The Island Packet
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)The McClatchy Company[1]
PublisherBrian Tolley
EditorBrian Tolley
Founded1970
Headquarters10 Buck Island Road
Bluffton, SC 29910
 United States
Circulation16,196 Daily
17,015 Sunday (as of 2020)[2]
ISSN0746-4886
Websiteislandpacket.com

The Island Packet is a daily morning broadsheet newspaper owned by Chatham Asset Management,[3] serving primarily the residents of southern Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States, particularly the towns of Hilton Head Island and Bluffton.

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, editor emeritus of the Raleigh News & Observer. Television personality Garry Moore had a regular humor column in the paper in the late 1970s and early 1980s titled "Mumble, Mumble".

See also

References

  1. ^ "Our Markets". Sacramento, California: McClatchy Company. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  2. ^ "McClatchy | Markets". 2022-01-11. Archived from the original on 2022-01-11. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  3. ^ Tracy, Marc (4 August 2020). "McClatchy, Family-Run News Chain, Goes to Hedge Fund in Bankruptcy Sale". The New York Times.
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