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The Telegraph is the pre-eminent source of news, information, and advertising in the Middle Georgia region. The first edition of The Telegraph appeared on Nov. 1, 1826. Today, The Telegraph reaches 31 counties by means of home delivery, racks, and in-store distribution. The 7 counties with the highest circulation (our Newspaper Designated Market) are Bibb, Houston, Peach, Monroe, Jones, Twiggs, and Crawford. It is the only daily newspaper in Middle Georgia boasting the largest news team in the area. We offer high-value products and services through the newspaper, website, mobile apps and partnerships with other media.

• The Athens Banner-Herald's roots go back to the Athens Banner, first published on March 20, 1832, by Albon Chase and John Nisbet. In 1921, the Banner merged with the afternoon Herald, and was operated by Publisher Earl B. Braswell for the next 44 years. • In 1965, The Advertiser -- an Athens weekly published by local businessman Claude Williams -- was being converted to a daily newspaper to challenge the Banner-Herald. The owners knew that the Banner-Herald would be up for sale soon (because of a stipulation in the owner's will). On June 17, 1965, the first edition of the Athens Daily News rolled off the press. • Just 32 days later, William and Charles Morris, who owned newspapers in Augusta and Savannah, purchased the Banner-Herald, and they immediately made an offer to also purchase the Daily News, but were rebuffed, and a newspaper battle emerged between the morning Daily News and afternoon Banner-Herald. • But within a couple of years, the financial burden being carried by the owners of the Daily News forced them to sell the Daily News to the Morrises. The transaction was announced on Christmas Eve 1967. The papers continued to compete editorially, but eventually the staffs merged to provide content for both papers. • Athens Magazine, a bi-monthly full-color magazine featuring the people and places in Northeast Georgia, was started in spring 1989. • In June 1996, the papers started a Web site, originally called Athenaeum, which was changed to Online Athens in 1997. The site takes more than 5 million page views each month. • In May 2001, the afternoon Banner-Herald and morning Daily News were merged into one morning paper published under the Banner-Herald name. The paper is owned by Morris Communications Corp. of Augusta. Morris owns daily and non-daily newspapers along with several radio stations, magazines, an outdoor advertising company and several other media properties, stretching across the nation and into Europe.

All the News - All the Time. The Covington News is a tri-weekly newspaper located in Covington, Ga. in Newton County. The Covington News is owned by Morris Multimedia, Inc. Visit our digital Newspaper with clickable links, videos of sports and important events in Newton County. www.covnewsdigital.com A newspaper called The Georgia Enterprise was first published in 1865, six months after the end of The Civil War, by William L. Beebe. In 1902, this paper merged with its competitor, The Covington Star, to become The Enterprise under the ownership of Charles G. Smith. The Enterprise was sold in 1908 to Lon. L. Flowers, and its name was changed to The Covington News. The newspaper had a number of owners between 1908 and 1931, when it was purchased by Belmont Dennis and his family. During the period from 1953 till 1957 a competing newspaper was born in Covington named the "The Citizen Observer" in Conyers named "The Rockdale Citizen" and in Lithonia named "The Lithonia Observer". Those papers competed with the Belmont Dennis publications in each of those cities. The owners of these three papers were William Thomas Hay and Samuel M. Hay, Jr. The Dennis family absorbed the Covington paper and the Hay family absorbed the Conyers and Lithonia papers in 1957. Upon the death of Belmont Dennis in December 1961, his widow became editor and co-publisher with Mrs. Mallard. In 1974 Leo S. Mallard became president and editor. In 1983, the newspaper was sold to the company’s employees, who owned it for three years. In 1986 it was sold to Morris Multimedia of Savannah, Georgia. The Covington News also publishes The News and Advertiser, and "The Rockdale News".