Evening Post Industries is a privately held American media company, based in

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. It has been led by four generations of the Manigault family. On August 6, 2013, the company changed its name from the Evening Post Publishing Company to Evening Post Industries. In a press release, CEO John Barnwell stated, “The name change better reflects our existing diversified holdings and ongoing acquisition strategy in beyond media, while keeping the legacy value of Evening Post." In addition to ''

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'' of Charleston, the South's oldest daily newspaper, the company owns six other newspapers in South Carolina, including the '' Aiken Standard''. Other holdings include White Oak Forestry Company, and a marketing agency, Clear Night Group.

History

The Evening Post Publishing Company was formed by rice planter Arthur Manigault in 1896 to acquire ''The Evening Post'', Charleston's then-ailing afternoon newspaper."Evening Post Industries History,"
Evening Post Industries official website. Accessed Jan. 3, 2018. Manigault's son Robert became publisher in 1924. Two years later, he bought Charleston's morning paper, ''The News & Courier''–the oldest daily newspaper in the South. The company launched an international syndication arm,

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, in 1933. Robert's brother Edward took over in 1945 after Robert's death; he was in turn succeeded by his son Peter. Peter's son, Pierre, inherited the company upon Peter's death in 2004. In 2004, the Evening Post Publishing Company sold Editors Press Service to the

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, which renamed it Atlantic Syndication. The company also owned the '' Buenos Aires Herald'' in Argentina, Latin America's oldest English language newspaper, until 2007. On October 29, 2018, Cordillera Communications announced it had entered into a deal with the E. W. Scripps Company for Scripps to purchase all but one TV station, the Tucson, Arizona station, from Cordillera. The deal was expected to close in the first quarter of 2019.

Evening Post Industries Properties

Newspapers

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* '' The Georgetown Times'' -

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* '' The Kingstree News'' - Kingstree, South Carolina * '' Aiken Standard'' -

Aiken, South Carolina Aiken is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Aiken County, in western South Carolina. It is one of the two largest cities of the Central Savannah River Area. Founded in 1835, Aiken was named after William Aiken, the president of the S ...

* '' Moultrie News'' - Mount Pleasant, South Carolina * '' Summerville Journal-Scene'' - Summerville, South Carolina * '' The Berkeley Independent'' - Moncks Corner, South Carolina * '' Goose Creek Gazette'' - Goose Creek, South Carolina * '' Waccamaw Times'' -

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'' - North Augusta, South Carolina * ''

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Formerly owned television stations

Evening Post's broadcasting division was called Cordillera Communications. The licensees had different names (most of which bear the station call letters, current, former (as in the case of KBZK's owners being KCTZ Communications (former call letters), or parent (repeaters only): KOAA (Sangre de Cristo (''Blood of Christ'') Communications) does not, however). Cordillera Communications was a holding company headquartered in

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. On October 29, 2018, it was announced that the E. W. Scripps Company would acquire 15 of the 16 Cordillera stations, with

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acquiring KVOA due to Scripps already owning KGUN-TV. The sale was approved by the FCC on April 5, 2019. The transaction was completed on May 1. Stations are arranged alphabetically by state and by

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. Notes: *¹ Owned by SagamoreHill Broadcasting, Cordillera operated KZTV under a SSA with KRIS.

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{{Authority control Newspaper companies of the United States Companies based in South Carolina Mass media in Charleston, South Carolina