Talk:The Great Speckled Bird (newspaper)

Latest comment: 6 years ago by Kenirwin in topic Circulation figure

De-stubbifying the article

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There are several good citations in this article now that could be mined for more information to include in the article. Kenirwin/(talk) 14:52, 9 April 2018 (UTC)Reply

Circulation figure

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22,000: The article and infobox currently list the circulation of the paper as 22,000 in 1970, but no source for that info.

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20,000: The article in the Atlanta Progressive says that "At its peak, The Bird produced 20,000 copies" (Springston, Jonathan (2006-05-09). "Great Speckled Memories: Back When The Bird Was Really The Word (Update 1)". Atlanta Progressive News. Retrieved 2018-04-09.)

23,000: The New Georgia Encyclopedia (note: tertiary source not appropriate for citing in Wikipedia) says "By the summer of 1970 the Great Speckled Bird had become the largest paid weekly newspaper in Georgia, with a circulation of 23,000 copies." (http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/great-speckled-bird)

27,000: According to the Atlanta Magazine article already cited in the text, the circulation was 27,000 at its peak, but they don't say when that was. ("The Great Speckled Bird Flies Again: GSU preserves the legendary underground paper". Atlanta magazine. December 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |newspaper= (help)) -Kenirwin/(talk) 17:49, 9 April 2018 (UTC)Reply