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The Macon News

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The Macon News
Our Beat Is the Heart of Georgia
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Founder(s)
  • Jerome B. Pound
  • Eugene Pound
Founded1884; 140 years ago (1884)
Ceased publicationSeptember 2, 1983
HeadquartersCherry Street, Macon, Georgia
CountryUnited States
Sister newspapersThe Macon Telegraph
OCLC number19872344

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

History

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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

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "The Macon news. (Macon, Ga.) 189?-1930". Georgia Historic Newspapers. Retrieved 2023-08-20 – via Digital Library of Georgia.
  2. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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.