Bay Guardian Wants A Piece Of Village Voice Media

It’s been nearly two years since the SF Weekly was found guilty of predatory pricing designed to undercut rival newspaper San Francisco Bay Guardian. So far SF Weekly‘s (and LA Weekly‘s) parent company Village Voice Media has refused to pay the $21 million in damages they owe to the Guardian. But recently an SF court gave the Guardian a chance to collect a little cabbage when it ruled they could seize assets from the SFW – two delivery trucks and the rent checks the paper collects from subtenants.

But the money from that victory doesn’t go very far towards paying off the $21 million, so Monday the Guardian filed for a lien on the assets of Village Voice Media.

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