The ''Atlanta Business Chronicle'' is a weekly newspaper covering business news in

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, published by

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. The paper has both a weekly print edition and an online edition.

History

The ''Atlanta Business Chronicle'' was founded in 1978 by Bob Gray and Mike Weingart. Gray, the publisher, and Weingart, the newspaper's first editor, had previously founded the ''

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''. In 1980, the company

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(now E. W. Scripps Company) bought the Cordovan Corporation, which owned the ''Atlanta Business Chronicle'' and other business newspapers. From 1980 to 1983, Carol Carter served as the paper's editor. In 1986, the ''paper'' was sold to American City Business Journals. In 1988, the ''Atlanta Business Chronicle'' was the first to break the major story that the Sumitomo Life Insurance Company was buying the

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) for $300 million. At the time, the editor of the paper was Anita Sharpe. Under Sharpe, two Gerald Loeb Awards were won by the paper for

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. In the 1990s, the ''Atlanta Business Chronicle'' was also first to report many major stories, such as the ventures of the

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) and communications company

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. Other first stories included the introduction of the 770

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to Atlanta. In 2007, the paper had a staff of 66. Annually, the ''Atlanta Business Chronicle'' gives out awards for "40 under 40," which is 40 people under the age of 40 who are professionals that have demonstrated leadership and social responsibility in Atlanta. The ''Atlanta Business Chronicle'' has a paid circulation of 23,275, along with 729,899 monthly online readers.

Staff

* David Rubinger - Market President and Publisher * David Allison - Editor * Mark Meltzer - Executive Editor * Jessica Saunders - Managing Editor * Melanie Lasoff Levs - Associate Editor

References

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External links

Official website
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