Atlanta becomes the largest American metro without a printed daily newspaper with the progress of digital magazines

The decision will make Atlanta the largest American metro area without a printed daily newspapers, although some metro newspapers in the smaller Atlanta continue to print.

The publisher Andrew Morse said in his announcement on Thursday that the news organization will aim to expand its fans as it continues to report the news using Internet and video products online.

“The truth is that many people interact with our digital platforms and products today more than the printed version, and this shift is accelerating only,” Morse wrote in A. A message to subscribers It was published on the magazines website. AJC has about 115,000 total subscribers, of whom 75,000 of them are online only; Morse set a goal to earn 500,000 online subscribers.

The newspaper is owned by the descendants of the Cox family. Former Ohio Governor James Cox bought Atlanta magazine in 1939 and the Atlanta Constitution in 1950. The Atlanta Constitution was established in 1868, just a few years after the civil war on Atlanta in the ruins. It became a platform for the famous editors, including the new southern supporter Henry Jaradi and the anti -sorting player Ralph McGil.

Morse said that the constitution in magazines will provide a new mobile phone application by the end of the year and will provide an electronic identical version for subscribers who prefer to try the paper version.

Several smaller newspapers stopped printing, while others cut off the publication days. For example, Tampa Bay Times is printed in Florida just two days a week. But it was unusual for Delies to abandon the main capital. An example of the highest example is the Star-Endger of Newark, New Jersey. Once in the state -selling newspaper, it is He stopped printing in February. She is owned by the Newhouse family, who has also stopped printing other large newspapers in New Jersey and Alabama.

The Medll Local News initiative was calculated at Northwestern University 1033 daily newspapers in 2024, a decrease from 1472 in 2005, and 650 digital news sites only.

Some still see the profits to be achieved with printing. Decaturish, which covers the Decatur suburb in Atlanta, began to publish only online but launched a weekly printed version after it was purchased last year by a suburban publisher. Dan Westentht, editor and founder of Decaturish, said that some advertisers prefer printed publications.

“They will spend this money on printing and they may spend it with us,” Whisenhunt said. “Sustainability in the press requires multiple revenue flows,” he said.

The Cox family has invested in the magazine magazine since it became Morse, a former CNN executive official, publisher in 2023. The naked magazines have rented reporters in the cities of Georgia in Athens, Macon and Savana, and expanded a show -up show, and paid new audio and visual presentations. The company also moved to a new office in the downtown area of ​​Atlanta, and returned within the city border from an office in the northern suburbs.

The company’s executive officials said that the printed version is still profitable, after they used external sources to another newspaper in Gynegeville, Georgia, in 2021. When Morse came, he temporarily stopped a plan to reduce the printed edition. But now the time is right, he said.

“We will start the new year as a full digital institution, committed, as is always the case, as we are the most important and attractive news source for the people of Atlanta, Georgia and the South.”

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