Keith Hempstead, a Durham lawyer, has sued the News & Observer over the newspaper not offering the same quality it had when he re-subscribed. He is also suing the newspaper for cutting staff and the size of the paper.
Hempstead filed the suit last month in Wake Superior Court. In an interview with a News & Observer reporter he said he renewed his subscription in May just before the paper announced on June 16 the layoffs of 70 staff members and cuts in news pages.
The paper, he claims, is now not worth what he signed up for and therefore the cuts breached the paper's contract with him.
"Plaintiff alleges fraud in that the newspaper announced changes in the coverage after procuring renewals from Plaintiff and other subscribers," Hempstead says in the complaint.
You go Mr. Hempstead!! I'm sure readers all over the country will be watching this one. I sure will. Imagine...advertisers could have a hey-day with this! Smaller papers, less content and the same or higher cost for ads....
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