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{{Infobox newspaper
| name               = The Augusta Chronicle
| logo               = [[File:The Augusta Chronicle.svg|frameless|class=skin-invert]]
| logo_size          = 245 px
| image              = <!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:The Augusta Chronicle front page.jpg|225px|border]] -->
| caption            = The July 27, 2005 front page<br>of ''The Augusta Chronicle''
| type               = Daily [[newspaper]]
| format             = [[Broadsheet]]
| founded            = 1785 (as ''Augusta Gazette'')
| ceased_publication =
| owners             = [[Gannett]]
| publisher          = William S. Morris III
| editor             = 
| language           = 
| circulation        = 17,238 Daily<br />19,351 Sunday
| circulation_date   = 2018
| circulation_ref    = <ref>{{Cite web |date=2018 |title=2018 Legacy NEWM Annual Reports |url=https://s202.q4cdn.com/162862548/files/doc_financials/2018/ar/2018-NEWM-Annual-Report.pdf |website=investors.gannett.com}}</ref>
| headquarters       = 725 Broad Street<br>[[Augusta, Georgia|Augusta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|GA]], 30901<br>United States
| ISSN               = 0747-1343
| website            = {{URL|augustachronicle.com}} 
}}
'''''The Augusta Chronicle''''' is the daily [[newspaper]] of [[Augusta, Georgia]], and is one of the oldest newspapers in the [[United States]] still in publication. The paper is known for its coverage of the [[Masters Tournament]], which is played in Augusta.

==History==
[[File:News Building, Augusta, GA May 2017.jpg|thumb|''The Augusta Chronicle'''s headquarters is in the News Building on [[Broad Street Historic District (Augusta, Georgia)|Broad Street]]]]
The paper was founded as the weekly ''Augusta Gazette'' in 1785. In 1786, the paper was renamed ''The Georgia State Gazette''.  From 1789 to 1804, the paper was known as ''The Augusta Chronicle and Gazette of the State''. [[Patrick Walsh (Southern U.S. politician)|Patrick Walsh]], later a [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]], joined the editorial staff in 1866 and became owner in 1873.

In 1945, former bookkeeper William Morris Jr. bought a controlling interest in the paper. This was the beginning of [[Morris Communications]], headquartered in Augusta with the ''Chronicle'' as its flagship.

On 9 August 2017, it was announced that ''The Augusta Chronicle,'' along with Morris Communications' entire newspaper division and various [[periodicals]], would be sold to [[GateHouse Media]] for $120 million in a deal expected to close on October 2. Stephen Wade and Billy Morris will retain their roles as president and publisher respectively. The Morris family will keep ownership of ''The Augusta Chronicle'' building and property in downtown Augusta.<ref>{{cite web|title=Morris Publishing sells The Augusta Chronicle to GateHouse Media|url=http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2017-08-09/morris-publishing-sells-augusta-chronicle-gatehouse-media|publisher=The Augusta Chronicle|access-date=13 September 2017|language=en|date=9 August 2017}}</ref> The sale ended 232 years of local ownership, the last 72 of which had been under the Morris family.

==Subsidiaries==
Newspapers published by the ''Chronicle'' include ''The Columbia County News-Times'', ''The Hampton County Guardian'', ''The Jefferson News-Farmer'', and the ''Sylvania Telephone''.

==See also==
{{Portal|Georgia (U.S. state)|Journalism}}
*[[Media in Augusta, Georgia]]
* [[List of newspapers in Georgia (U.S. state)]]

== References ==
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==Further reading==
* Earl L. Bell and Kenneth C. Crabbe, The Augusta Chronicle: Indomitable Voice of Dixie, 1785-1960 (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1960).

==External links==
* [http://www.augustachronicle.com ''The Augusta Chronicle'' official site]
* [http://m.chronicle.augusta.com/ ''The Augusta Chronicle'' official mobile site]
* {{citation |encyclopedia=[[New Georgia Encyclopedia]] |publisher=Georgia Humanities Council |title=Augusta Chronicle |url= http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/augusta-chronicle }}
* [http://www.morris.com/divisions/morris_publishing_group/daily_newspapers/augusta.shtml Morris subsidiary profile of ''The Augusta Chronicle'']
* [https://www.facebook.com/TheAugustaChronicle The Augusta Chronicle on Facebook]
* [https://twitter.com/AUG_Chronicle The Augusta Chronicle on X]
* [https://www.instagram.com/aug_chronicle/ The Augusta Chronicle on Instagram]
* https://abcas3.auditedmedia.com/MICenter/Home/Index?s=8ed040c9-0ce3-46b6-aff2-fcfcaf314b53#://abcas3.auditedmedia.com/pfc/default.aspx/

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