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The Atlanta Journal Constitution (AJC) announced on Thursday that it will stop publishing a print newspaper at the end of the year Dozens of jobs In the process.
The last printed edition runs on December 31 and the change will “result in the elimination of approximately 30 full and part -time jobs involved in designing and distributing the newspaper” as the Atlanta Journal Constitution Shifts to only digital publication.
“We will start the new year as a fully digital organization, as always committed to the most essential and fascinating news source for the people of AtlantaGeorgia and the South, ‘President and publisher Andrew Morse wrote in a letter to subscribers.
The Atlanta Journal Constitution will publish its last printed edition on 31 December. (Getty Images)
“This decision is now the best thing we can do to ensure that the AJC is just as relevant in the next 157 years as last,” Morse added.
Morse held a town hall with staff on Thursday to explain the changes, which suggests that the move reflects a shift in the media industry as if artificial intelligence Online searches starts to reform and news organizations can no longer rely on social media platforms to stimulate traffic.
“The good news for us is our entire strategy in the past two and a half years is aimed at building direct relationships with customers,” Morse told employees.
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The Atlanta Journal Constitution announced on Thursday that it will no longer publish a printed newspaper. (Istock)
“The pressure on the company is only speeding up,” said Morse. “The fact that we grow despite that pressure is proof of the hard work we have done, but we have to put all our efforts into the future.”
The move underlines the continuous transformation of local journalism, while Legacy Papers nationwide compared to falling advertising income, decreasing print subscriptions and the unpredictable impact of artificial intelligence and algorithm-driven news discovery.
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The Atlanta Journal Constitution will cut around 30 positions. (Getty / Getty images)
Morse also told the New York Times that print papers are no longer an efficient way to provide information.
“The fact is, the printing of newspapers and putting them in trucks and driving around and delivering them to people’s front bigers has not been the most effective way to divide the news in a very long time,” Morse told The Times.
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The AJC said that the circulation peaked more than 600,000 two decades ago, but only around 40,000 subscribers still receive the printed edition.
