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Creative Loafing, also known as CL Inc., was an Atlanta-based publisher of alternative weekly newspapers in the United States, including several ''Creative Loafing'' titles, which operated 1972–2012. The Atlanta Creative Loafing launched the career of best-selling author and American humorist Hollis Gillespie by debuting her weekly column "Moodswing," which first appeared in 2001 and ran for eight years. Jill Hannity, the wife of Sean Hannity, was the managing editor of the newspaper 1993–1996 until their move to New York City, which commenced Sean Hannity's television career. Creative Loafing began as a family-owned business in the 1970s, expanding to other cities in the Southern United States in the late 1980s and 1990s. In 2007 it doubled its circulation with the purchase of the ''Chicago Reader'' and ''Washington City Paper''; the $40 million debt it incurred, along with an economic recession, forced the company into bankruptcy one year later. By 2012 it had sold all of its properties to other publishers. == 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, sold in August 2014 to Womack Newspapers * ''Creative Loafing Sarasota'' of Sarasota, Florida, sold in December 2010 to the ''Sarasota Herald-Tribune'', merged into ''Ticket'' 〔 〕 * ''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〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Creative Loafing」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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