Boston Globe Media Companions is coping with a lawsuit over a sports activities actions betting care for a Danish agency, which claims the Globe owes it better than $750,000 after the multimedia group apparently broke the contract and went with DraftKings instead.
The Globe’s mom or father agency fired once more on Monday, calling the lawsuit “meritless” and added that they plan to file counterclaims in opposition to the Danish company, Higher Collective — which publishes on-line content material materials about sports activities actions betting and taking part in.
Within the lawsuit filed in Suffolk Superior Courtroom on Friday, Higher Collective claimed that Globe Media had reached out to the company headquartered in Copenhagen to develop sports activities actions betting content material materials for the web page Boston.com ahead of the launch of legalized sports activities actions taking part in in Massachusetts.
The 2 sides struck a deal in August, however it certainly has gone sideways since.
“To induce BC to do enterprise with it and pay it substantial charges, Globe Media held itself out as a prepared, dependable, good religion and dedicated enterprise accomplice,” the lawsuit reads. “Because it turned out, Globe Media was the precise reverse.”
Boston Globe Media Companions in an announcement on Monday talked about, “Higher Collective failed to satisfy its obligations underneath the settlement, inflicting Boston Globe Media Companions vital hurt.”
“BGMP intends to file counterclaims and prevail on this meritless swimsuit,” the multimedia group added.
Based on the lawsuit, beneath the phrases of the deal, Higher Collective would produce sports activities actions betting content material materials regarding the Massachusetts market and completely different licensed sports activities actions wagering states. Higher Collective would moreover leverage its enterprise relationships to supply ads for sports activities actions betting operators.
Boston.com was required to develop, preserve and host a subsection of its web page to indicate the betting content material materials, according to the go properly with.
Globe Media didn’t maintain its end of the deal after getting paid, Higher Collective claims.
“To this point, BC paid Globe Media a whole lot of 1000’s of {dollars} of charges which it didn’t earn, to which it’s not entitled, and by which it has been unjustly enriched,” the lawsuit reads. “Globe Media’s breaches of the Settlement additionally brought about BC to overlook extremely profitable market home windows and alternatives thereby inflicting BC further damages.”
In the meantime, the Globe was apparently engaged on a care for DraftKings, according to the go properly with.
“On info and perception, Globe Media refused to barter as a result of it wished to finish its relationship with BC in order that it might enter into and/or increase its enterprise relationship with DraftKings on extra favorable phrases to Globe Media,” the lawsuit reads.
Higher Collective terminated the deal in mid-March just a few days after mobile sports activities actions betting went dwell throughout the Bay State.
Higher Collective is searching for damages in additional of $750,000, for the damages to be tripled, plus an award for attorneys’ expenses and costs.
