The Marietta Daily Journal (MDJ) is a daily newspaper published in Marietta, Georgia

Marietta, Georgia

Marietta is a city located in central Cobb County, Georgia, United States, and is its county seat.As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 56,579, making it one of metro Atlanta's largest suburbs...

. It has a daily paid circulation

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 of approximately 17,000 copies, and covers local, national and international news

News

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. It is the primary local newspaper of Cobb County, Georgia

Cobb County, Georgia

Cobb County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. Its county seat and largest city is Marietta, which is located in the center of the county. The county was named for Thomas Willis Cobb, who in the early 19th century was a United States representative and senator from Georgia...

 (of which Marietta is the county seat

County seat

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, largest city, and geographic center), second only the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, which covers all of metro Atlanta

Metro Atlanta

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, and previously most of north Georgia

North Georgia

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.

Thursdays have other versions delivered to everyone in the county, even those without a subscription, supported instead by ad insert

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s. These are the East Cobb Neighbor for East Cobb

East Cobb, Georgia

East Cobb is an unincorporated community in Cobb County, Georgia, United States. With over 169,000 people, it is one of the largest suburbs in Metro Atlanta...

, the North Cobb Neighbor for Kennesaw

Kennesaw, Georgia

Kennesaw is a city in Cobb County, Georgia, United States. It had a population of 29,783 according to the 2010 census. It is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. Founded in 1887, Kennesaw has a past surrounded with railroad history...

 and Acworth

Acworth, Georgia

Acworth is a city in Cobb County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 20,425. Acworth is located in the foothills of the North Georgia mountains along the southeastern banks of Lake Acworth and Lake Allatoona on the Etowah River.Acworth's nickname is "The...

, the South Cobb Neighbor for Mableton

Mableton, Georgia

Mableton is a census-designated place in Cobb County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 census, the CDP had a population of 37,115.It was named for Robert Mable, who in 1843 bought 300 acres of land on September 11...

, Powder Springs

Powder Springs, Georgia

Powder Springs is a city in Cobb County, Georgia, United States. The population was 13,940 at the 2010 census.- History :The town of Powder Springs was incorporated as Springville in 1838 in the lands of two Cherokee Indian chiefs, Chief Nose and Chief Ana Kanasta . Gold had been discovered in...

, and Austell

Austell, Georgia

Austell is a city in Cobb County in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 6,581.-History:Austell used to be known as Salt Springs, and was frequented by hunters who would trap and hunt game on their way to the salt licks. Some enterprising hunters claimed...

, and the Smyrna Neighbor for Smyrna

Smyrna, Georgia

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 40,999 people, 18,372 households, and 9,498 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,949.9 people per square mile . There were 19,633 housing units at an average density of 1,412.6 per square mile...

. The Vinings Neighbor, also published in Cobb around Vinings

Vinings, Georgia

Vinings is a census-designated place and an unincorporated town in Cobb County, Georgia, just across the Chattahoochee River from Atlanta. As of the 2010 census, the town had a total population of 9,734. It is located between the affluent West Paces Ferry section of Buckhead in northwest Atlanta,...

, is from a different office.

All are published by Neighbor Newspapers, which produces other weeklies of the same format across most metro Atlanta counties, from other offices in those county seats.http://www.neighbornewspapers.com To the north, the Cherokee Tribune is published daily by the same company for Cherokee County, Georgia

Cherokee County, Georgia

As of the census of 2000, there were 141,903 people, 49,495 households, and 39,200 families residing in the county. The population density was 335 people per square mile . There were 51,937 housing units at an average density of 123 per square mile...

.http://www.cherokeetribune.com

MDJs editorial

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 stance is center-right politically, broadly approximating the historical election

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 returns of the county, which since suburbanization

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 has been heavily Republican.