Forsyth County News

Forsyth County News
TypeWeekly Newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
OwnerMetro Market Media
PublisherStephanie Woody
EditorMichelle Hall
Founded1908
Political alignment
Central
HeadquartersForsyth County, Georgia
Circulation11,680 (as of 2013)[1]
Websiteforsythnews.com

Forsyth County News is a subscription-based local newspaper covering news in Forsyth County in Georgia.[2] It is published twice a week on Wednesday and Sunday, with a weekend e-edition available on Fridays and is entirely owned by Metro Market Media. Stephanie Woody is the publisher.[2] The Forsyth County News serves a population of 227,967.[3]

History

Joe Patterson founded Forsyth County News as a weekly paper in 1908 in downtown Cumming, Georgia.[2] Patterson grew the paper steadily, reaching 1,000 subscribers by 1910 and doubling that by 1920.[4]

In 1927 Patterson sold the newspaper to Roy P. Otwell, who then combined the North Georgian and Forsyth County News into one newspaper, which he would edit for 27 years.[2] In 1954, Charles Smithgall Sr. bought the newspaper and eventually sold it to News Corp in the 1970s.[5][2] News Corp had been publishing Gwinnett Daily News, Forsyth County News, and Winder News.[5] Robert Fowler sold News Corp to The New York Times for 103 million dollars in 1987.[5] By 1994, Swartz-Morris Media acquired Forsyth County News and the Forsyth Forum newspaper, the county legal organ, and merged them into the new Forsyth County News.[2]

During 2018, the newspaper was purchased by Metro Market Media in a family transaction.[2][6] The Gainesville Times and Dawson County News also became part of Metro Market Media in the same transaction.[2][7]

Coverage

Forsyth County News is based out of Forsyth County, Georgia and delivers news content to that local area.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "2013 Georgia Newspaper Directory" (PDF). Georgia Press Association. January 1, 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 8, 2014. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "About the Forsyth County News". forsythnews.com. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
  3. ↑ "U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Forsyth County, Georgia". Census Bureau QuickFacts. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
  4. ↑ "The Forsyth County News". Georgia Historic Newspapers. Digital Library of Georgia.
  5. 1 2 3 "The privately wealthy". bizjournals.com. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
  6. ↑ "New company formed by Charles H. Morris Jr. buys papers in Gainesville, Cumming and Dawsonville". Southern Newspaper Publishers Association. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Forsyth County News newspaper - MondoTimes.com". mondotimes.com. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "Forsyth Local News, Breaking News, FCN Sports, Weather, Business in Cumming, Georgia and North Atlanta – Forsyth County News at ForsythNews.com". forsythnews.com. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
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