Pitch Higher-Ups Cleared of Criminal Charges

It’s been a crazy few days for the two founders of the Pitch‘s parent company. First, Mike Lacey and Jim Larkin faced criminal charges for running a story in the Pitch‘s sister paper in Phoenix. Then, faced with public outcry, prosecutors dismissed the charges and admitted mistakes had been made. Read more here, on the blog of the Phoenix New Times, which features a video of the top prosecutor eating crow. — Eric Barton