Roanoke Times owner is suing paper's former Hokies football reporter over Twitter account

Posted Aug 9, 2018
In a move that could define an important legal precedent, the company that owns The Roanoke Times filed a lawsuit Tuesday morning in U.S. District Court against a former reporter over the rights to a Twitter account. The lawsuit, filed in Roanoke by BH Media Group, will determine whether Virginia Tech football reporter Andy Bitter owns the Twitter account with the handle @AndyBitterVT and its associated followers. (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

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