The Augusta Chronicle is the daily newspaper of Augusta, Georgia, and is one of the oldest newspapers in the United States still in publication. The paper is known for its coverage of the Masters Tournament, which is played in Augusta.
The Augusta Chronicle's headquarters in the News Building on Broad Street
The paper was founded as the weekly Augusta Gazette in 1785. In 1786, the paper was renamed The Georgia State Gazette. From 1789 to 1804, the paper was known as The Augusta Chronicle and Gazette of the State. Patrick Walsh, later a U.S. Senator, joined the editorial staff in 1866 and became owner in 1873.
In 1945, former bookkeeper William Morris, Jr. bought controlling interest in the paper. This was the beginning of Morris Communications, headquartered in Augusta with the Chronicle as flagship.
In addition to a daily online edition, the entire archives back to its founding have been made searchable on the Internet.[citation needed]
On 9 August 2017, it was announced that The Augusta Chronicle, along with Morris Communications' entire newspaper division and various periodicals, would be sold to GateHouse Media for $120 million in a deal expected to close on October 2. Stephen Wade and Billy Morris will retain their roles as president and publisher respectively. The Morris family will keep ownership of The Augusta Chronicle building and property in downtown Augusta.[2] The sale ended 232 years of local ownership, the last 72 of which had been under the Morris family.
Subsidiaries
Newspapers published by the Chronicle include The Columbia County News-Times, The Hampton County Guardian, The Jefferson News-Farmer, and the Sylvania Telephone.
augusta, chronicle, daily, newspaper, augusta, georgia, oldest, newspapers, united, states, still, publication, paper, known, coverage, masters, tournament, which, played, augusta, typedaily, newspaperformatbroadsheetowner, gannettpublisherwilliam, morris, iii. The Augusta Chronicle is the daily newspaper of Augusta Georgia and is one of the oldest newspapers in the United States still in publication The paper is known for its coverage of the Masters Tournament which is played in Augusta The Augusta ChronicleTypeDaily newspaperFormatBroadsheetOwner s GannettPublisherWilliam S Morris IIIFounded1785 as Augusta Gazette Headquarters725 Broad StreetAugusta GA 30901United StatesCirculation17 238 Daily19 351 Sunday as of 2018 1 ISSN0747 1343Websitewww wbr augustachronicle wbr com Contents 1 History 2 Subsidiaries 3 See also 4 References 5 Further reading 6 External linksHistory Edit The Augusta Chronicle s headquarters in the News Building on Broad Street The paper was founded as the weekly Augusta Gazette in 1785 In 1786 the paper was renamed The Georgia State Gazette From 1789 to 1804 the paper was known as The Augusta Chronicle and Gazette of the State Patrick Walsh later a U S Senator joined the editorial staff in 1866 and became owner in 1873 In 1945 former bookkeeper William Morris Jr bought controlling interest in the paper This was the beginning of Morris Communications headquartered in Augusta with the Chronicle as flagship In addition to a daily online edition the entire archives back to its founding have been made searchable on the Internet citation needed On 9 August 2017 it was announced that The Augusta Chronicle along with Morris Communications entire newspaper division and various periodicals would be sold to GateHouse Media for 120 million in a deal expected to close on October 2 Stephen Wade and Billy Morris will retain their roles as president and publisher respectively The Morris family will keep ownership of The Augusta Chronicle building and property in downtown Augusta 2 The sale ended 232 years of local ownership the last 72 of which had been under the Morris family Subsidiaries EditNewspapers published by the Chronicle include The Columbia County News Times The Hampton County Guardian The Jefferson News Farmer and the Sylvania Telephone See also Edit Georgia U S state portal Journalism portalMedia in Augusta Georgia List of newspapers in Georgia U S state References Edit 2018 Legacy NEWM Annual Reports PDF investors gannett com 2018 Morris Publishing sells The Augusta Chronicle to GateHouse Media The Augusta Chronicle 9 August 2017 Retrieved 13 September 2017 Further reading EditEarl L Bell and Kenneth C Crabbe The Augusta Chronicle Indomitable Voice of Dixie 1785 1960 Athens University of Georgia Press 1960 External links EditThe Augusta Chronicle official site The Augusta Chronicle official mobile site Augusta Chronicle New Georgia Encyclopedia Georgia Humanities Council Morris subsidiary profile of The Augusta Chronicle https www facebook com TheAugustaChronicle https twitter com AUG Chronicle https www instagram com aug chronicle https abcas3 auditedmedia com MICenter Home Index s 8ed040c9 0ce3 46b6 aff2 fcfcaf314b53 abcas3 auditedmedia com pfc default aspx This article about a newspaper of the U S state of Georgia is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Augusta Chronicle amp oldid 1151202765, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
