Control of Creative Loafing Up for Grabs in Court Today
By AAN Staff
august 25, 2009 08:55 am
Today's equity auction should be the culmination of nearly a year of bankruptcy court proceedings for the six-paper company.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) is reporting that creditor Atalaya Capital Management is trying to disqualify the other bid for the company, which has been put together by CL CEO Ben Eason. Atalya, calling Eason's bid "facially incomprehensible," is arguing that the sources for contributions included in Eason's bid "are not clear." Meanwhile,
the Chicago Reader reports that Atalya managing partner Michael Bogdan has been calling CL publishers to assure them the hedge fund doesn't want to run the company into the ground. On the call to Chicago, Bogdan was joined by former
Los Angeles Times editor James O'Shea, who would become a CL board member if Atalya wins control of the company. O'Shea tells Michael Miner that Atalya would make former
Des Moines Register president Richard Gilbert interim CEO upon taking over.
