Atmore Advance

Atmore Advance
TypeTwice-weekly Newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Morris Newspaper Corporation/Boone Newspapers Inc.
PublisherAndrew Garner
EditorAndrew Garner
Founded1927 (1927)
HeadquartersEscambia County, Alabama
Circulation2,171
ISSN0746-1968
OCLC number9848767
Websiteatmoreadvance.com

The Atmore Advance was founded in 1927 in Atmore, Alabama.[1] It has a circulation of approximately 2,000, and serves Atmore and surrounding Escambia County, Alabama.[2] It is published each Wednesday by Atmore Newspapers, Inc.[3]

Through its early history the editorial board was supportive of the Democratic Party. However, the editorial board broke with tradition in 1964, endorsing Republican Barry Goldwater for President.[4]

In 1979 the paper was purchased by Morris Newspaper Corporation from long-time owner Bob Morrisette.[5] Morrisette, who had bought the paper in 1959 with Philipp Sokol,[6] was a past president of the Alabama Press Association. He stayed on with the board of the directors during the transition.[5]

References

  1. ^ "About Atmore advance". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress.
  2. ^ "Atmore Advance". Mondo Times.
  3. ^ "About Us". The Atmore Advance.
  4. ^ "The First Time". The Montgomery Advertiser. 28 Oct 1964.
  5. ^ a b "Morris Corp. purchases Brewton, Atmore papers". Montgomery Advertiser. 2 March 1979.
  6. ^ "Atmore Newspaper Is Sold To Sokol". The Anniston Star. 1 October 1959.
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