The Atlanta Georgian
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Circulation | 75,178 (peak) |
The Atlanta Georgian was an American daily afternoon newspaper in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
History
Founded by
In February 1907, Seely expanded the newspaper by buying out the Atlanta News.[1]
The newspaper was struggling when
By the 1930s, it was the third-largest paper in Atlanta with a circulation of 75,000: far behind the Journal (98,000) and the Constitution (91,000).[3]
In 1939, James M. Cox[clarification needed] purchased the newspaper at the same time as The Atlanta Journal (now The Atlanta Journal-Constitution). He closed down the Georgian, with its last issue being December 18, 1939. By this time, the Hearst empire had decreased to fewer than twenty newspapers.
Atlanta race riot of 1906
In 1906, The Atlanta Georgian and the Atlanta News, at the behest of gubernatorial candidates Hoke Smith and Clark Howell, began publishing a series of unsubstantiated sensationalized stories[4] claiming that white women were being attacked and raped by black men. This was part of the candidates' attempts to disenfranchise blacks by inciting white fear.
It culminated in the
See also
- List of defunct newspapers of the United States
- List of newspapers in Atlanta
- Media in Atlanta
- List of newspapers in Georgia (U.S. state)
References
- Garrett, Franklin (1954). Atlanta and Its Environs. University of Georgia Press.
Notes
- ^ Garrett. Vol.II. p. 498.
- ^ [dead link] Hearst acquisition Archived April 22, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Staff (December 25, 1939). "The Press: Big Deal in Georgia" Archived August 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Time. Retrieved January 22, 2016.
- ^ "Atlanta Race Riot of 1906". Retrieved May 27, 2014.