Red Alert Media Matrix Inc.
With Red Alert Bid Over, Interest Piquing Over John Rogers Assets
Now that the curious bid by Red Alert Media Matrix is no more, activity has picked up from prospective buyers of the remaining assets collected by alleged serial fraudster John Rogers. read more >
Snapshot: A Guide to John Rogers’ Legal Problems
After federal agents came calling at his business and home on Jan. 28, 2014, John Rogers lost control of his chaotic financial world. The known claims against the photo and sports memorabilia dealer total more than $45 million, not counting $49 million in requested punitive damages. read more >
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Update: Judge Rejects Red Alert Media Matrix’s $18M Offer For John Rogers Archive
Pulaski County Circuit Judge Chris Piazza rejects a proposed $18 million offer to buy assets from embattled photo and sports memorabilia dealer John Rogers. read more >
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Update: Judge Issues Arrest Warrant for John Rogers
The North Little Rock businessman is in contempt of court for failing to respond to discovery requests in a civil case brought by First Arkansas Bank & Trust of Jacksonville. read more >
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Red Alert Makes 3rd Offer for Rogers Archive: $18M Plus Stock
Red Alert Media Matrix Inc. makes a new — and substantially lower offer — to purchase the assets of embattled photo and sports memorabilia dealer John Rogers. The shell company offered $28 million cash in April and a billion shares of stock; its original January bid was $59 million in cash. read more >
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Concerns Voiced About Red Alert Proposal in John Rogers Case
The $28 million cash offer to acquire the photo archives and sports memorabilia assets once owned by John Rogers has drawn objections and cautionary filings. read more >
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Don’t Believe the Hype (Gwen Moritz Editor’s Note)
What we’ve got here, in the immortal words of Strother Martin, is failure to communicate. When numbers get big, they sound impressive — a billion! a trillion! — but without context, they lose all meaning. read more >
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New Offer Ready, But Will Money Materialize for John Rogers Collection?
John Rogers has been working closely with a would-be buyer of his former sports memorabilia and photo archive, according to a sworn deposition given by one of his many creditors. The proposal, $28 million in cash plus stock, is awaiting court review. It isn’t the first problematic business deal visited on Arkansas by Tim Holly and his Red Alert Media Matrix Inc. read more >
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Red Alert Media Matrix Makes New Offer for Rogers Archive
Red Alert Media Matrix Inc. asked for court approval to acquire the assets of embattled photo and sports memorabilia dealer John Rogers. read more >
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Judge Gives Georgia Company 30 Days to Buy John Rogers Assets
A would-be $59 million deal is back in play to buy the photo archive and sports memorabilia assets collected by John Rogers. read more >
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John Rogers Auction Could Jolt Memorabilia Community
A proposed auction is taking shape to liquidate assets once owned by John Rogers. read more >
Prospective Rogers Archive Buyer Tells Judge It Can Do The Deal
A would-be buyer is trying to breathe new life into its $59 million offer for the North Little Rock photo archives and sports memorabilia business once controlled by John Rogers. read more >
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Valuing John Rogers Assets an ‘Interesting’ Exercise
A $59 million offer to buy the photo archives and sports memorabilia collected by John Rogers has proven as ethereal as the wondrous asset valuations the embattled businessman once proclaimed. read more >
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Red Alert’s $59 Million Offer Not Backed by Cash
A $59 million letter of intent in January got the ball rolling for the possible sale of photo archives and sports memorabilia collected by John Rogers. read more >
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John Rogers Receiver: Atlanta Group Doesn’t Have Financing to Buy Archive
A $59 million purchase offer to buy the assets of four businesses once led by John Rogers of North Little Rock appears to be falling by the wayside. read more >
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Atlanta Group Offers $59M for John Rogers’ Former Business Assets
Red Alert Media Matrix Inc. has signed a letter of intent to buy the photo archive and sports memorabilia assets of Sports Cards Plus Inc., which did business as Rogers Photo Archive; Planet Giant LLC and Digital Stock Planet LLC and Photo Archive Partners LLC, which did business as John Rogers Partners LLC. read more >
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