The Anniston Star to eliminate Monday print edition
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Jul 10, 2012 | 550 views | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend | print
Another Alabama newspaper has decided to reduce its days in print. This time, it is a smaller daily that has been praised for its commitment to community journalism. Starting in the fourth quarter of this year, probably in October, The Anniston Star will eliminate its Monday print edition, editor Bob Davis said by phone Monday evening.

The family-owned newspaper is not immune to the economic pressures felt by news organizations across the U.S. Those business imperatives “know no difference between a family-owned paper and a large corporate newspaper,” Davis said.

“The Monday newspaper is our lowest-circulation newspaper,” Robert Jackson, Consolidated Publishing Company’s vice president for sales, told the Star’s Cameron Steele. “If you look at circulation numbers and look at advertising revenue, it is the lowest product.”

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