The Macon News

The Macon News was a newspaper in Georgia, United States that operated from 1884 to 1983.

The Macon News
Our Beat Is the Heart of Georgia
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Founder(s)
  • Jerome B. Pound
  • Eugene Pound
Founded1884 (1884)
Ceased publicationSeptember 2, 1983
HeadquartersCherry Street, Macon, Georgia
CountryUnited States
Sister newspapersThe Macon Telegraph
OCLC number19872344

History

The Macon News was founded in 1884 and operated until September 2, 1983.[1][2] The paper was printed Monday to Saturday under the initial ownership of brothers Jerome B. Pound and Eugene Pound.[1] Subscription to the newspaper was US$5, half that of the rival paper The Macon Telegraph.[1] The Macon News was printed and distributed in the evening.[1]

The paper increased its page size in 1885 and operated from offices on Cherry Street, Macon.[1]

In 1930, The Macon Telegraph owners brothers William T. and Peyton T. Anderson bought The Macon News[3] for $200,000.[4] They combined some staff roles, but kept both papers operating.[3]

The paper's 1983 closure was a result of declining readership.[5] Barbara Stinson was the managing editor at the time of the paper's closure; Ed Olson was the publisher and Billy Watson was the General Manager. The executive editor was Richard Thomas.[2] After its closure, the paper merged with The Macon Telegraph.[1]

The newspaper's OCLC number was 19872344.[6]

See also

References
  1. "The Macon news. (Macon, Ga.) 189?-1930". Georgia Historic Newspapers. Retrieved 2023-08-20 – via Digital Library of Georgia.
  2. Grimes, Millard. B., Cox, Calvin. (1985). The Last Linotype: The Story of Georgia and Its Newspapers Since World War II. United States: Mercer University Press. p184-190
  3. Sverdlik, Alan (13 October 2006). "Macon Telegraph". New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2023-08-20.
  4. "From the pages of history". The Telegraph (Macon, Georgia). 2 Nov 2011.
  5. "The Macon Telegraph and News will be combined as..." UPI. 25 July 1983. Retrieved 2023-08-20.
  6. "The Macon News (Macon, Ga.) 1941-1983". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2023-08-20.
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