red states rule
02-04-2010, 08:49 AM
This is classic. A liberal company, run by liberals, for liberals, stiffs their employees out of their pay
When Air America Media, the liberal radio network, went bust last month, it left several of its better-known contributors, including Rachel Maddow and Ron Reagan, holding i.o.u.’s.
According to the company’s bankruptcy filing, its unsecured debts exceeded its net worth by more than $15 million at the end. Almost all of that is owed to Pendulum Media, the company run by Air America’s chairman, Charlie Kireker.
But when the lefty chatter stopped, some of the talkers had not been paid for the last of the airtime they filled. Ms. Maddow was due $3,952 for her services, which appeared to be about two-thirds of her monthly pay of $5,833. Mr. Reagan’s company was owed $6,351, two-thirds of his monthly pay of $9,375.
Ellis Henican managed to extract a payment of $750 after the network shut down on Jan. 21, but was due an additional $1,500, according to documents filed in federal court in Manhattan.
Ana Marie Cox apparently did not file her last expense report soon enough. She was not reimbursed for the last $1,169 she had claimed. But the boss, Mr. Kireker, was owed even more: he was awaiting an expense check of $2,317.
The least likely member of the Air America creditors club may be the New York Fire Department, which was owed $1,050 for reasons that were not divulged.
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/03/bankrupt-air-americas-creditors-include-rachel-maddow-ron-reagan/
When Air America Media, the liberal radio network, went bust last month, it left several of its better-known contributors, including Rachel Maddow and Ron Reagan, holding i.o.u.’s.
According to the company’s bankruptcy filing, its unsecured debts exceeded its net worth by more than $15 million at the end. Almost all of that is owed to Pendulum Media, the company run by Air America’s chairman, Charlie Kireker.
But when the lefty chatter stopped, some of the talkers had not been paid for the last of the airtime they filled. Ms. Maddow was due $3,952 for her services, which appeared to be about two-thirds of her monthly pay of $5,833. Mr. Reagan’s company was owed $6,351, two-thirds of his monthly pay of $9,375.
Ellis Henican managed to extract a payment of $750 after the network shut down on Jan. 21, but was due an additional $1,500, according to documents filed in federal court in Manhattan.
Ana Marie Cox apparently did not file her last expense report soon enough. She was not reimbursed for the last $1,169 she had claimed. But the boss, Mr. Kireker, was owed even more: he was awaiting an expense check of $2,317.
The least likely member of the Air America creditors club may be the New York Fire Department, which was owed $1,050 for reasons that were not divulged.
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/03/bankrupt-air-americas-creditors-include-rachel-maddow-ron-reagan/