A history-making move is coming for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. After 157 years, the AJC is ending its daily print edition while expanding its digital footprint — including its mobile app, newsletters, podcasts and more. The AJC’s last print edition is scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. This significant editorial shift will position Atlanta as one of the largest U.S. metro areas without a daily printed newspaper.
The change also comes as national data from The State of Local News 2025 report, published by Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, reveals that there are currently 937 daily print newspapers in circulation in the U.S. The data also shows that more than 34,000 newspapers have shuttered between 2005 and 2025.
Just two weeks ahead of the AJC’s final print edition, the media company’s editor-in-chief, Leroy Chapman Jr., joined “Closer Look” to discuss ending physical copies of the newspaper, and its digital future. Chapman was candid about the job losses associated with this move, but didn’t rule out the possibility of future print editions of the paper for big news stories.
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