William Tappan Thompson, author of the Major Jones series of humorous stories, along with John McKinney Cooper as publisher and owner, founded the paper on January 15, 1850 as the Daily Morning News. At the end of the Civil War in 1865, John Cooper was pardoned by President Andrew Johnson allowing him to retain ownership of the paper. Its name was changed to the Daily News and Herald, though Thompson remained as editor. Thompson left the paper in 1867 to travel in Europe. In 1868, Thompson returned and the paper was renamed again to The Savannah Daily Morning News for one edition, then changed to the current name the following day. In 1870, Joel Chandler Harris, who later went on to write the Uncle Remus tales, became an assistant editor. As assistant editor, Harris launched a successful campaign to outlaw dueling, which was still popular in Savannah in the mid-19th century.[citation needed]
Banker Mills B. Lane, Jr. and publisher Alvah H. Chapman bought the Morning News and the Savannah Evening Press in 1957 and combined some operations as the Savannah News-Press Inc. The papers were again sold in 1960 to William Shivers Morris Jr., owner of the Augusta Chronicle. In 1969, the staffs of the Savannah Evening Press and the Savannah Morning News merged and in 1972 a combined Sunday edition called the Savannah News-Press was published. As evening newspapers were becoming less profitable due to competition by evening news programs on television, the Evening Press was cancelled, running its last issue on October 31, 1996. This left the Morning News as the only major daily newspaper of Savannah.[2]
The reported numbers for the Savannah Morning News' circulation as of the six months ended September 30, 2009, were 39,656 daily and 52,493 on Sundays.[4] In June 2005, the daily circulation was reported at 53,825,[5] a 26.3% drop. As of July 2013, the newspaper's primary website, savannahnow.com, remained the most-viewed local news source in the Savannah metropolitan area, with an estimated 75,000 unique visitors monthly and roughly 7 million page views monthly, according to Quantcast.[6]
Subsidiariesedit
In March 2013, the Savannah Morning News expanded its arts and entertainment section "Do" into a free standalone alt-weekly distributed at roughly 200 newsstands across Chatham County and through a new website and mobile app.[7] In April 2013, the newspaper launched a new company called Main Street Digital.[citation needed]
Subsidiaries include Bryan County Now and Effingham Now.
^Savannah Morning News, Morris Publishing Group. Accessed December 29, 2008.
^"Morris Announces Sale of Publications to Gatehouse Media". Morris Communications. August 9, 2017. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
^"Circ for Newspaper". Retrieved January 16, 2010.
^"Newsroom diversity report for Savannah Morning News". Retrieved January 16, 2010.
^"Savannahnow.com Traffic and Demographic Statistics by Quantcast". quantcast.com. Retrieved July 15, 2013.
^"Do Pickup/Newsstand Locations". dosavannah.com. June 12, 2013. Retrieved July 15, 2013.
Sourcesedit
Shippey, Herbert: William Tappon Thompson from the New Georgia Encyclopedia Online (2002-07-18). Retrieved on 2009-04-08.
Morris subsidiary profile of the Savannah Morning News
External linksedit
SavannahNow, the online edition of the Morning News
Savannah Morning News forums
Savannah Historic Newspapers Archive, Digital Library of Georgia
January 01, 1970
savannah, morning, news, daily, newspaper, savannah, georgia, published, gannett, motto, paper, light, coastal, empire, lowcountry, paper, serves, savannah, metropolitan, area, parts, south, carolina, savannahnow, comtypedaily, newspaperformatbroadsheetowner, . The Savannah Morning News is a daily newspaper in Savannah Georgia It is published by Gannett The motto of the paper is Light of the Coastal Empire and Lowcountry The paper serves Savannah its metropolitan area and parts of South Carolina Savannah Morning News amp savannahnow comTypeDaily newspaperFormatBroadsheetOwner s GannettEditorJill NevelsFounded1850 174 years ago 1850 as the Daily Morning News Headquarters1375 Chatham ParkwaySavannah GA 31405United StatesCirculation16 959 Daily 19 284 Sunday as of 2018 1 Websitesavannahnow wbr com Contents 1 History 2 Circulation 3 Subsidiaries 4 See also 5 References 6 Sources 7 External linksHistory edit nbsp Morning News building 1876 William Tappan Thompson author of the Major Jones series of humorous stories along with John McKinney Cooper as publisher and owner founded the paper on January 15 1850 as the Daily Morning News At the end of the Civil War in 1865 John Cooper was pardoned by President Andrew Johnson allowing him to retain ownership of the paper Its name was changed to the Daily News and Herald though Thompson remained as editor Thompson left the paper in 1867 to travel in Europe In 1868 Thompson returned and the paper was renamed again to The Savannah Daily Morning News for one edition then changed to the current name the following day In 1870 Joel Chandler Harris who later went on to write the Uncle Remus tales became an assistant editor As assistant editor Harris launched a successful campaign to outlaw dueling which was still popular in Savannah in the mid 19th century citation needed Banker Mills B Lane Jr and publisher Alvah H Chapman bought the Morning News and the Savannah Evening Press in 1957 and combined some operations as the Savannah News Press Inc The papers were again sold in 1960 to William Shivers Morris Jr owner of the Augusta Chronicle In 1969 the staffs of the Savannah Evening Press and the Savannah Morning News merged and in 1972 a combined Sunday edition called the Savannah News Press was published As evening newspapers were becoming less profitable due to competition by evening news programs on television the Evening Press was cancelled running its last issue on October 31 1996 This left the Morning News as the only major daily newspaper of Savannah 2 In 2017 Morris Communications sold its newspapers to GateHouse Media 3 Circulation editThe reported numbers for the Savannah Morning News circulation as of the six months ended September 30 2009 were 39 656 daily and 52 493 on Sundays 4 In June 2005 the daily circulation was reported at 53 825 5 a 26 3 drop As of July 2013 the newspaper s primary website savannahnow com remained the most viewed local news source in the Savannah metropolitan area with an estimated 75 000 unique visitors monthly and roughly 7 million page views monthly according to Quantcast 6 Subsidiaries editIn March 2013 the Savannah Morning News expanded its arts and entertainment section Do into a free standalone alt weekly distributed at roughly 200 newsstands across Chatham County and through a new website and mobile app 7 In April 2013 the newspaper launched a new company called Main Street Digital citation needed Subsidiaries include Bryan County Now and Effingham Now See also editList of newspapers in Georgia U S state References edit 2018 Legacy NEWM Annual Reports PDF investors gannett com 2018 Savannah Morning News Morris Publishing Group Accessed December 29 2008 Morris Announces Sale of Publications to Gatehouse Media Morris Communications August 9 2017 Retrieved February 19 2018 Circ for Newspaper Retrieved January 16 2010 Newsroom diversity report for Savannah Morning News Retrieved January 16 2010 Savannahnow com Traffic and Demographic Statistics by Quantcast quantcast com Retrieved July 15 2013 Do Pickup Newsstand Locations dosavannah com June 12 2013 Retrieved July 15 2013 Sources editShippey Herbert William Tappon Thompson from the New Georgia Encyclopedia Online 2002 07 18 Retrieved on 2009 04 08 Morris subsidiary profile of the Savannah Morning NewsExternal links editSavannahNow the online edition of the Morning News Savannah Morning News forums Savannah Historic Newspapers Archive Digital Library of Georgia Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Savannah Morning News amp oldid 1211684972, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
