AAN Association of Alternative Newsmedia

Creative Loafing Board Censures Two Members from Cox Newspapers

By AAN Staff

december 23, 2003 04:02 pm

Creative Loafing Board Censures Two Members from Cox Newspapers

President Jay Smith and his chief financial officer, Charles "Buddy" Solomon, voted against censuring themselves for "violating business and journalism ethical standards" but were overruled by the other six members of Creative Loafing Inc.'s board of directors. The resolution's author, Sterling "Jim" Soderlind, accused the Cox executives of getting "a very good education in the alternative newspaper business while sitting on our board," and then using that knowledge to launch a competing free newspaper, Access Atlanta. John Sugg's Nov. 20 report on the meeting was followed by Smith's response the next week.

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