Creative Loafing Accuses Board Members of Bad Faith
By AAN Staff
april 30, 2003 11:01 am
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."