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...those early days, she says, staff members became good friends suddenly, "the way you do on a picket line." They started the Real Paper, after all, because they had been on a picket line together--at the old Phoenix, where they once went on strike against publisher Richard Missner. Missner and the strikers settled after the paper was shut down for a week, but a couple of months later, in July 1972, Missner sold the Phoenix to rival publisher Stephen Mindich of Boston After Dark. Mindich wanted only the Phoenix name and a staff member of two; he bought...
That is what many people have believed since the "merger" occured. The assumption is totally unfounded. From the day of Missner's surprise announcement, the Phoenix staff has for the most part maintained its solidarity under a new name--The Real Paper--and only one member of the old staff, columnist George Kimbell, has seen fit to move his writing to The Boston Phoenix. Robert Rotner, former circulation director of The Phoenix and now publisher of The Real Paper, said he "would prefer not to speculate on why Kimbell did that." Rumors that Jon Landau, Phoenix music columnist, had deserted...
...after the decision to continue publishing, the two papers began filling lawsuits. Attorney Stephen Domesick, on behalf of the Phoenix Employees Union, filed suit charging that Missner had breached...
...second action charged Missner with fraud and deceit for withholding the information that he was contemplating selling The Phoenix when he was bargaining with his employees during the strike. "He settled with us," Rotner said, "but on the intention of getting The Phoenix back on its foot long enough to sell it out from under...
...third legal action was in the form of a temporary restraining order to prevent Missner from using the proceeds from the sale of The Phoenix until the first two suits are decided. That order was granted; the other two actions are still pending...