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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A £5,000 donation and tweet from Harry Potter author JK Rowling have pushed The Good Immigrant to its funding targetA host of authors, including JK Rowling, David Nicholls, Jonathan Coe and Evie Wyld have powered a crowdfunded anthology of essays on race and immigration to its funding target in... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Society of Authors reveals 2015 saw the highest number of applications for financial assistance, with more well-known authors beginning to ask for helpA record number of struggling authors applied for emergency financial assistance in 2015, the Society of Authors has revealed, with... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Poetry Trust will cease to operate for the time being while it "takes a pause" to review its operations due to the "difficult funding situation in the arts at the moment." Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers funded by the Arts Council have reacted with relief and “delight” that the body’s funding is to be protected in the government’s Spending Review announced today. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bertelsmann is seeking a private equity partner to help it buy out Pearson's stake in Penguin Random House. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mexican author Fernando del Paso wins the Cervantes Prize, considered the most prestigious literary award in the Spanish language. The post Fernando del Paso is 6th Mexican to Win Cervantes Prize appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The speculative fiction press Candlemark & Gleam has been acquired by writer, editor and scientist Athena Andreadis. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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US library digital patron-services provider BiblioBoard and Canadian online book-production specialist Pressbooks are forming a new partnership called Pressbooks Public, designed to let libraries offer e-book-publishing services to their local authors. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Several months after buying Shakespeare & Co, Dane Neller, cofounder of the company that makes the Espresso book machine, is busy transforming the store with an eye toward national expansion. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a speech given at the launch of the Society of Chief Librarians' (SCL) Universal Learning Offer, culture minister Ed Vaizey highlighted the "valuable" role libraries play and praised the commitment of the “remarkable” number of campaign groups fighting to keep them open. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author Kit de Waal is to fund a Creative Writing scholarship at Birkbeck, University of London, for a budding writer from a low-income household or a marginalised background. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tesco and Pan Macmillan have partnered to raise money in support of national reading charity Readathon, working to provide books for sick children in the UK’s 30 largest children’s hospitals. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s trade publishing division fell 7% in the third quarter ended September 30, 2015 and net income dropped to $164,000 from $3.5 million in the third quarter of 2014. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tribune Publishing Co., the owners of the Los Angeles Times, offered $3 million to fund Freedom Communication Inc.’s bankruptcy case during the newspaper publisher’s first bankruptcy hearing Wednesday. A lawyer for the ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Beginning in January, the house will become publishing partner, in the U.S. and Canada, with the popular manufacturer of outdoor gas, charcoal, and electric grills. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookseller Michael Evans sees great possibilities ahead for historic Lexington Market and Baltimore's west side, where his family has built a business over three decades.While other independent bookstores have shut down and even big chains have struggled to stay relevant in an age of ebooks,... Continue reading at Baltimore Sun
[ Baltimore Sun | 2015-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With 18 days left on its $50,000 fall fix-up Indiegogo fundraiser, feminist bookstore Bluestockings has raised $37,800. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Market research companies Nielsen and GfK announced a partnership on Monday with the aim of providing insights about global book publishing. The post Nielsen and Germany’s GfK to Partner on Book Industry Data appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Although Microsoft’s Surface Book is officially just a few days old, the “ultimate laptop” is being hit by a wave of unexpected lockup problems that has concerned new users. A thread on Microsoft’s support forums has begun to gain steam, with users reporting similar symptoms: The notebook just... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2015-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Creative Access will “continue to operate as usual” after its current method of funding runs out next June, its c.e.o has said. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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