Atlanta Business News

Atlanta media group Rough Draft expands to Athens, including a print edition
The move will test whether Rough Draft can make its business model work in a market where they’re not based.

How one Georgia city went from considering a data center to banning them
The Clayton County community has joined a small, albeit growing, list of Georgia cities that have vastly restricted or outright banned data centers.

Elon Musk says Delta CEO will ‘lose his job’ over Wi-Fi. United sees an opening.
The tiff began with a Tuesday social media post on X about Delta's CEO and Starlink Wi-Fi service.
Georgia Media and Entertainment News

New name unveiled for Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery after merger approval
The Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger is expected to close Oct. 6, creating one of the largest entertainment companies in the world.

Atlanta media group Rough Draft expands to Athens, including a print edition
The move will test whether Rough Draft can make its business model work in a market where they’re not based.

How Atlanta became the new home for ‘Shark Tank’ and other game shows
Credits: Video by Miasarah Lai, Sources: AJC | Tyler Perry Studios | Sony Pict. TV | ABC | Fox | Getty | LA Times | Official Black Wall Street | Rodney Ho/AJC
Airport News

Elon Musk says Delta CEO will ‘lose his job’ over Wi-Fi. United sees an opening.
The tiff began with a Tuesday social media post on X about Delta's CEO and Starlink Wi-Fi service.
The best restaurants in every terminal at the Atlanta airport
Hungry at ATL? These 20 airport restaurants serve food and drink with Atlanta flair and genuinely good flavors.

Atlanta airport spills estimated 33,000 gallons of sewage near Sullivan Creek
This is the latest spill of fuel, sewage and other substances from the airport affecting the Flint River and two of the waterways that feed it, Sullivan Creek and Mud Creek.
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‘A defining milestone’: Beltline finalizes land deals to finish trail loop
The process to assemble one of the country’s largest rails-to-trails corridors took about two decades, spanning four mayoral administrations.
Her firm was targeted by the anti-DEI movement. Now she’s telling her story.
In a new book, Simone, the CEO of the Fearless Fund, lays out how the case was the start of an anti-DEI movement in the U.S.

Georgianomics: Playing the long game
Highlights for this week include Italian opportunities, a Georgia winning streak and a pipeline battle.
From forests to flight, new commission to study Georgia’s biofuel potential
The Georgia Sustainable Aviation Fuel Coalition launched Wednesday to evaluate the economic viability of a homegrown biofuel industry.

How a Georgia mill helped launch Japan's denim industry
Credits: Fraser Jones, Jordan Pettiford, Keola Racela & Arsh Harjani / AJC. Sources: AJC|Big John|Cone Denim|Levi's|Getty|UNC|NYPL|Warner Bros. Ent. & others.

A $3B Georgia pipeline changed course — away from a utility leader’s property
A Georgia man is fighting the proposed route of a pipeline after learning the original path was diverted from land belonging to a manager for a Southern Co. subsidiary.

Uber settles Georgia teen’s sex trafficking lawsuit
Uber has settled a Georgia teen's sex trafficking lawsuit after losing its attempt to shield its CEO from being deposed in the case.

Looking back: How the 1996 torch relay launched Atlanta’s Olympics
At the time, it was the longest Olympic torch relay in the U.S., an epic buildup for Atlanta, the first American city in the South to play host to the Games.

Morgan Stanley chooses site for $684M campus that pitted Dallas vs. Alpharetta
One of the world’s largest financial institutions has selected Dallas for a new regional headquarters, snubbing its other listed finalist in metro Atlanta.

Coca-Cola taps Monster Energy executive for a top role
Coca-Cola named Rob Gehring new president of its largest operating unit.



