''The Island Packet'' is a daily morning broadsheet newspaper owned by Chatham Asset Management,
serving primarily the residents of southern
Beaufort County, South Carolina
Beaufort County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 187,117. Its county seat is Beaufort.
Beaufort County is part of the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC Metropolitan Statist ...
,
United States
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, particularly the towns of
Hilton Head Island
Hilton Head Island, sometimes referred to as simply Hilton Head, is a South Carolina Lowcountry, Lowcountry resort town and barrier island in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States. It is northeast of Savannah, Georgia, and southwest of C ...
and
Bluffton. Its average circulation is 18,683 on weekdays and 20,260 on Sundays.
Overview
History
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
Jonathan Myrick Daniels (March 20, 1939 – August 20, 1965) was an Episcopal seminarian and civil rights activist. In 1965, he was killed by a special county deputy, Tom Coleman, who was a construction worker, in Hayneville, Alabama, while ...
, editor emeritus of the
Raleigh News & Observer
''The News & Observer'' is an American regional daily newspaper that serves the greater Triangle area based in Raleigh, North Carolina
Raleigh (; ) is the capital city of the state of North Carolina and the List of North Carolina county sea ...
.
Television personality
Garry Moore
Garry Moore (born Thomas Garrison Morfit; January 31, 1915 – November 28, 1993) was an American entertainer, comedic personality, game show host, and humorist best known for his work in television. He began a long career with the CBS network ...
had a regular humor column in the paper in the late 1970s and early 1980s titled "Mumble, Mumble".
Circulation
The latest circulation figures from the parent company McClatchy report circulation numbers in 2017, with circulations of 16,093 daily and 17,875 on Sundays,
See also
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List of newspapers in South Carolina
This is a list of newspapers in South Carolina, United States.
Current news publications
The following is a list of current (print and web-based) news publications published in the U.S. state of South Carolina.
Defunct
18th century Charlesto ...
References
;General
Alliance of Audited Media
External links
Island Packet official siteIsland Packet Facebook pageIsland Packet Twitter pageThe Island Packet Self-Service Advertising - McClatchy Ad ManagerMcClatchy Advertising - WinWithMcClatchy.com
McClatchy publications
Newspapers published in South Carolina
Beaufort County, South Carolina
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