Atmore Advance

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Atmore Advance
TypeTwice-weekly Newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s)Morris Newspaper Corporation/Boone Newspapers Inc.
PublisherAndrew Garner
EditorAndrew Garner
Founded1927 (1927)
Headquarters Escambia County, Alabama
Circulation 2,171
ISSN 0746-1968
OCLC number 9848767
Website atmoreadvance.com

The Atmore Advance was founded in 1927 in Atmore, Alabama. [1] It has a circulation of approximately 2,000, and serves Atmore and surrounding Escambia County, Alabama. [2] It is published each Wednesday by Atmore Newspapers, Inc. [3]

Through its early history the editorial board was supportive of the Democratic Party. However, the editorial board broke with tradition in 1964, endorsing Republican Barry Goldwater for President. [4]

In 1979 the paper was purchased by Morris Newspaper Corporation from long-time owner Bob Morrisette. [5] Morrisette, who had bought the paper in 1959 with Philipp Sokol, [6] was a past president of the Alabama Press Association. He stayed on with the board of the directors during the transition. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "About Atmore advance". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress.
  2. ↑ "Atmore Advance". Mondo Times.
  3. ↑ "About Us". The Atmore Advance.
  4. ↑ "The First Time". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 28, 1964.
  5. 1 2 "Morris Corp. purchases Brewton, Atmore papers". Montgomery Advertiser. March 2, 1979.
  6. ↑ "Atmore Newspaper Is Sold To Sokol". The Anniston Star. October 1, 1959.


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