Marty Petty Named CEO of Creative Loafing

-- 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 company emerged from bankruptcy this fall under the new ownership of Atalaya Capital Management LP, a New York investment firm.

Creative Loafing is headquartered in Tampa, Florida and publishes six alternative weekly newspapers: the Chicago Reader, the Washington City Paper, Creative Loafing Atlanta, Creative Loafing Tampa, Creative Loafing Charlotte and Creative Loafing Sarasota.

The newspapers have a combined weekly print circulation of over 400,000 copies and monthly online unique visitors in excess of 1.5 million.

Go to the Creative Loafing Tampa Bay newspaper profile for more information about the newspaper.

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