The longtime owner and editor of a small Alabama newspaper that called for a revival of the Ku Klux Klan has sold the publication and retired, months after igniting a firestorm with the editorial, the new owner said. Goodloe Sutton, 80, no longer has any role with The Democrat-Reporter newspaper in
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The longtime owner and editor of a small Alabama newspaper that called for a revival of the Ku Klux Klan has sold the publication and retired, months after igniting a firestorm with the editorial, the new owner said.
Sutton said in an interview with The Associated Press that he subsequently tried to sell the paper by it turning over first to an employee and then an out-of-state couple, but both agreements fell through. Wells, working with his wife, published his first edition of the newspaper last month. He announced Sutton's July 1 retirement in a story published in Thursday's edition.Sutton, who was quoted in the story as saying he has been looking forward to retirement, did not respond to questions in an email seeking comment. A phone number listed in his name has been disconnected.
"When Goodloe said he was going to close the business, I know it sounds cheesy, but it was a blow to me. I told him,"Alright, don't close it. I'll do it. It'll be crazy for a while, but I'll do it," Wells said in the story.
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