Newnan Times-Herald

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The Times-Herald
Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s)The Newnan Times-Herald Inc.
Founder(s)J. S. Bigby, Jesse Calaway Wootten
PublisherC. Clayton and Elizabeth Neely
EditorElizabeth Neely.
Founded1865 (as The Newnan Herald)
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters16 Jefferson St.
Newnan, GA 30264
United States
Circulation 8,996(as of 2013) [1]
ISSN 0883-2536
Website times-herald.com

The Newnan Times-Herald, locally known as The Times-Herald, is a newspaper published in Newnan, Georgia.

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History

The paper was founded in 1865, which makes it the oldest news organization in Newnan and Coweta County, Georgia. It is a local newspaper and official legal organ for the community located about 30 miles south of Atlanta. On July 22, 1972, the Newnan Times-Herald received the National Newspaper Association award for "excellence in typography". [2]

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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. "Eighteen Georgia Papers Receive Award Tonight". Waycross Journal-Herald . July 22, 1972. Retrieved March 6, 2012.

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