David Valentine has resigned after seven months as the editor of the beleaguered Southern Voice because, he claims, the financials of owner Gaydar are a mess, leading to past-due payments to staffers and freelancers and lawsuits from vendors, Project Q reports. Originally brought on to edit the Atlanta Free Press (which closed abruptly after several issues), Valentine took over SoVo in April as the paper’s third editor; since then, it’s been accused of plagiarism and seen its internal strife play out publicly. His now-former boss Matt Neuman, who owns the company, insists Valentine just “wasn’t a good fit,” and that it was Valentine’s paperwork mishaps that caused payment delays.
