Cordele Dispatch

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Cordele Dispatch
Type Biweekly newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s) Boone Newspapers Inc.
PublisherChris Lewis
EditorErica O'Neal
Founded1908
Headquarters306 13th Avenue West
Cordele, Georgia 31015
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Circulation 3,369(as of 2013) [1]
Website cordeledispatch.com

The Cordele Dispatch is a twice-weekly newspaper published in Cordele, Georgia. It is operated by Boone Newspapers Inc. [2] Boone acquired the paper in August 2015 from CNHI. [3]

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References

  1. "2013 Georgia Newspaper Directory" (PDF). Georgia Press Association. 2013-01-01. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-08. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
  2. Cordele Dispatch: Contact Us, accessed January 17, 2007.
  3. Roberts, Gene; Kunkel, Thomas; Layton, Charles, eds. (2001). Leaving Readers Behind: The Age of Corporate Newspapering . Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press. ISBN   1610752325.