The Creative Loafing Tampa Bay is a weekly newspaper in Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida, USA covering local entertainment, events and culture.
The newspaper is published once a week on Thursday.
It is one of the best American media outlets, according to Mondo Times members.
Creative Loafing Tampa Bay, formerly called The Weekly Planet, is a weekly newspaper offering an alternative to the mainstream daily newspaper in the area, the Tampa Bay Times. It is distributed free of charge and covers news, music, film, classifieds, personals and the arts.
SouthComm acquired the newspaper from CL Inc. on October 10, 2011. In April 2018, SouthComm sold the paper to Euclid Media Group.
The Riverfront Times reported on August 10, 2023 that Euclid Media Group had been dissolved after selling its eight alt-weekly newspapers. Chava Communications, a new business formed by Euclid's former chief operating officer Michael Wagner, bought four of the papers: San Antonio Current, Orlando Weekly, Creative Loafing Tampa Bay and Cleveland Scene.
This publication is a member of the Association of Alternative Newsmedia (AAN). AAN is a group of newspapers and magazines providing journalism that offers an alternative to the mainstream media in the area.
Circulation estimate: 41,130
This newspaper is owned by Chava Communications.
For Creative Loafing Tampa Bay contact information, see the Florida news media contacts at EasyMediaList.com.
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Kate Bradshaw Named News & Politics Editor of Creative Loafing Tampa Bay Marty Petty Named CEO of Creative Loafing
Creative Loafing Newspapers Taken Over by Hedge Fund Atalaya Capital Management
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-- In November 2014, Kate Bradshaw replaced Mitch Perry as the news & politics editor of Creative Loafing.
Posted by Mondo Times Editors, Boulder Colorado, April 24, 2015
-- A prominent Florida newspaper executive has been named chief executive officer of Creative Loafing, the alternative weekly newspaper group, owner Atalaya Capital Management announced on November 16, 2009.
Marty Petty, 56, is the former publisher of the St. Petersburg Times and the Hartford Courant. She will succeed Richard W. Gilbert, who has been interim CEO since the reorganized...
-- The Creative Loafing alternative newspaper chain, including Creative Loafing Tampa Bay, is being taken over by a hedge fund, The St. Petersburg Times reported on August 26, 2009:
"A New York hedge fund wrested control of the Creative Loafing newspaper chain Tuesday, promising to keep the weekly tabloids running in Tampa, Sarasota, Atlanta, Chicago, Charlotte, N.C., and Washington, D.C.
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