Let’s be honest for a second. The journalism industry hasn’t exactly been quick to adopt social media, and you can’t really blame them. The ubiquitous adoption of Web 2.0 tools has turned it’s business model upside-down. But while traditional newspapers questioned whether or not social media would be a fad or not, Creative Loafing jumped right in to meet its readers where they were.
Georgia’s second most widely distributed newspaper, Creative Loafing Atlanta has a circulation of 90,000, and the alt-weekly reaches thousands more at CLATL.com. Known for its coverage of news, culture, music, and the arts, the paper isn’t afraid of trying new things. That’s probably why the Creative Loafing Atlanta Facebook page has garnered over 24,000 likes. Sure, you could read other Atlanta papers to find out what Pope High School is serving for lunch, while Creative Loafing gives you a peak behind the doors of Atlanta’s swinger clubs.
In true SoCon tradition, each year we bring together the people and organizations that make Atlanta the vibrant, and well-connected city that is, and that is why we are delighted to have Creative Loafing join the SoCon community as a sponsor of the event. Be sure to swing (get it, swing? You know you clicked the link.) by its table on the day of the conference.
If you haven’t yet registered for SoCon13, don’t wait. Seriously. We only have a few more tickets (and actually we might even be sold out by the time you’re reading this), so go! Now! Register! Why are you still reading? Go!