AAN News
Creative Loafing Seeks to Be Free of Cox Enterprisesnew
Ben Eason, CEO of Creative Loafing Inc., confirmed last week that his company's board has agreed to buy out Cox's minority stake in the alt-weekly chain, Steve Fennessy reports in Creative Loafing Atlanta. In addition to the Atlanta paper, the alt-weekly chain publishes newspapers in Charlotte, Tampa and Sarasota. Cox bought a 25 percent stake in Creative Loafing in 2000, but friction resulted when the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, a Cox-owned daily, launched its own free entertainment weekly last year. Eason says that if all goes well, the deal could be completed by mid-July.
Creative Loafing Atlanta |
06-15-2004 8:24 pm |
Industry News
Creative Loafing to Investigate Cox Board Membersnew

The Board of Directors of
Creative Loafing, Inc., announced that it
will investigate two of its directors from
Cox Newspapers, Inc., owner of the
Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The
question is whether the two directors
used the confidential board
meetings to learn enough about
publishing alternative newsweeklies to
launch "accessAtlanta" as a direct
competitor to Creative Loafing
(Atlanta).
Creative Loafing Inc. news release |
06-03-2003 10:59 am |
Industry News
Years of Talks Lead to NC Merger
Independent Weekly's acquisition of
Raleigh's alt-weekly the Spectator will
allow the newly merged Independent to
beef up its A&E coverage and
leaves Creative Loafing with more cash
for its four AAN-member papers. "One of
us ultimately had to give in to
create a single financially successful
paper, and we yielded to local
ownership," said Ben Eason,
CEO of Creative Loafing Inc.
(FULL STORY)
08-19-2002 12:24 pm |
Industry News
Triangle Weeklies Spectator and Independent Plan Merger
08-14-2002 10:41 am |
Press Releases
Tags: Independent Weekly (NC), CL, Inc.
Creative Loafing Consolidates Production

The Creative Loafing chain is consolidating its entire layout, design and production operation in Atlanta. The move assures consistency of appearance and quality of design, and also will save the chain’s five papers as much as $22 per page, says CL’s CEO Ben Eason. Eight or nine jobs were eliminated but all affected employees were offered jobs in Atlanta, where the production staff will number about 24.
(FULL STORY)
04-08-2002 2:17 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Design & Production, CL, Inc.
Creative Loafing Founder Plans New Atlanta Papernew
Debbie Eason, founder of the Creative Loafing chain of alternative newsweeklies, is planning a new venture after selling the chain to her children. She intends to launch a new paper, either weekly or biweekly, covering intown western Atlanta, appropriately called West Side Story, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. She tells the daily her new paper won't compete with Creative Loafing-Atlanta.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution |
12-14-2001 12:44 pm |
Industry News
Creative Loafing Sells Greenville, S.C., Papernew
Ben Eason, president of Creative Loafing Inc., has sold Creative Loafing of Greenville, S.C. , a non-AAN alt pub, to his mother, Debby Eason, founder of the chain; Lori Coon, publisher of the Greenville paper; and Kyle Sims, publisher of the Savannah, Ga., edition of Creative Loafing. Ben Eason says his mother now owns 51 percent of the Greenville paper and that he wants to concentrate on bigger markets. Also, former Loafing writer Greg Land joins Time magazine as an Atlanta correspondent.
Atlanta Business Chronicle |
09-04-2001 6:42 am |
Industry News
Creative Loafing’s Corkscrew Offers Wine with an Alternative Twist
08-21-2001 12:51 pm |
Press Releases
Tags: CL, Inc.
Creative Loafing to Sell Minority Interest to Cox
Founders' children to retain majority control of company.
(FULL STORY)
Christine Iwan |
09-27-2000 11:50 am |
Industry News
Creative Loafing Founder Sells Company to Her Children
Deborah Eason relinquishes control of third largest alternative-newspaper chain.
(FULL STORY)
Christine Iwan |
07-06-2000 11:50 am |
Industry News