NEWTON COUNTY — Occasions Journal Media Group proclaims the acquisition of three extra Georgia newspapers: The Covington Information in Newton County, The Walton Tribune in Monroe and The Oconee Enterprise in Watkinsville. All three papers print weekly or biweekly and function corresponding web sites.
The acquisition was introduced right this moment by Occasions Journal Media Group proprietor Otis Brumby III and Patrick Graham, proprietor/writer of the acquired publications.
Graham will proceed to function writer of the newspapers underneath the brand new possession. An extended-time neighborhood journalist, Graham has owned or operated newspapers for greater than 25 years. He retains possession of three newspapers in northeast Alabama: The Sand Mountain Chief (Albertville), The Mountain Valley Information (Rainsville) and The North Jackson Press (Stevenson).
“Otis is an efficient individual, an important pal and an excellent higher newspaper man,” Graham mentioned. “The Brumby household has a storied historical past and legacy in our trade right here in Georgia, and perhaps simply as essential, have an amazing imaginative and prescient for the way forward for neighborhood journalism in our state. I do know they are going to be nice stewards of those neighborhood insitutions, which is how I view the newspapers, transferring ahead. I’m enthusiastic about what lies forward, and I’m very appreciative that I get to proceed to be part of the hassle to assist native journalism not simply survive however thrive in these great communities we’re so very lucky to serve.”
The acquisition brings to 21 the variety of newspapers and corresponding information web sites printed by Occasions Journal Media Group. These publications now stretch from northwest Georgia, all through metro Atlanta and east to Madison and Watkinsville.
“For generations, my household has acknowledged the important function a newspaper performs in a neighborhood. These newspapers have served their readers properly and we’re thrilled that Patrick will proceed to guide these publications into the longer term.” Brumby mentioned.
The Brumby household has been within the native newspaper enterprise in Georgia for over a century. The Marietta Day by day Journal, Occasions-Journal’s flagship newspaper, was first printed in 1866 by Robert McAlpin Goodman on a hand press left behind by Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman’s military throughout his march to the ocean.
Otis Brumby III’s grandfather, Otis A. Brumby Sr., began rival newspaper The Cobb County Occasions in 1916 and bought the MDJ in 1951, merging the 2 publications. Otis Brumby Jr. took over as writer in 1967, and Otis Brumby III succeeded him in 2012.
Different titles owned by Occasions-Journal are the Rome Information-Tribune, Gwinnett Day by day Publish, Cherokee Tribune, Cherokee Ledger-Information, Calhoun Occasions, Polk Customary-Journal, Walker County Messenger, Catoosa County Information, Morgan County Citizen, Clayton Information, Henry Herald, Jackson Progress-Argus, Rockdale/Newton Citizen and three Neighbor newspapers serving Fulton County.
“It’s a privilege for my sister Lee Garrett and me to be the third era of managers of a family-owned newspaper enterprise,” Brumby mentioned. “Rising up, our father taught us the worth of exhausting work, religion, household and integrity. We take our new accountability to those extra Georgia communities critically and stay up for attending to know, working with and serving the individuals in these communities.”
“We consider in Friday night time soccer. We consider in overlaying native faculties, native politics, native church buildings and native occasions: the who, what, when, the place and why of all the things occurring in your neighborhood,” Brumby mentioned. “We spend most of our lives residing and dealing in communities that the massive media usually are not going to cowl. We consider your tales — native tales — even have probably the most relevance and that means.”
