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I looked up the circulation numbers from 2004 and in the last 5 years daily circulation of the ajc has fallen from 397,000 to 261,000. The atlanta journalconstitution appreciates and thanks our readers and subscribers. The atlanta journalconstitution ajc is the only major daily newspaper in the metropolitan. The headings and subtitles are also slightly different, as those were edited at the atlanta journalconstitution as well. Top 100 newspapers in the united states infoplease.
Through riveting accounts of historical characters, segrest reveals how modern psychiatric practice was forged in the traumas of slavery, the civil war. Until recently, atlanta had twothe atlanta constitution, first published on june 16, 1868, and the atlanta journal, which debuted on february 24, 1883. Jim auchmutey spent almost 30 years as a writer and editor for the atlanta journal constitution, specializing in stories about the south and its history and culture. The atlanta journal constitution s circulation continued to plunge in the sixmonth period ending march 31, the audit bureau of circulations reported monday. Ajc circulation drops 14% atlanta business chronicle. Named a best science book of 2017 by amazon, smithsonian, and science news. Ajcp278021b, atlanta journal constitution photographic archives. The constitution and the journal were originally founded in 1868 and 1883, respectively.
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