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Creative Loafing Buys Washington City Paper

Tuesday July 24th, 2007 2:14 PM by BHDC Staff
Filed under: Washington City Paper, Erik Wemple

We just received this leaked Erik Wemple e-mail from the City Paper’s newsroom:

Hey fellows: Could you forward this to your freelancers?

Dear City Paper freelancers: As you may have heard by now, Washington City Paper has been acquired by the company that runs the Creative Loafing papers of Atlanta, Charlotte, Sarasota, and Tampa. We are pleased with this development and have had great discussions with our new owner, Ben Eason. The obvious question that people have been asking is, how does this affect the paper and what we’ve been doing for so long? There will no doubt be changes in how our product is generated, distributed, marketed, and so on. And our new owner will keep us on the path of editorial budget cuts that we embarked upon earlier this year. That is a simple fact of life in this industry. As to the impact on freelancers, I cannot say at this point precisely what it’ll be. Given how the Creative chain deals with production, we may see a rejiggering of editorial deadlines, but I can’t say for sure right now. And we have no plans to change pay for freelancers at this point, either. Also unchanged is our appreciation for all that you do for this paper, week in and week out. I will send out more information as it becomes available.

More to come on the why.

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6 Comments to 'Creative Loafing Buys Washington City Paper'

1. DC Guy said:

For a moment I thought this headline was supposed to be ironic, then I realized that a company called Creative Loafing literally bought the uncreative loafers.

posted July 24th, 2007 at 2:32 pm | Quote

2. LNSer said:

Yes, the “why” should be interesting.

posted July 24th, 2007 at 2:47 pm | Quote

3. What said:

vvvv

http://www.linked.com/pub/3/9b6/484

posted July 29th, 2007 at 9:12 am | Quote

4. Big Head DC » A Third Eye On Hooker Ads said:

[…] HOME ABOUT ADVERTISE MEDIA TIPS@BIGHEADDC.COM A Third Eye On Hooker Ads Thursday August 2nd, 2007 6:04 PM by BHDC Staff Filed under: Journalism, Sex The New York Press has announced that it will no longer accept “explicit” advertising, which had been a mainstay of the publication for years. Washington papers, large and small, also count on such ads to bring in revenues in the millions of dollars range each year. Does this move mean a change is coming to the more staid world of District publishing? After all, “DC Madam” Deborah Jeane Palfrey has told us that the City Paper was one of her best advertising outlets and continues to run ads for “criminal” groups. One in-the-know media observer told us this afternoon that City Paper has already seen pressure to “cut down on the raciness” with its recent sale to Creative Loafing. Stay tuned. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. email this | digg this | del.icio.us | reddit | permalink […]

posted August 2nd, 2007 at 6:04 pm | Quote

5. Big Head DC » New City Paper President Poised to Make Changes said:

[…] New City Paper President Poised to Make Changes Thursday August 9th, 2007 10:55 AM by BHDC Staff Filed under: Erik Wemple, Ben Eason When it was announced in late-July that the Washington City Paper had been bought by Creative Loafing, an alternative media publisher, many inside the paper’s newsroom realized that big changes would be afoot. […]

posted August 9th, 2007 at 10:55 am | Quote

6. Big Head DC » UPDATE: New City Paper President Poised to Make Changes said:

[…] Original post, August 9: When it was announced in late-July that the Washington City Paper had been bought by Creative Loafing, an alternative media publisher, many inside the paper’s newsroom realized that big changes would be afoot. […]

posted August 13th, 2007 at 10:55 pm | Quote

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