The ''Marietta Daily Journal'' (MDJ) is a

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published in

Marietta, Georgia Marietta is a city in and the county seat of Cobb County, Georgia, United States. At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 60,972. The 2019 estimate was 60,867, making it one of Atlanta's largest suburbs. Marietta is the fourth largest ...

. It has a daily paid circulation of approximately 17,000 copies, and covers local, national and international news. It is the primary local newspaper of

Cobb County, Georgia Cobb County is a county in the U.S. state of Georgia, located in the Atlanta metropolitan area in the north central portion of the state. As of 2020 Census, the population was 766,149. Its county seat and largest city is Marietta. Along with ...

(of which Marietta is the

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, largest city, and

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), second only to the ''

Atlanta Journal-Constitution ''The Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' is the only major daily newspaper in the metropolitan area of Atlanta, Georgia. It is the flagship publication of Cox Enterprises. The ''Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' is the result of the merger between ...

'', which covers all of

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, and previously most of

north Georgia North Georgia is the northern hilly/mountainous region in the U.S. state of Georgia. At the time of the arrival of settlers from Europe, it was inhabited largely by the Cherokee. The counties of north Georgia were often scenes of important eve ...

. Thursdays have other versions delivered to everyone in the county, even those without a

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, supported instead by ad inserts. These are the ''East Cobb Neighbor'' for

East Cobb East Cobb is an unincorporated community in Cobb County, Georgia, United States, with a population of 175,890 people. It is an affluent northern suburb of Atlanta. History The area was developed as a suburb of Atlanta beginning in the 1960s. In c ...

, the ''North Cobb Neighbor'' for

Kennesaw Kennesaw is a suburban city northwest of Atlanta in Cobb County, Georgia, United States, located within the greater Atlanta metropolitan area. Known from its original settlement in the 1830s until 1887 as Big Shanty, it became Kennesaw under its ...

and Acworth, the ''South Cobb Neighbor'' for Mableton, Powder Springs, and Austell, and the ''Smyrna Neighbor'' for

Smyrna Smyrna ( ; grc, Σμύρνη, Smýrnē, or , ) was a Greek city located at a strategic point on the Aegean coast of Anatolia. Due to its advantageous port conditions, its ease of defence, and its good inland connections, Smyrna rose to promi ...

. The ''Vinings Neighbor'', also published in Cobb around Vinings, is from a different office. All are published by Neighbor Newspapers, which produces other weeklies of the same format across most metro Atlanta counties, from other offices in those county seats. To the north, the ''Cherokee Tribune'' is published daily by the same company for

Cherokee County, Georgia Cherokee County is located in the US state of Georgia. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 266,620. The county seat is Canton. The county Board of Commissioners is the governing body, with members elected to office. Cherokee County is inc ...

. In 2015, parent company Times-Journal Inc. acquired News Publishing Co., parent of the ''

Rome News-Tribune ''Rome News-Tribune'' is the local daily newspaper of Rome, Georgia, in the United States. Begun originally as a weekly newspaper, the paper has survived several merges with other newspapers and now distributes news on a daily basis through pri ...

'' and several weeklies. ''MDJs

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stance is

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politically, broadly approximating the historical

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returns of the county, which since

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has been heavily

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References

External links

''MDJ'' online edition
{{GeorgiaUS-stub Cobb County, Georgia Mass media in Atlanta Newspapers published in Georgia (U.S. state) Marietta, Georgia