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...difference, however, is that both The Boston Phoenix and The Real Paper will be distributed free to area colleges and universities--a policy formerly followed only by BAD--making the paid circulation figure somewhat lower. The subscription list is up to 1000, one-fifth of its previous size, and Rotner predicts that "it's just a matter of time" before things are completely back to normal...
...days after the sale of The Phoenix to BAD, the displaced staff met in the hellway outside its locked Cambridge offices and decided to publish their paper as usual the following Monday, and voted to refrain from accepting job offers for at least two weeks. That policy has continued. Rotner said, and "a lot of people have turned down some incredible offers from Mindich...
...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...
...Real Paper, finances have been good and bad simultaneously--but improving. "We've actually made money each week since we started The Real Paper," Rotner said. But this was achieved only through a staff that sacrificed pay until things got off the ground. Now, Rotner reports, "80 per cent of the staff is being paid. There's enough money to pay the whole staff, and those who are working for free are doing so by their own choice...
Aside from the $200 original contribution, The Real Paper has not had to go to outside backers for financial aid--although there have been offers. One came from an associate--but not a representative--of New York magazine, acting on his own behalf "We turned two down." Rotner said, "and the rest weren't really serious. We're hoping to make it for at least a year without selling to outside backers...