The Athens Messenger was established in 1848, and became a daily publication in 1904.

In 2007, it was sold to American Consolidated Media.

[3] American Consolidated Media owned more than 100 newspapers in 18 distinct regions of the United States.

[4] In 2014, Adams Publishing group acquired 34 papers, including the Messenger, from ACM.

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