Saturday, December 19, 2009

Star agrees to settlement with company that stiffed the Star out of $2.4 million

Wow, lots of Kansas City Star news this week... The Star went to bankruptcy court Friday and accepted a settlement in its dispute with Janice Eillis and her bankrupt company, RiseUp Publications LLC.

The Kansas City Star and the owners of RiseUp, a short-lived magazine on race relations, have agreed to a settlement in a dispute over fees owed to The Star.



In 2008 The Star contracted to print several weekly issues of RiseUp. But the magazine ceased publication, and The Star said it was owed $2.2 million.


Two months ago, The Star won a judgment in Ray County Circuit Court against RiseUp owners Janice S. Ellis and E. Frank Ellis, the principals of Ellis Management Marketing Group.


The court awarded The Star $2.4 million, including legal fees.


In a court filing Friday, The Star accepted a settlement with the Ellises. The terms were not disclosed.
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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

What did they settle for, $34 and change?

John Altevogt said...

They should go after Brisbane and Zieman for the money. They're the idiots who really got The Star into that mess. The damage those two have done to The Star is simply enormous.

John Altevogt said...

Rhonda Lokean could do a better job of running The Star drunk and sitting at a desk with 3 legs than Zieman and Brisbane put together.

McClatchy Watch said...

If I'm not mistaken, Janice Ellis was sued for not paying her bills in LA, too.

Anonymous said...

What did they settle for, $34 and change?






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