http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:46:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/20/last-weeks-top-posts-17/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/20/last-weeks-top-posts-17/#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:31:00 +0000 Mara Shalhoup http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=18715 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/20/last-weeks-top-posts-17/feed/ 0 Teabagging, shit sandwiches and big booties. Oh, and the ongoing exodus from the AJC. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/25/ajc-downsizing-update/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/25/ajc-downsizing-update/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:58:49 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=17576 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/25/ajc-downsizing-update/feed/ 0 The AJC is offering a third round of buyouts in an effort to cut about 90 newsroom positions. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/25/ajc-plans-to-cut-staff-30-percent/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/25/ajc-plans-to-cut-staff-30-percent/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:59:36 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=17562 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/25/ajc-plans-to-cut-staff-30-percent/feed/ 17 Third and largest round of job cuts to hit the paper. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/16/last-weeks-top-posts-14/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/16/last-weeks-top-posts-14/#comments Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:36:41 +0000 Mara Shalhoup http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=17210 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/16/last-weeks-top-posts-14/feed/ 0 Job fairs, layoffs and a makeover. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/13/decatur-metro-questions-the-future-of-atlanta-journalism/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/13/decatur-metro-questions-the-future-of-atlanta-journalism/#comments Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:45:25 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=17055 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/13/decatur-metro-questions-the-future-of-atlanta-journalism/feed/ 1 One commenter who claims to be an AJC journalist says the print edition could be extinct by the end of 2010. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/10/ajc-shrinks-circulation-cuts-156-jobs/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/10/ajc-shrinks-circulation-cuts-156-jobs/#comments Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:36:38 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=10688 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/10/ajc-shrinks-circulation-cuts-156-jobs/feed/ 3 Circulation shrinks to 27 counties. 56 full-time and 100 part-time jobs cut. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/02/cox-shutting-down-dc-bureau/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/02/cox-shutting-down-dc-bureau/#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:30:57 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=10063 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/02/cox-shutting-down-dc-bureau/feed/ 0 International and national newsgathering office to close in April 2009. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/02/ajc-layoffs-slideshow/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/02/ajc-layoffs-slideshow/#comments Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:47:39 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/02/ajc-layoffs-slideshow/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/02/ajc-layoffs-slideshow/feed/ 1 Last week, 73 Atlanta Journal-Constitution photographers, journalists, editors and staffers left 72 Marietta St. for the final time. Included among them were familiar bylines — Maria Saporta, Michelle Hiskey, Frank Niemier and David Pendered are just to name a few — but also a host of behind-the-scenes characters who helped the paper run and kept [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/14/bummer/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/14/bummer/#comments Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:47:22 +0000 Ken Edelstein http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/14/bummer/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/14/bummer/feed/ 3 I laid off two fine journalists Monday, and I must be honest with you that it seemed to me not the wisest business decision. Like other media companies that have their roots in print, Creative Loafing finds itself in a harsh economic environment. Alt-weeklies like CL ought to be doing better than the big dailies, and [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/11/doomsday-at-ajc/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/11/doomsday-at-ajc/#comments Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:54:26 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/11/doomsday-at-ajc/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/11/doomsday-at-ajc/feed/ 0 Word is going around that something big will go down at the AJC next week – and nobody expects it to be a good something. Cox honchos have spent recent weeks prepping the staff to brace for more cost-cutting at the paper. In late June, following a brutal round of layoffs at the Cox-owned Palm Beach [...]