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Creative Loafing Atlanta Honored With 2 Spots on Atlanta Press Club's Top 10 Stories Listnew

The Atlanta Press Club announced that two Creative Loafing stories have been selected as part of the professional organization's Top 10 Favorite Stories of the last 50 years.
Creative Loafing Atlanta  |  11-20-2014  11:40 am  |  Honors & Achievements

Creative Loafing Atlanta Announces New Editor-in-Chief

Debbie Michaud has been named Editor-in-Chief and Thomas Wheatley has been promoted to News Editor at Creative Loafing Atlanta. (FULL STORY)
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  10-22-2012  12:49 pm  |  Press Releases

Creative Loafing Atlanta Editor Eric Celeste Signs Offnew

Eric Celeste departs after one year at the helm.
Creative Loafing  |  10-10-2012  12:46 pm  |  Industry News

Alt-Weeklies Win Several Association of Food Journalists Awards

Creative Loafing Atlanta, Houston Press, Independent Weekly, L.A. Weekly, Phoenix New Times, and The Village Voice were among the honorees. (FULL STORY)
AFJ  |  09-06-2012  4:50 pm  |  Honors & Achievements

SouthComm Acquires Washington City Paper and Creative Loafing Atlanta

With the transaction, Nashville-based SouthComm now owns eight AAN-member publications, and the New York-based investment firm Atalaya Capital Management exits the alt-weekly business. (FULL STORY)
AAN  |  07-03-2012  4:31 pm  |  Industry News

Creative Loafing Group Announces Company-Wide Pay Cuts, Atlanta Lays Off 4

Salaries at the Chicago Reader, Creative Loafing Atlanta and Washington City Paper will be reduced by 5 percent company-wide. Efforts to sell the chain's remaining papers have stepped up. (FULL STORY)
Creative Loafing, Inc.  |  03-14-2012  5:28 pm  |  Industry News

Former Creative Loafing Atlanta Writer Releases Book

Former Creative Loafing Atlanta writer Andisheh Nouraee is part of the team behind the new book, Americapedia: Taking the Dumb Out of Freedom. (FULL STORY)
AAN  |  11-15-2011  1:38 pm  |  Industry News

Creative Loafing Atlanta Hires New Editornew

New Creative Loafing (Atlanta) editor Eric Celeste has previously served as associate editor of the Dallas Observer.
Creative Loafing  |  09-22-2011  4:28 pm  |  Industry News

Creative Loafing Atlanta Names Multi-Media Exec to Lead Sales Role

Eric Moran has been named Director of Advertising at Creative Loafing Atlanta. (FULL STORY)
Creative Loafing  |  06-02-2011  10:50 am  |  Press Releases

Mara Shalhoup Says Goodbye To Creative Loafing Atlantanew

In a farewell column this week, new Chicago Reader editor Mara Shalhoup said goodbye to her now-former publication, Creative Loafing (Atlanta).
Creative Loafing  |  03-11-2011  4:55 pm  |  Industry News

Mara Shalhoup Named Editor of Chicago Readernew

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) editor Mara Shalhoup has been named to the same position at sister paper Chicago Reader.
Chicago Reader  |  02-07-2011  11:51 am  |  Industry News

Henry Scott Steps Down As Publisher of Creative Loafing Atlantanew

Scott will be replaced by Creative Loafing (Tampa) publisher Sharry Smith, who will become the Atlanta paper's ninth publisher in six years.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  12-02-2010  1:27 pm  |  Industry News

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) Criticised For All-White 'Artists to Watch' Listnew

In an op-ed, editor Mara Shalhoup tells readers, "We made a mistake."
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  09-21-2010  4:38 pm  |  Industry News

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) Undergoes Head-to-Toe Redesignnew

This week the paper debuted its drastically redesigned print publication and also rolled out changes to its website. Editor-in-chief Mara Shalhoup says the process began about nine months ago, with questions like "What if we turned the paper into the type of publication that existed only in our imaginations?" and "What was to stop us from rethinking ... everything?" The print overhaul was led by newspaper designer/art director Ron Reason, who goes into detail about the process and the thinking behind a number of decisions in a blog post.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  06-11-2010  2:15 pm  |  Industry News

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) Names Henry Scott as New Publishernew

Henry E. Scott, who joined Creative Loafing, Inc. as vice president and chief marketing officer in February, has been named the publisher of the company's Atlanta paper. He replaces Luann Labedz, who announced her departure in March, and will be the paper's eighth publisher in six years. "With the declining circulation of the city's only daily, and its decision to move its newsroom [outside the Perimeter], we have emerged as Atlanta's largest-circulation hometown newspaper," he says. "That means we have an even greater responsibility to Atlantans who want to learn how to make the most of life in this sophisticated and cosmopolitan city."
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  05-13-2010  4:05 pm  |  Industry News

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