A top chef has accused his longtime business partner of improperly funneling millions of dollars into side projects, including the revival of Williamsburg’s Kellogg’s Diner.Julian Medina says that Luis Skibar, who owns a fast-growing empire of Mexican-style eateries with Medina, has “unlawfully and systematically diverted, converted, concealed and misappropriated” funds for years, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in Manhattan state Supreme Court.Medina is seeking damages of at least $10 million in the suit, which concerns outposts such as the popular Toloache chain on the Upper West and Upper East sides, Old John’s Luncheonette near Lincoln Center and Coppellia on West 14th Street.But the suit, which focuses on the precise stakes Skibar holds in jointly-controlled locations, is not expected to affect the operation of the restaurants, which have contributed to a wave of places offering haute Mexican cuisine in the post-pandemic era.“This is a fight between partners over profits,” said Robert Calica, a co-managing partner of the Long Island-based firm Rosenberg, Calica, Birney, Liebman & Ross and Medina’s counsel in the lawsuit. “We are hopeful that common sense will prevail.”Calica added that the legal action was necessary because Skibar has stonewalled efforts to share accounting information.Skibar downplayed to Crain’s the lawsuit’s significance while suggesting it could soon be settled. “There was a misunderstanding,” he said. A formal legal response to the... Continue reading at 'Crains New York'
[ Crains New York | 2024-10-15 17:41:30 UTC ]
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David Walliams’ Fing (HarperCollins) has claimed the UK Official Top 50 number one for a second week, selling 76,340 copies in its first full week on sale through Nielsen BookScan’s Total Consumer Market. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Reach, which also owns Daily Express and Daily Star, reports £120m pre-tax loss for 2018Reach, the publisher of the Daily Mirror and Daily Express, has warned about the impact of Brexit on advertising, as it made a £200m writedown on its newspaper business that pushed it into the red for... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Westchester hoped the third time would be the charm Saturday night in the City Section Open Division boys’ basketball final at L.A. Southwest College. Instead, Los Angeles Fairfax’s athleticism and depth again proved to be too much as it grinded its way to a 60-53 victory in a highly anticipated... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook wants to connect publishers and other studio production partners with influencers to make new shows for Facebook Watch. The post Facebook Watch has a new program to fund publisher shows starring influencers appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2019-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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More than 36 organizations from around the world have spoken out against a library book scanning program known as "controlled digital lending," dubbing the practice "systematic infringement." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Former New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson has vowed to review passages in her book Merchants of Truth—published this week in the UK by Bodley Head—following claims of plagiarism. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jill Abramson responded to plagiarism accusations about her latest book, “Merchants of Truth,” by saying errors were unintentional. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2019-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook released new features that gives Pages the power to join Groups, which means publishers and brands can officially participate in the group activity that is increasingly becoming a core focus for the company.On Wednesday, Facebook announced a slate of new tools, including the ability for... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As print titles continue to close, two startups may offer an answer to the news industry’s woeThe question most asked by journalists just now, aside from the routine one about Brexit, is how their trade will be funded in future. Indeed, at local level, there is increasing concern about whether... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Auntie Robbo, a children’s book that features the rollicking adventures of an 80-year-old woman and her grandnephew, deemed "too Scottish" for publication in the 1940s, is being made available by Edinburgh-based indie Scotland Street Press. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BuzzFeed, Group Nine Media and Vice are teaming up to try to solve the nagging puzzle of measurement in digital media.The three digital publishers are working with Tubular Labs, a social analytics firm, to create new standards for measuring digital media on Facebook, YouTube and other sites.... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jay Asher, the author of several YA novels including Thirteen Reasons Why (Penguin), has filed a lawsuit against the US branch of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI), and its executive director, Lin Oliver, following last year’s accusations of sexual harassment. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Booker Prize Foundation said yesterday that it was "confident" of finding a new sponsor following the decision of the hedge fund company the Man Group to end its association with the Booker Prize and the Booker International Prize. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Man Group, which has sponsored the Booker Prize since 2002 - as well as sponsoring its International Prize from its beginning in 2005 - is to end its association with the prizes at the end of 2019. The Booker Prize Foundation said its trustees were "in discussion with a new sponsor and are... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hedge fund firm says it plans to focus its resources instead on its diversity campaignThe Man Booker prize is searching for a new sponsor after the hedge fund company Man Group announced it was ending its 18-year relationship with Britain’s most prestigious literary award.The Booker Prize... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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You could see the impact of playing in a Fairfax-Westchester basketball game in pregame warmups Friday night. Players were jumping higher, clapping louder and breathing harder. Fans were pouring into the Westchester gym to create the usual loud, entertaining environment. The game produced tough... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jamie Oliver’s first cookbook celebrates its 20th anniversary this year: Michael Joseph is reissuing The Naked Chef along with a raft of the celebrity chef’s other works to mark the occasion. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Eccles Centre at the British Library is joining forces with Hay Festival on the Centre's £20,000 Writer’s Award, which will become the Eccles Centre and Hay Festival Writer’s Award. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Retailer insists Authors Guild report that criticised the online giant for contributing to tumbling writers’ incomes used flawed figures, but Guild stands by findingsAmazon has called the conclusions of a recent report into US author earnings flawed, after the Authors Guild suggested that the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook announced over $30 million in grants to organizations trying to help local news publishers. The post Facebook is funding more programs catering to local news publishers appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2019-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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