'Newton Record' Folds Next Week

By: The Newton Record will print its final edition next week.

The weekly newspaper will print its last edition on Jan. 14. It has four employees.

The newspaper began publication in 1901. It is owned by Birmingham, Ala.-based Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc.

Newton Record publisher Robbie Robertson says the paper had a paid circulation of 2,400. He says the current recession has caused advertising to slow and the paper was not able to stay afloat.

The first edition of the Newton Record was published on Dec. 5, 1901.

Community Newspaper Holding acquired the Newton Record from American Publishing Co. in 1999.