The Palm Beach Post
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| The Palm Beach Post | |
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 The July 27, 2005 front page of The Palm Beach Post |
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
| Format | Broadsheet |
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| Owner | Cox Enterprises |
| Publisher | Doug Franklin |
| Editor | John Bartosek |
| Founded | 1916 |
| Headquarters | 2751 South Dixie Highway West Palm Beach, Florida 33405  United States |
| Circulation | 175,495 Daily 204,847 Sunday[1] |
| ISSN | 1528-5758 |
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| Website: PalmBeachPost.com | |
The Palm Beach Post is a major daily newspaper in Florida, serving Palm Beach County, in South Florida, and the Treasure Coast area. Its main rival is the Sun-Sentinel.
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[edit] History
The paper was founded in 1916, but its predecessor The Palm Beach County was established on Narcissus Avenue as a weekly newspaper in 1909 by the Texas printer Donald H. Conkling. The same year it became a semi-weekly newspaper. At that time West Palm Beach had been chartered for a year and had a population of 5577. In 1916, the County changed its name and masthead to the Palm Beach Post and became a daily paper, moving from Narcissus Avenue to the old Farmer's Bank and Trust building on Clematis Street.
In 1934, the Post merged with The Palm Beach Times, an afternoon newspaper that had been founded in 1922 by Frank P. Filder of Gainesville. The Times moved to the Post's offices on Datura Street but remained a separate newspaper. In 1947, Perry Publications under John H. Perry purchased the Post and Times.
In 1979, the name of the Times was changed to The Evening Times, and on May 1, 1987, the Post and the Times were merged into a single newspaper with both morning and afternoon editions under the name of the Post.
In June 1995, the Post moved into a new $17 million building next to its old building on Dixie Highway. The two buildings are connected by a bridge; part of the old building was demolished, with the rest being remodeled.
[edit] The Post today
In addition to its coverage of local and national stories, features, sports, editorials, and business, The Palm Beach Post also provides localized coverage with its Neighborhood Post section, printed every Wednesday, which is, essentially a paper within a paper. Neighborhood Post runs news important to the smaller towns and cities within Palm Beach County.
The Post is a highly respected newspaper, not only in the South Florida community, but throughout the rest of the country.
Best of Cox awards, 2007
James M. Cox Public Service award, also won in 2005 and 2003
Best Spanish-language newspaper: La Palma
Writer of the Year: Carlos Frias
Illustrations: Erik Lunsford
Non-deadline writing: Christine Evans
Editorial writing: Randy Schultz
Business reporting: Pat Beall, Jeff Ostrowski and Eve Samples
News Photography: Uma Sanghvi
Best use of Mulimedia: PalmBeachPost.com
[edit] Notable Personnel
Don Wright, Political Cartoonist
Edward Sears, former Editor for the Palm Beach Post
Frank Cerabino, columnist and author of the Pelican Park book series
Emily J. Minor, columnist
Pat Crowley, cartoonist and Creative Director of The Post
Leslie Gray Streeter, music writer
The Post is part of Palm Beach Newspapers, Inc., which also includes: La Palma, Palm Beach Daily News, Florida Pennysaver and PalmBeachPost.com.
[edit] References
- ^ 2007 Top 100 Daily Newspapers in the U.S. by Circulation (PDF). BurrellesLuce (2007-03-31). Retrieved on 2007-05-30.
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