Athens News Vanishes Online

The Athens News has vanished online, its website redirected to the Athens Messenger, leaving decades of free local journalism locked behind a paywall. Once a digital pioneer, the paper’s closure reflects Adams Multimedia’s shift toward paid content — a move that’s sparked outrage among longtime staff like Terry Smith, who fears the archive’s disappearance. Smith, who edited the paper for decades, calls the loss “locked in a cage” and urges the publisher to donate the archive to libraries or history centers before it’s lost forever. Support the show:Get a discount at https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/73b4cfd41fd94634