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Type | Weekly Newspaper |
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Format | Broadsheet |
Owner(s) | Metro Market Media |
Publisher | Stephanie Woody |
Editor | Michelle Hall |
Founded | 1908 |
Political alignment | Central |
Headquarters | Forsyth County, Georgia |
Circulation | 11,680 (as of 2013) [1] |
Website |
forsythnews |
Forsyth County News is a subscription-based local newspaper covering news in Forsyth County in Georgia. [2] It is published twice a week on Wednesday and Sunday, with a weekend e-edition available on Fridays and is entirely owned by Metro Market Media. The Gainesville Times and Dawson County News also became part of Metro Market Media in the same transaction. [2] [3] Stephanie Woody is the Publisher. [2] The Forsyth County News serves a population of 227,967. [4]
Joe Patterson founded Forsyth County News in 1908 in downtown Cumming, Georgia. [2] Joe Patterson sold the newspaper to Roy P. Otwell, who then combined the North Georgian and Forsyth County News into one newspaper. [2] In 1954, Charles Smithgall Sr. bought the newspaper and eventually sold it to News Corp in the 1970s. [5] [2] News Corp had been publishing Gwinnett Daily News, Forsyth County News, and Winder News. [5] Robert Fowler sold News Corp to The New York Times for 103 million dollars in 1987. [5] By 1994, Swartz-Morris Media acquired Forsyth County News and the Forsyth Forum Newspaper, the county legal organ, and merged them into the new Forsyth County News. [2] During 2018, the newspaper was purchased by Metro Market Media in a family transaction. [2] [6]
Forsyth County News is based out of Forsyth County, Georgia and delivers news content to that local area. [2]
This article needs additional citations for
verification. (December 2018) |
Type | Weekly Newspaper |
---|---|
Format | Broadsheet |
Owner(s) | Metro Market Media |
Publisher | Stephanie Woody |
Editor | Michelle Hall |
Founded | 1908 |
Political alignment | Central |
Headquarters | Forsyth County, Georgia |
Circulation | 11,680 (as of 2013) [1] |
Website |
forsythnews |
Forsyth County News is a subscription-based local newspaper covering news in Forsyth County in Georgia. [2] It is published twice a week on Wednesday and Sunday, with a weekend e-edition available on Fridays and is entirely owned by Metro Market Media. The Gainesville Times and Dawson County News also became part of Metro Market Media in the same transaction. [2] [3] Stephanie Woody is the Publisher. [2] The Forsyth County News serves a population of 227,967. [4]
Joe Patterson founded Forsyth County News in 1908 in downtown Cumming, Georgia. [2] Joe Patterson sold the newspaper to Roy P. Otwell, who then combined the North Georgian and Forsyth County News into one newspaper. [2] In 1954, Charles Smithgall Sr. bought the newspaper and eventually sold it to News Corp in the 1970s. [5] [2] News Corp had been publishing Gwinnett Daily News, Forsyth County News, and Winder News. [5] Robert Fowler sold News Corp to The New York Times for 103 million dollars in 1987. [5] By 1994, Swartz-Morris Media acquired Forsyth County News and the Forsyth Forum Newspaper, the county legal organ, and merged them into the new Forsyth County News. [2] During 2018, the newspaper was purchased by Metro Market Media in a family transaction. [2] [6]
Forsyth County News is based out of Forsyth County, Georgia and delivers news content to that local area. [2]