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‘Top Chef: Texas’ spawns legal battle
The producers of “Top Chef: Texas” don’t want you to know details about negotiations that led to the show receiving $400,000 in state tourism dollars.
‘Top Chef’ host Padma Lakshmi
The Texas attorney general’s office ruled late last month that documents related to the deal should be released, but producers from Magical Elves Inc. believe portions should be redacted to prevent “substantial competitive injury.”
Specifically, Magical Elves wants to block the public from seeing “proposals, correspondence and related documents exchanged in the course of confidential negotiations” with the state. The company filed suit in a Travis County district court this week.
The governor’s office says the deal is the first of its kind and will lead to an estimated $15 million in exposure on TV, the Web and via social media.
You can read more in my story from today’s American-Statesman.
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