ATLANTA - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, one of the South’s most storied newspapers, will stop printing by the end of the year and move entirely online, marking the end of a 157-year era.
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Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Leroy Chapman Jr. confirmed the decision Thursday, noting that declining readership and a shift toward digital news consumption drove the move. Nearly two-thirds of the AJC’s current subscribers already access the publication online.
"What we're doing now is we're meeting people where they are, and we're stepping into our future," Chapman told FOX 5's Rob Dirienzo. "We don't bank the way we used to. We don't, you know, buy groceries the way we used to. We don't order food the w