Forsyth County News

[2] It is published twice a week on Wednesday and Sunday, with a weekend e-edition available on Fridays and is entirely owned by Metro Market Media.

The Gainesville Times and Dawson County News also became part of Metro Market Media in the same transaction.

[4] Joe Patterson founded Forsyth County News in 1908 in downtown Cumming, Georgia.

[2] In 1954, Charles Smithgall Sr. bought the newspaper and eventually sold it to News Corp in the 1970s.

[5] Robert Fowler sold News Corp to The New York Times for 103 million dollars in 1987.