The Post and Courier
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 The July 27, 2005 front page of The Post and Courier |
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
| Format | Broadsheet |
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| Owner | Evening Post Publishing Company |
| Founded | Charleston Courier-1803 Charleston Daily News-1865 News & Courier-1873 The Evening Post-1894 The Post and Courier-1991 |
| Headquarters | 134 Columbus Street Charleston, SC 29403 United States |
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| Website: Charleston.net | |
Charleston's The Post and Courier is oldest daily newspaper in the South and the eighth oldest newspaper still in publication in the United States. It traces its ancestry to three newspapers, the Charleston Courier, founded in 1803, the Charleston Daily News, founded 1865, and The Evening Post, founded 1894. Along with The Greenville News and Columbia's The State, it is one of the three largest papers in the Palmetto State.
The founder of the Courier, Aaron Smith Willington, came from Massachusetts with newspaper experience. In the early 19th century, he was known to row out to meet ships from London, Liverpool, Havre, and New York to get the news earlier than other Charleston papers. He also had a translator working for him, so he could copy items from the Havana newspapers.
Through the 1990s The Evening Post Publishing Company, which now publishes The Post and Courier, was acquiring a number of other daily and weekly newspapers, and television stations.
The Post and Courier today maintains a circulation of about 96,000 daily and 107,000 on Sunday.
[edit] History
The Charleston Courier, founded in 1803, and Charleston Daily News, founded in 1865, merged to form the News & Courier in 1873, then merged with The Evening Post — founded in 1894 — in 1991, forming The Post & Courier.
