Roanoke Times and Andy Bitter settle lawsuits over Twitter account he took with him to The Athletic

Posted Jan 10, 2019
That was what was at the heart of a lawsuit filed by BH Media Group, owner of the Roanoke Times, in August. The company wasn’t suing The Athletic for snagging Virginia Tech beat reporter Andy Bitter from them, but rather they were suing Bitter himself over ownership of the @AndyBitterVT Twitter account and its followers. (Awful Announcing)

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