Agius faces Facebook-style fracas over MacTalk sale
By Allie Coyne in Media News on Thursday, 07th April 2011 at 1:07pm
MacTalk founder Anthony Agius has had to put negotiations to sell the Apple fan site on hold as he deals with Facebook-esque legal issues involving a former partner.
Having netted a buyer at a price of $150,000 early last month, Agius had just begun working through negotiations with the new owner when he received an email from former partner Matthew Kelsh involving the site’s sale. Agius says Kelsh is aiming to prevent the sale in an attempt to be compensated for his involvement from the site’s launch in 2004 until his departure in 2008.
“I presume he heard from the SMH’s website that it’s being sold, and I got an email telling me I couldn’t sell it,” Agius said. “I went to the States and left it for a little while, and while I was there I...
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