RedEye had a difficult birth, its parent company, the Tribune, having decided that the key to successfully launching a tabloid appealing to 18-to-34-year-olds who don’t read newspapers was to sound like an idiot.
The next thing I knew, RedEye wasn’t merely rolling in the dust with Red Streak, but mired in a Goliath v. David trademark fight (instigated by Red Streak‘s Mark Konkol) with LA’s Red Eye Press, publisher of The Marijuana Grower’s Guide.
