ATLANTA — The print newspaper edition of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution will end this year, the paper's publisher told the New York Times on Thursday .

The president and publisher of the AJC, Andrew Morse, told The Times that the paper will instead put its resources into digital news.

The AJC's editor in chief, Leroy Chapman Jr., told The Times that the outlet has already been operating as a "primarily digital publication."

The AJC also posted its own story on the news , saying the print edition will end on Dec. 31. The report said there are currently about 40,000 subscribers who receive the print edition — with circulation peaking two decades ago at more than 600,000. The Times reports that about 30 staff members will lose their jobs as a result of ceasing print publishing. H

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