The ''Atmore Advance'' was founded in 1927 in
Atmore, Alabama
Atmore is a city in Escambia County, Alabama, Escambia County, Alabama, United States. It was incorporated in 1907. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, it has a population of 8,391. Atmore is in the planning stages to increase its ...
. It has a circulation of approximately 2,000, and serves Atmore and surrounding
Escambia County, Alabama
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. It is published each Wednesday by Atmore Newspapers, Inc.
Through its early history the editorial board was supportive of the
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. However, the editorial board broke with tradition in 1964, endorsing
Republican Barry Goldwater
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for President.
In 1979 the paper was purchased by Morris Newspaper Corporation from long-time owner Bob Morrisette.
Morrisette, who had bought the paper in 1959 with Philipp Sokol,
was a past president of the Alabama Press Association. He stayed on with the board of the directors during the transition.
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1927 establishments in Alabama
Newspapers published in Alabama
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