Athens Banner-Herald
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Gannett |
| Editor-in-chief | Caitlyn Stroh-Page |
| Sports editor | Fletcher Page & Ryne Dennis |
| Director of Presentation/Assistant Editor | Bill Stewart |
| Founded | March 20, 1832 (as the Southern Banner) |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 1 Press Pl, Ste 104, Athens, GA 30601 |
| City | Athens, Georgia |
| Country | United States of America |
| Circulation | 5,393 Daily 7,896 Sunday (as of 2018)[1] |
| Website | onlineathens |
| Free online archives | Archive |
The Athens Banner-Herald is a daily newspaper in Athens, Georgia, USA, and owned by Gannett. The paper has a Sunday special and publishes online under the name Online Athens.
History
[edit]The newspaper traces its history to the Southern Banner newspaper which began publishing on March 20, 1832.[2] The paper's masthead and owners were unchanged until 1872, when it was sold and the masthead changed to North-East Georgian and to Athens Weekly Georgian after sale, before returning to its original masthead in 1879. The title changed again with its merger with its rival the Southern Watchman to form the Athens Banner-Watchman in 1882. It was owned and operated by T.L. Gantt. In 1889, the masthead became the Athens Weekly Banner for the weekly edition. This later became The Weekly Banner until the cessation of weekly editions in 1921.
In 1902, the daily newspaper, then called the Athens Daily Banner, became the Athens Banner under the ownership of H.J. Rowe. It continued under this title until 1923 when it merged with the Athens Daily Herald to become the Banner-Herald. This became the Athens Banner-Herald in 1933.[2] Earl Braswell was the newspaper's publisher, a position he held until 1965.[citation needed]
In 1965, Billy and Charles Morris of Morris Communications purchased the newspaper.[3] On June 17 that year, the weekly Athens Advertiser changed its name to the Athens Daily News and became a seven-day morning paper to compete with the afternoon Athens Banner-Herald.[4] The Morris family purchased the rival paper on December 24, 1967, and consolidated its staff into the Athens Banner-Herald.[5]
In 1991, the News and Banner-Herald moved into a new office at the corner of Thomas and Broad Streets. The building came to be known as The News Building.[citation needed] During this time, the Athens Banner-Herald established a web presence. In 1996, the newspapers started a web page, Athenaeum. The following year, the newspaper started OnlineAthens.com, its current web page.[citation needed] In 2001, the News and Banner-Herald merged into a single morning paper with the Banner-Herald name.[6] In December 2011, Morris Communications reached an agreement to sell The News Building to Lulscal, LLC.[7]
Morris sold the Banner-Herald to Gatehouse Media in August 2017.[8] Two years later GateHouse merged with Gannett in November 2019.[9]
Notable staff
[edit]- Sportswriter Lewis Grizzard
Awards
[edit]The newspaper routinely wins awards in Georgia Press Association and Georgia Associated Press competitions, including Story of the Year honors in 2002, 2004 and 2006.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "2018 Legacy NEWM Annual Reports" (PDF). investors.gannett.com. 2018.
- ^ a b "Southern banner. (Athens, Ga.) 1832-1872". Georgia Historic Newspapers. Digital Library of Georgia. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
- ^ "Morrises Buy Athens Newspaper". The Macon News. Associated Press. July 21, 1965. p. 6.
- ^ "Vaughn to Edit New Athens Daily Paper". Columbus Ledger-Enquirer. June 4, 1965. p. 13.
- ^ "Athens Paper Buys News, Keeps Editor". The Atlanta Journal. December 24, 1967. p. 8.
- ^ "As of today, Athens is one-newspaper town". The Atlanta Constitution. Associated Press. May 1, 2001. p. 16.
- ^ "Agreement Reached To Sell One Press Place News Building". Athens Banner-Herald. December 7, 2011. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
- ^ "Morris Publishing sells Athens Banner-Herald to GateHouse Media". Athens Banner-Herald. August 9, 2017. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
- ^ "New Media and Gannett Complete Merger, Creating Leading U.S. Print and Digital News Organization" (Press release). Business Wire. November 19, 2019.
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