originally restored to meet the requests of mystery fans and film preservation buffs, Fox Movie Channel scheduled these films in a showcase intended to illustrate the positive...http://actualmalice.blogspot.com/2003_07_01_actualmalice_archive.html#105707882457790020 |