The origins of the paper lie with The Spartan, a weekly paper reportedly first printed in about 1842–43.[2][3][4] In 1844, this was renamed The Carolina Spartan. In about 1900, the paper was reportedly bought by The Journal Publishing Company, which renamed it The Spartanburg Journal.[3]
In 1872 (or perhaps 1875), The Spartanburg Herald began publishing.[2][3] It began daily publication in 1890; the Journal followed suit in 1903.[2]
The Herald purchased the Journal in 1914.[5] The Herald was a morning paper, while the Journal covered evenings, with joint editions published on the weekend.[3] Though under common ownership, the Herald and Journal did not completely merge into one paper until October 1982.[3]
In 1929, owner The Herald-Journal Publishing Company sold the papers to its paper distributor, the International Paper and Power Company, who sold them to A. G. Keeney in 1936, who in turn sold to S. S. "Blue" Wallace in 1939.[2] Charles Edward Marsh brought the papers in 1946, and donated them to the non-profit Public Welfare Foundation he had created in 1947.[2][5][6]
A 1969 federal tax law requiring non-profits to sell newspaper holdings eventually required the sale of the paper.[3][6]The New York Times acquired the Herald-Journal from the Public Welfare Foundation in 1985 (along with The Tuscaloosa News and The Gadsden Times), at which time its daily circulation was 47,500, and Sunday 51,000.[7]
On January 6, 2012, Halifax Media Group completed its purchase of the Herald-Journal and 15 other newspapers from The New York Times.[8] In 2015, Halifax was acquired by New Media Investment Group.[9]
spartanburg, herald, journal, daily, newspaper, primary, newspaper, spartanburg, south, carolina, united, states, august, 2007, cover, herald, journaltypedaily, newspaperowner, gannettfounded1843headquartersspartanburg, south, carolinacirculation13, 2018, webs. The Spartanburg Herald Journal is a daily newspaper the primary newspaper for Spartanburg South Carolina United States Spartanburg Herald JournalThe August 2 2007 cover of the Herald JournalTypeDaily newspaperOwner s GannettFounded1843HeadquartersSpartanburg South CarolinaCirculation13 739 as of 2018 1 Websitegoupstate comHistory edit nbsp Herald Journal office in downtown SpartanburgThe origins of the paper lie with The Spartan a weekly paper reportedly first printed in about 1842 43 2 3 4 In 1844 this was renamed The Carolina Spartan In about 1900 the paper was reportedly bought by The Journal Publishing Company which renamed it The Spartanburg Journal 3 In 1872 or perhaps 1875 The Spartanburg Herald began publishing 2 3 It began daily publication in 1890 the Journal followed suit in 1903 2 The Herald purchased the Journal in 1914 5 The Herald was a morning paper while the Journal covered evenings with joint editions published on the weekend 3 Though under common ownership the Herald and Journal did not completely merge into one paper until October 1982 3 In 1929 owner The Herald Journal Publishing Company sold the papers to its paper distributor the International Paper and Power Company who sold them to A G Keeney in 1936 who in turn sold to S S Blue Wallace in 1939 2 Charles Edward Marsh brought the papers in 1946 and donated them to the non profit Public Welfare Foundation he had created in 1947 2 5 6 A 1969 federal tax law requiring non profits to sell newspaper holdings eventually required the sale of the paper 3 6 The New York Times acquired the Herald Journal from the Public Welfare Foundation in 1985 along with The Tuscaloosa News and The Gadsden Times at which time its daily circulation was 47 500 and Sunday 51 000 7 On January 6 2012 Halifax Media Group completed its purchase of the Herald Journal and 15 other newspapers from The New York Times 8 In 2015 Halifax was acquired by New Media Investment Group 9 References edit 2018 Legacy NEWM Annual Reports PDF investors gannett com 2018 a b c d e A Century of Daily Delivery Spartanburg Herald Journal January 28 1990 Retrieved February 15 2010 a b c d e f Michael Leonard April 19 1985 Herald Journal Joins Times Co Spartanburg Herald Journal Retrieved February 15 2010 New York Times Co agrees to buy three more papers The Ledger January 15 1985 Retrieved February 15 2010 a b History of the Spartanburg Herald Journal Spartanburg Herald Journal October 9 2002 Retrieved February 15 2010 a b Associated Press January 26 1984 Foundation Seeking Exemption The Item Retrieved February 15 2010 Times Co Buys Spartanburg Herald Journal The Herald Rock Hill SC Associated Press April 19 1985 Retrieved February 15 2010 Halifax Media purchases 16 newspapers Archived 2012 01 09 at the Wayback Machine New Media Announces Agreement to Acquire Halifax Media Group for 280 0 Million Archived 2016 03 07 at the Wayback MachineExternal links editGoupstate com nbsp nbsp This article about a South Carolina newspaper is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Spartanburg Herald Journal amp oldid 1150757316, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
