Washington, D.C.-based publicist Wendy Gordon has sued FishbowlDC, a media gossip site, for allegedly libeling her in weekly posts that suggested she was a "self-promoting, attention-seeking, loose party girl/cougar," according to court documents obtained by TheWrap. Gordon said the "unprovoked, online smear campaign" damaged her reputation and warded off big-name clients. Editor Betsy Rothstein, contributor Peter Ogburn, Mediabistro.com and parent-company WebMediaBrands Inc. are named as defendants. "This matter arises from an unprovoked, online smear campaign by defendants, in which they -- week after week for more than a year -- knowingly published...
- 1/19/2013
- by Alexander C. Kaufman
- The Wrap
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