Media & Communications Law
Lawyer Sues Newspaper for Cutting Staff, Devaluing His Subscription
Posted Jul 11, 2008, 06:54 am CST
By Debra Cassens Weiss
A North Carolina lawyer has sued the News & Observer for cutting staff and news pages after he renewed his subscription to the Raleigh newspaper.
Keith Hempstead, a Durham lawyer who is a former reporter for the Fayetteville Observer, claims the cuts breached his contract with the newspaper and amounted to fraud, the News & Observer reports.
He decided to file suit rather than cancel his subscription to make a point. "I hate to see what companies that run newspapers are doing to the product," he told a News & Observer reporter.
John Drescher, executive editor of the News & Observer, said he is glad Hempstead is a loyal reader. "We've had some really good papers recently, and they're worth more than the 36 cents a day that Mr. Hempstead is paying us," Drescher said. "In fact, he owes me money."
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