Aiken Standard
| Type | Dailynewspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Evening Post Industries |
| Publisher | R.J. Benner |
| Editor | John Boyette |
| Founded | 1867 |
| Headquarters | 326 Rutland Drive N.W., PO Box 456 Aiken,SC29801 US |
| Website | aikenstandard.com |
Aiken Standardis adaily newspaperpublished fromAiken, South Carolina,United States. It was established in 1867. It was called theAiken Press.
History[edit]
The newspaper passed through the hands of several owners during the 1800s. One of the paper's most prominent early owners wasJames F. Byrnes.Byrnes, who was a congressman, U.S. senator, South Carolina governor, U.S. Secretary of State, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and "Assistant" to the President of the United States.
Under Byrnes and his partner, Alva Lorenz, theJournal and Reviewdeveloped into Aiken's main newspaper. Byrnes and Lorenz operated theJournal and Reviewuntil 1912, when Lorenz bought out Byrnes' interest in the newspaper.
In 1953, Lorenz sold the newspaper to Benjamin Josey King and his wife, Annie Howell King. The Kings already owned a weekly newspaper called theAiken Standard.The Kings merged the two papers to create theAiken Standard and Review.TheAiken Standard and Reviewoperated in a small building on Richland Avenue, usingLinotype machinesand hot lead production methods that had been common in newspaper plants for many decades.
TheEvening Post Publishing CompanyofCharlestonpurchased the newspaper in 1968. Construction of a modern, 24,000-square-foot (2,200 m2) newspaper publishing plant, which featured a newoffset press,was begun at once, and was completed, equipped and occupied within a year. The newspaper closed out the old operation with its issue of Friday, September 26, 1969, and published its first issue from the new plant on September 29, 1969. By this time, the newspaper's name had been shortened, and it became theAiken Standardof today.
Samuel A. Cothran was the modernAiken Standard'sfirst Publisher and Editor. Under the leadership of Mr. Cothran, in 1985 a new, faster and larger press was installed, and almost simultaneously a Sunday morning edition was introduced. He remained Publisher and Editor until his retirement in 1989.
In April 1989, Scott B. Hunter became the new Publisher of theAiken Standard.On August 19, 1989, the first Saturday morning edition was produced.
TheEvening Post Industriesowns theAiken Standard,thePost and Courierin Charleston, and other daily newspapers and television stations throughout the country.
In December 2013, Ellen C. Priest became the president and publisher of theAiken Standard,replacing Scott Hunter who retired that month.[1]
In April 2024, the newspaper announced it will switch from carrier to postal delivery.[2]
References[edit]
- ^"New publisher Priest thrilled to return home".Post and Courier.December 30, 2023.Retrieved2024-04-27.
- ^"Aiken Standard will switch to mail delivery June 4".Post and Courier.2024-04-27.Retrieved2024-04-27.
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