Creative Loafing - Holdings

Holdings

At the time it declared bankruptcy in 2008, Creative Loafing owned six alternative weeklies:

• Chicago Reader of Chicago, Illinois, sold in May 2012 to Wrapports
• Creative Loafing Atlanta of Atlanta, Georgia, sold in July 2012 to SouthComm
• Creative Loafing Charlotte of Charlotte, North Carolina, sold in October 2011 to SouthComm
• Creative Loafing Sarasota of Sarasota, Florida, sold in December 2010 to the Sarasota Herald-Tribune
• Creative Loafing Tampa of Tampa, Florida, sold in October 2011 to SouthComm
• Washington City Paper of Washington, D.C., sold in July 2012 to SouthComm

Other newspapers the company published over its 40-year history included:

• Creative Loafing Greenville of Greenville, South Carolina, sold in 2001 to Debby Eason, renamed MetroBEAT, folded in 2005
• Creative Loafing Savannah of Savannah, Georgia, sold in 2001 to Debby Eason, merged into Connect Savannah
• Gwinnett Loaf in north suburban Atlanta, Georgia, closed in April 2001
• The Scene nightlife weekly of Atlanta, Georgia, closed in March 2001
• The Spectator of Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, 1997–2002, sold to Independent Weekly
• Topside Loaf in north suburban Atlanta, Georgia, closed in April 2001