The Island Packet
Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Broadsheet |
Owner(s) | The McClatchy Company[1] |
Publisher | Brian Tolley |
Editor | Brian Tolley |
Founded | 1970 |
Headquarters | 10 Buck Island Road Bluffton, SC 29910 ![]() |
Circulation | 16,196 Daily 17,015 Sunday (as of 2020)[2] |
ISSN | 0746-4886 |
Website | islandpacket.com |
The Island Packet is a daily morning broadsheet newspaper owned by Chatham Asset Management,[3] serving primarily the residents of southern Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States, particularly the towns of Hilton Head Island and Bluffton.
History
[edit]The newspaper was founded as a weekly on July 9, 1970, by Tom Wamsley and Ralph Hilton, with financial backing by Lucy and Jonathan Daniels, editor emeritus of the Raleigh News & Observer. Television personality Garry Moore had a regular humor column in the paper in the late 1970s and early 1980s titled "Mumble, Mumble".
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Our Markets". Sacramento, California: McClatchy Company. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- ^ "McClatchy | Markets". 2022-01-11. Archived from the original on 2022-01-11. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
- ^ Tracy, Marc (4 August 2020). "McClatchy, Family-Run News Chain, Goes to Hedge Fund in Bankruptcy Sale". The New York Times.
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