About us
Established in 1847 as The North Georgia Citizen, today The Daily Citizen is the flagship publication of the North Georgia Newspaper Group.

The Daily Citizen, a 7-day-a-week morning newspaper, is based in Dalton, Ga., which is just more than an hour north of Atlanta and 25 minutes south of Chattanooga on Interstate 75. The Dalton area is home to the largest carpet industries in the world, which gives it the title as the Carpet Capital of the World.

Committed to delivering outstanding publications, products and services supported by second-to-none customer service, The Daily Citizen is a locally-operated part of Birmingham, Ala.-based Newspaper Holdings Inc.

In addition to The Daily Citizen, the North Georgia Newspaper Group publishes: The Murray Citizen, a 2,500 weekly newspaper that wraps The Daily Citizen distributed in Murray County; The Whitfield-Murray Advertiser, a twice-weekly TMC product with a circulation of 18,000; El Informador, a 10,000 circulation free weekly Hispanic newspaper distributed in racks only throughout northwest Georgia and southeast Tennessee; The Busy Shopper, a weekly 16,500 direct mail publication delivered throughout Catoosa County and Walker County, Georgia; The Signal Mountain Post, a bi-weekly 7,500 circulated newspaper direct mailed to all residents in Signal Mountain, Tenn.; The Lookout Mountain Post, a monthly 2,500 circulated newspaper direct mailed to all residents of Lookout Mountain, Tenn. and Ga.; and dalton magazine, a bi-monthly magazine that was started in mid-2005 with a circulation of 4,000. The newspaper group also publishes a number of special sections and niche publications that are distributed with the above mentioned products or in a stand-alone format. Additionally, the newspaper group also operates the internet site you are visiting – www.daltondailycitizen.com – and performs commercial printing work.