Type | Daily newspaper |
---|---|
Format | Broadsheet |
Publisher | James C. Davis |
President | Arthur P. Jackson |
Editor | Luke Greene |
Associate editor | Frank Veale |
Managing editor | Luther Thigpen |
General manager | Irwin M. Orner |
Sports editor | George Short |
Founded | June 12, 1964 |
Language | English |
Ceased publication | August 31, 1965 |
Country | United States |
Circulation |
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OCLC number | 9614138 |
The Atlanta Times was a short-lived conservative daily newspaper published in the early 1960s in Atlanta, Georgia. The first major effort at a new paper in the Atlanta area since 1903, [1] it was launched in mid-1964 by former U.S. congressman James C. Davis to advance the cause of racial segregation in the United States and to combat "radicalism", and had ceased publication by September 1965. [2] Davis had spent three years raising money for the venture, and within months of its establishment, the Times faced problems with both finances and management. [1] The paper aspired to a circulation of about 125,000 but achieved only 75,000, and reportedly lost US$3 million. It failed to attract major department stores as advertisers, and readers remained more loyal to established papers like the Atlanta Journal and the Atlanta Constitution than anticipated. [2] A failed effort by the board of the Times to expand the paper state-wide ultimately caused its ruin. [3]
The first issue of the Atlanta Times was 120 pages and was published on June 12, 1964. [1] Luke Greene was its editor. [4] The Times purchased a used printing press from the New York World-Telegram.
Pauline Phillips attended the paper's opening ceremony, where she signed freshly-printed issues. [3] [5]
Type | Daily newspaper |
---|---|
Format | Broadsheet |
Publisher | James C. Davis |
President | Arthur P. Jackson |
Editor | Luke Greene |
Associate editor | Frank Veale |
Managing editor | Luther Thigpen |
General manager | Irwin M. Orner |
Sports editor | George Short |
Founded | June 12, 1964 |
Language | English |
Ceased publication | August 31, 1965 |
Country | United States |
Circulation |
|
OCLC number | 9614138 |
The Atlanta Times was a short-lived conservative daily newspaper published in the early 1960s in Atlanta, Georgia. The first major effort at a new paper in the Atlanta area since 1903, [1] it was launched in mid-1964 by former U.S. congressman James C. Davis to advance the cause of racial segregation in the United States and to combat "radicalism", and had ceased publication by September 1965. [2] Davis had spent three years raising money for the venture, and within months of its establishment, the Times faced problems with both finances and management. [1] The paper aspired to a circulation of about 125,000 but achieved only 75,000, and reportedly lost US$3 million. It failed to attract major department stores as advertisers, and readers remained more loyal to established papers like the Atlanta Journal and the Atlanta Constitution than anticipated. [2] A failed effort by the board of the Times to expand the paper state-wide ultimately caused its ruin. [3]
The first issue of the Atlanta Times was 120 pages and was published on June 12, 1964. [1] Luke Greene was its editor. [4] The Times purchased a used printing press from the New York World-Telegram.
Pauline Phillips attended the paper's opening ceremony, where she signed freshly-printed issues. [3] [5]