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Feb. 4, 1999

Monkee Wrench Is Thrown Into PBS Lawsuit

A former member of the television rock band the Monkees has been awarded $47 million in a counterclaim action against the Public Broadcasting Service, climaxing a long and bitter dispute over a soured deal to market videotapes of PBS programs such as filmmaker Ken Burns' celebrated documentary "The Civil War."

By Garry Abrams
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        A former member of the television rock band the Monkees has been awarded $47 million in a counterclaim action against the Public Broadcasting Service, climaxing a long and bitter dispute over a soured deal to market videotapes of PBS programs such as filmmaker Ken Burns' celebrated documentary "The Civil...

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