“Nashville-based media company SouthComm acquires Creative Loafing Atlanta and Washington City Paper”
Eric Celeste writes at clatl.com:
Creative Loafing Atlanta has been purchased by SouthComm Inc., a Nashville-based media company. The sale also includes CL’s sister publication Washington City Paper in D.C. … Once the transition to new ownership is complete, Creative Loafing Inc. will no longer exist as a company.
“Washington City Paper Bought by SouthComm, Inc.”
Mike Madden writes at washingtoncitypaper.com:
Today’s deal marks the third owner for City Paper since July 2007, when Creative Loafing—then controlled by Ben Eason—bought us and the Reader. The following year, Creative Loafing went bankrupt, and in August 2009, Atalaya won control of the company in a bankruptcy proceeding.