Atlanta Times

Atlanta Times
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
PublisherJames C. Davis
PresidentArthur P. Jackson
EditorLuke Greene
Associate editor
Frank Veale
Managing editor
Luther Thigpen
General manager
Irwin M. Orner
FoundedJune 12, 1964; 61 years ago (1964-06-12)
Ceased publication
August 31, 1965; 60 years ago (1965-08-31)
LanguageEnglish
CountryUnited States
Circulation
  • 75,000 daily
OCLC number9614138

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]

References

  1. ^ a b c "6 MONTHS MARKED BY ATLANTA TIMES; Conservative Publisher Says 'We Are Here to Stay'". The New York Times. December 12, 1964.
  2. ^ a b "Obituary in Atlanta". Time Magazine. Vol. 86, no. 11. September 10, 1965.
  3. ^ a b Klibanoff, Hank (Spring 2009). "Fifteen Months of Fame: The True Story of the Atlanta Times". Emory Magazine.
  4. ^ "ATLANTA TO GET A 3D NEWSPAPER; Conservative Group Plans to Start Venture June 12". The New York Times. May 31, 1964.
  5. ^ Veale, Frank (1965). The Atlanta Times Inside Story. Greenville, GA: Gresham.


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