Creative Loafing Accuses Board Members of Bad Faith

april 30, 2003  11:01 am
Creative Loafing Accuses Board Members of Bad Faith
Jay Smith and Buddy Solomon, Cox Newspaper executives who sit on the Creative Loafing board as a result of Cox's 25 percent ownership in the alt-weekly chain, were apparently taking notes during the board meetings. The proof? The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Cox's flagship daily, last week rolled out accessAtlanta, a free-circulation weekly aimed directly at CL's young readers. John Sugg dubs the new paper Creative Loafing's Mini-Me and says CL has taken steps to freeze out Cox's Trojan Horse board members. "This action has exposed [Smith and Solomon] to charges of conflict of interest and the appearance of bad faith and ethics," says CL President and CEO Ben Eason. "We intend to wage this war with everything we have."