The Morning News (newspaper)
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The Morning News is a daily newspaper with a circulation of about 35,000, based in Florence, South Carolina. It is owned by Media General.
It was founded as the "Farmers' Friend" in 1887, and was part of several mergers and name changes. In its early history it was aligned with the Democratic Party.
In 1945 it became the "Florence Morning News." In 1956, then editor Jack O'Dowd enraged the Ku Klux Klan by supporting the U.S. Supreme Court's desegregation decision and he was run out of town, going to a job with the Chicago Sun-Times. However, the paper from since then has been steadily pro civil rights. The only other South Carolina newspaper that took the progressive stance in the 1950s and 1960s was the Greenwood Index Journal. Since then the Morning News has been one of the fastest growing newspapers in the state.
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Corporate Directors: J. Stewart Bryan, III (COB) | Marshall N. Morton | O. Reid Ashe, Jr. | John A. Schauss | Diana F. Cantor | Charles A. Davis | Thompson L. Rankin | Rodney A. Smolla | Walter E. Williams | Coleman Wortham, III | H. Graham Woodlief, Jr. | James A. Zimmerman | Neal F. Fondren | Stephen Y. Dickinson | George L. Mahoney | Lou Anne J. Nabhan | John A. Schauss | James F. Woodward |
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Other Assets: Atlee Park | Blockdot | Boxerjam Media | Professional Communications Systems |
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Annual Revenue: $80.2 million USD (FY 2004) | Employees: approximately 7,900 | Stock Symbol: NYSE: MEG | Website: www.mediageneral.com |
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