For more than 75 years, newspaper readers in Las Vegas could expect a printed edition of the Las Vegas Sun on their doorstep or in their mailbox every day. That run came to an end Friday, April 3, after a federal court ruled that the decades-old joint operating agreement between the Sun and its chief competitor, the Las Vegas Review-Journal, was "unlawful and unenforceable," according to the R-J.
The R-J says the court ruling means it no longer has to print and distribute its rival within its daily edition. The Sun, for its part, argues that the injunction requiring the JOA to continue should be reinstated. It's the latest in the long-running antitrust battle between the two newspapers.
To understand what it all means for both papers — as well as the community — KNPR's State of Nevada Host Paul Boger spoke with both Brian Greenspun, CEO of Greenspun Media Group, and Ben Lipman, the R-J's chief legal officer and senior vice president of Legal and Employment Affairs.
Guests: Brian Greenspun, CEO, Greenspun Media Group; Ben Lipman, chief chief legal officer and senior vice president of Legal and Employment Affairs, Las Vegas Review-Journal
