Long ago, if you remember, LEO Weekly and Velocity traded barbs regularly in print and online. However, it’s been a relatively quiet rivalry, besides a few outside observations. And it is nothing like the ongoing beef in San Francisco between rival publications, the Bay Guardian and SF Weekly.

From SF Gate:

The San Francisco Bay Guardian is entitled to half the advertising revenue of the rival SF Weekly to help collect $21 million in damages after a jury verdict of illegal price-cutting, a Superior Court commissioner ruled Tuesday.

Commissioner Everett Hewlett’s order would give the Guardian its first substantial payment on the March 2008 verdict. Jurors found that the Weekly, with cash infusions from its Phoenix parent company, was selling ads below cost to try to drive its locally owned competitor out of business.

The ad revenue would be “a very significant” amount, as much as $200,000 a month, said Jay Adkisson, a lawyer for the Guardian.