Creative Loafing editor fired

After more than a decade as the publication's editor, Ken Edelstein was fired from Creative Loafing Atlanta, according to reports from The Atlanta Journal Constitution.
Edelstein called the separation "involuntary."
Recent financial troubles tell part of the story. Creative Loafing's parent company has filed for bankruptcy and two Atlanta staffers were laid off several months ago.
the report says that Edelstein joined Creative Loafing after spending 10 years at the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer writing about business, politics and the environment, eventually becoming the assistant city editor and Atlanta bureau chief.
According to the story, Mara Shalhoup, a senior writer who's worked at the paper for eight years, said the editorial staff followed Edelstein out of the office and onto the ramp outside Creative Loafing’s building Monday morning.
“People were crying; it was a very emotional scene,” she said. “He’s the pillar of the newsroom, and when you take that out, it’s devastating.”