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The Post and Courier
The Post and Courier is the main daily newspaper in Charleston, South Carolina. 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. Through the Courier, it brands itself as the oldest daily newspaper in the South and one of the oldest continuously operating newspapers in the United States. It is the flagship newspaper of Evening Post Industries, which is owned by the Manigault family of Charleston, descendants of Peter Manigault.
It is the largest newspaper in South Carolina, followed by Columbia's The State and The Greenville News. It has newsrooms in Greenville, Columbia, Spartanburg, Myrtle Beach, Hilton Head Island, and elsewhere in the state.
The Charleston Courier was founded in 1803. 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 City 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. Rudolph Septimus Siegling also served as editor during the 1800s. The Charleston Daily News, founded in 1865, merged with it to form the News and Courier in 1873.
The Evening Post was founded in 1894, but quickly ran into financial trouble. In 1896, rice planter Arthur Manigault stepped in to rescue the paper. The paper and its successors have been in the hands of the Manigault family for four generations. In 1926, Manigault's son, Robert, bought The News and Courier.
During the Civil Rights era, the News and Courier was virulently segregationist, to the extent that Time described it as the most segregationist newspaper in the South. Its editor, Thomas R. Waring Jr., was a staunch segregationist, as was staffer W. D. Workman Jr., who ran for public office in a campaign that united South Carolina's divided racial and economic conservatives.
By 1991, it was apparent Charleston could no longer support two newspapers; the News and Courier and Evening Post had shared their editorial staff since the 1980s.[citation needed] They were merged into a single morning newspaper, The Post and Courier.[citation needed]
The paper acquired several sisters in the 1990s when its parent bought other newspapers and television stations.
In 2008 and 2009, newspaper officials reacted to declines in revenue with cost-cutting efforts. In 2008, they offered a buyout to employees, a bid to streamline the company and reduce expenses. 64 full-time employees left, shrinking the workforce to 381 by the start of 2009. This was deemed insufficient, so on February 6, 2009, the company laid off 25 employees and on March 23, Evening Post Publishing Co., the parent company of the paper, announced a company-wide furlough that would force all employees to take five days' unpaid leave in the second quarter of 2009. The newspaper said the move was necessary to reduce expenses "because of the continued weakness of the economy and the impact on advertising".
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The Post and Courier
The Post and Courier is the main daily newspaper in Charleston, South Carolina. 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. Through the Courier, it brands itself as the oldest daily newspaper in the South and one of the oldest continuously operating newspapers in the United States. It is the flagship newspaper of Evening Post Industries, which is owned by the Manigault family of Charleston, descendants of Peter Manigault.
It is the largest newspaper in South Carolina, followed by Columbia's The State and The Greenville News. It has newsrooms in Greenville, Columbia, Spartanburg, Myrtle Beach, Hilton Head Island, and elsewhere in the state.
The Charleston Courier was founded in 1803. 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 City 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. Rudolph Septimus Siegling also served as editor during the 1800s. The Charleston Daily News, founded in 1865, merged with it to form the News and Courier in 1873.
The Evening Post was founded in 1894, but quickly ran into financial trouble. In 1896, rice planter Arthur Manigault stepped in to rescue the paper. The paper and its successors have been in the hands of the Manigault family for four generations. In 1926, Manigault's son, Robert, bought The News and Courier.
During the Civil Rights era, the News and Courier was virulently segregationist, to the extent that Time described it as the most segregationist newspaper in the South. Its editor, Thomas R. Waring Jr., was a staunch segregationist, as was staffer W. D. Workman Jr., who ran for public office in a campaign that united South Carolina's divided racial and economic conservatives.
By 1991, it was apparent Charleston could no longer support two newspapers; the News and Courier and Evening Post had shared their editorial staff since the 1980s.[citation needed] They were merged into a single morning newspaper, The Post and Courier.[citation needed]
The paper acquired several sisters in the 1990s when its parent bought other newspapers and television stations.
In 2008 and 2009, newspaper officials reacted to declines in revenue with cost-cutting efforts. In 2008, they offered a buyout to employees, a bid to streamline the company and reduce expenses. 64 full-time employees left, shrinking the workforce to 381 by the start of 2009. This was deemed insufficient, so on February 6, 2009, the company laid off 25 employees and on March 23, Evening Post Publishing Co., the parent company of the paper, announced a company-wide furlough that would force all employees to take five days' unpaid leave in the second quarter of 2009. The newspaper said the move was necessary to reduce expenses "because of the continued weakness of the economy and the impact on advertising".