Media Moves

Times-Journal acquires six metro Atlanta newspapers

J.K. Murphy

Times-Journal Inc., the parent company of the bi-weekly Calhoun Times in Gordon County, Georgia, has purchased six metro Atlanta newspapers from Southern Community Newspapers Inc.

The properties include:

  • Gwinnett Daily Post;
  • Rockdale Citizen;
  • Newton Citizen;
  • Henry Herald;
  • Clayton News; and
  • Jackson Progress-Argus.

With this purchase, Times-Journal Inc. now publishes 21 Georgia newspapers and corresponding websites.

J.K. Murphy, vice president of content with Times-Journal, will serve as publisher of the six newspapers.

Read more here.

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