''The Louisville Herald-Post'' was a

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that was published in

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Origins

''The Herald-Post'' was created in 1925 from the merging of the old ''

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'' and '' Louisville Post'' newspapers.

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financier James Buckner Brown (1872-1940) sought to operate the paper as a counter to the positions of the Bingham newspapers the ''

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'' and the ''

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''. The ''Louisville Posts former editor

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became associate editor of the ''Louisville Herald-Post''. Brown invested nearly five million dollars in the combined newspapers.

Bankruptcy and new ownership

Brown lost his fortune in 1930 when his bank holding company BancoKentucky failed. After the BancoKentucky's failure, Brown had to reduce the newspapers expenditures and it suffered in quality as a result.

John B. Gallagher

In December 1930 ''The Herald-Post'' was put into bankruptcy. John B. Gallagher, a

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advertiser purchased the newspaper in a bankruptcy receiver's sale for $315,000.

Walter H. Girdler

Walter H. Girdler, Sr. President of

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purchased a large portion of the stock in ''The Herald-Post'' in 1933 and took over control of the newspaper.

Bankruptcy and closure

The paper went

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again in 1936 and this time it ceased publication and was closed.

References

Bibliography

History of ''The Herald-Post''
from the

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Libraries.
Herald-Post Collection
from the

Photographic Archives. * Kleber, John E: ''The Kentucky Encyclopedia'' pages 127–128, (1992). * Kleber, John E: ''The Encyclopedia of Louisville'' pages 655–656, (2001). * New York Times, ''JAMES B. BROWN, KENTUCKY BANKER; Former Bookkeeper Who Rose to Be Head of $50,000,000 Banco Corp. Dies at 68 LOST FORTUNE IN CRASH Publisher of the Old Louisville Herald-Post Had Been Tax Receiver for the City'' page 15, (October 26, 1940). Defunct newspapers published in Louisville, Kentucky Publications established in 1925 Publications disestablished in 1936 1925 establishments in Kentucky 1936 disestablishments in Kentucky {{Louisville-stub