Creem Media could take no action without the approval of Carter and Kramer. Creem Media was sued by T.A. Riggs Licensing LLC in 2010 for breach of contract. Creem Media lost that suit, and Riggs was awarded $575,000. Creem Media was either unable or unwilling to pay. In November 2011, Creem Media attempted to have the judgment set aside, but in January 2012, the Court upheld the Judgment. In February 2012, the Court appointed a Receiver to seize all of Creem Media's assets to help satisfy the outstanding judgment. The Receiver then transferred all of the Intellectual Property from Creem Media, Inc to Riggs. CREEM International, Inc purchased the assets from Riggs to become the new successor company with all rights of ownership. Matheu tired of the legal battle and resigned from the board of Creem Media in 2009. Creem Media, Inc. became defunct shortly thereafter. In 2017, a group headed by Kramer acquired the Creem brand and its archives. Creem documentary In 2019, the Kramer-led Boy Howdy Productions, in partnership with Muse Production House and New Rose Films, wrapped production on a Creem documentary entitled CREEM: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine, which world premiered at SXSW 2019 to rave reviews. In February 2020, the film was acquired by Greenwich Entertainment and subsequently released online through paid virtual cinema streaming rental in August 2020. 2022 Relaunch Following years of litigation, the relaunch of Creem was announced on June 1, 2022, by JJ Kramer, an IP attorney and son of founder Barry Kramer. Management includes former Vice magazine publisher John Martin as CEO, former Entertainment Weekly copy chief Dan Morrissey as executive editor and Maria Sherman (NPR, Rolling Stone) as senior editor, and original staffer Jaan Uhelszki as editor-at-large. The new company, Creem Entertainment, is based in Brooklyn, N.Y. The relaunched Creem includes digital archives of all 224 issues of the original magazine, a website and weekly newsletter called “Fresh Creem”, and a quarterly oversized glossy print edition, scheduled to commence publication in the Fall of 2022, on a subscription-only basis, with no newsstand sales. References External links Creem Digital Archive Creem website and newsletter Boy Howdy: The Creem Story by Margaret Moser, Austin Chronicle'' Can't Forget the Motor City: Creem Magazine, Rock Music, Detroit Identity, Mass Consumerism, and the Counterculture by Michael J. Kramer 1969 establishments in Michigan 1989 disestablishments in New York (state) Defunct magazines published in the