Niche Media Files $20 Million Suit Against Former Employee

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Upmarket publisher Niche Media, which puts out Gotham, Hamptons and Aspen Peak magazines, went to court this week in Manhattan to stave off a full frontal attack from a former employee and rogue publisher, Jerry Powers.

The New York-based Niche, founded by Jason Binn, filed a $20 million suit asking a judge for an injunction barring its former ad sales director, Eden Williams, from siphoning off high-end advertisers to Powers’ new media business, Plum TV.

Williams jumped ship to Plum in July 2010.

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