Newspaper Guild Director Presents Accusatory Letter About Owner Gerry Lenfest

War Over Philly Newspapers Heats Up
SWEDELAND, PA - FEBRUARY 23: The front facade of Philadelphia Newspapers LLC is seen February 23, 2009 in Swedeland, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia Newspapers LLC, owner of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News, and Philly.com, filed for bankruptcy protection Sunday in an attempt to restructure the company's debt, estimated at $390 million. (Photo by William Thomas Cain/Getty Images)
SWEDELAND, PA - FEBRUARY 23: The front facade of Philadelphia Newspapers LLC is seen February 23, 2009 in Swedeland, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia Newspapers LLC, owner of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News, and Philly.com, filed for bankruptcy protection Sunday in an attempt to restructure the company's debt, estimated at $390 million. (Photo by William Thomas Cain/Getty Images)

The war over the future of Philly’s two daily newspapers took another odd turn Wednesday: The director of the Newspaper Guild representing the papers’ journalists exchanged insulting “open letters” with Gerry Lenfest, a member of the “minority faction” of owners suing over the recent firing of Inquirer editor Bill Marimow.

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