THE
PUBLISHER OF THE THOMASTON TIMES NEWSPAPER , RICK THOMASON ,
HAS CONFIRMED THE TIMES WILL CEASE PUBLICATION DECEMBER
29TH.
MR.
THOMASON TOLD US WHEN THE COMPANY WAS DEVELOPING ITS
BUDGETS FOR 2016 IT COULD NOT JUSTIFY CONTINUING TO OPERATE
IN A TWO NEWSPAPER TOWN WITHOUT SUFFICIENT COMMUNITY
SUPPORT.
HE
SAID CLOSING THE TIMES IS THE HARDEST THING HE HAS EVER
HAD TO DO, THE FIRST TIME IN HIS 35 YEAR NEWSPAPER CAREER
HE HAS HAD TO SHUT DOWN A PAPER.
THE
THOMASTON TIMES CURRENTLY HAS 5 FULL TIME EMPLOYEES AND
HAS BEEN IN BUSINESS SINCE 1869.
THE
TIMES AND THE LA GRANGE NEWSPAPER ARE THE ONLY TWO
NEWSPAPERS IN GEORGIA IN THE CIVITAS MEDIA CHAIN BASED IN
DAVIDSON, NORTH CAROLINA. THE COMPANY PUBLISHES DOZENS OF
PAPERS IN NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA, ILLINOIS, OHIO, OKLAHOMA,
AND MISSOURI.
PUBLISHER
THOMASON URGED THE COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE
REMAINING NEWSPAPER, THE UPSON BEACON.
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