''The Rockdale Citizen'' is a

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serving the community of

Conyers, Georgia Conyers is an Atlanta suburb, the county seat of and only city in Rockdale County, Georgia, Rockdale County, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States. The city is 24 miles (38.6 km) east of Atlanta, downtown Atlanta and is a part of t ...

and

Rockdale County, Georgia Rockdale County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 93,570 up from 85,215 in 2010. The county seat is Conyers. Rockdale County is included in the '' Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Met ...

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."About Us"
''The Rockdale Citizen'' website The Citizen publishes two days a week, Wednesday and Sunday, serves as the legal organ for Rockdale County,Legal Organ Information
- Rockdale County Government website and is available online. It is a member of the

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."Active Members"
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History

''The Rockdale Citizen'' was founded by W. Thomas Hay as a weekly newspaper, and was first published on July 30, 1953. ''The Citizen'' became a semi-weekly newspaper (Tuesday and Thursday) in 1972 and began publishing as a daily evening newspaper (Monday through Friday) in 1977. In 1994, it was acquired by Gray Communications. In July 1996 a deal was made with the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games for the Citizen to be distributed on the shuttles to and from the equestrian events at the

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. In order to handle this, the Citizen had to switch to morning delivery and add a Saturday edition to provide results for Friday events and schedules for Saturday's events. The Citizen launched a sister newspaper, ''The Newton Citizen'', located in Covington, GA, in February 2000, and added a Sunday edition. In 2005, Gray spun off its newspapers as Triple Crown Media. The company was renamed Southern Community Newspapers in 2010.Newspapers' parent company has new name
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References

* Millard B. Grimes, ''The Last Linotype : The Story of Georgia and its Newspapers Since World War II'', (Macon, Georgia: Mercer University Press, 1985), 337-348
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https://www.rockdalenewtoncitizen.com/news/rockdale-citizen-newspaper-history/article_2bd3b671-6bf8-52fa-8fda-d0f5aed1f4db.html

External links

''The Rockdale Citizen''
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