The Sun News
| Type | Dailynewspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | The McClatchy Company[1] |
| President | Brian Tolley |
| Founded | 1936 (asMyrtle Beach News) |
| Headquarters | 914 Frontage Road East Myrtle Beach,South Carolina29577  United States |
| Circulation | 17,284 Daily 21,265 Sunday (as of 2020)[2] |
| Website | myrtlebeachonline |
The Sun Newsis a daily newspaper published inMyrtle Beach, South Carolina,in theUnited States.It serves theGrand Strandregion ofSouth Carolina.
History[edit]
TheMyrtle Beach Newswas founded as a weekly in 1935 by brothers-in-law C. L. Phillips and J. Clarence Macklen. They had recently started aprintingbusiness, and local merchants asked them to do a local newspaper. In 1961, it was sold to Mark Garner, publisher of Myrtle Beach's other newspaper, theMyrtle Beach Sun(started in 1950). Garner merged the two papers intoThe Sun News,and soon began publishing twice weekly. With the explosive growth that occurred in the next half century, as the Grand Strand became a major tourist and retirement area, the paper stepped up its publication schedule, becoming a full-fledged daily by 1977. It was eventually acquired byThe State Record Companyin 1973.[3]
Along with the rest of the State Record Company, it was acquired by theKnight Riddernewspaper chain in 1986. McClatchy becameThe Sun News’parent company when it purchased Knight Ridder in June 2006. McClatchy filed for bankruptcy in 2020 and the company was purchased by Chatham Asset Management for $312 million.[4]
In June 2024,The Sun Newsannounced it would be printed twice weekly.[5]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^"Our Markets".Sacramento, California: McClatchy Company.RetrievedMarch 26,2017.
- ^"McClatchy | Markets".2022-01-18. Archived fromthe originalon 2022-01-18.Retrieved2023-04-13.
- ^"The Sun News".www.mcclatchy.com.Archived fromthe originalon July 15, 2006.Retrieved12 May2023.
- ^Tracy, Marc (4 August 2020)."McClatchy, Family-Run News Chain, Goes to Hedge Fund in Bankruptcy Sale".The New York Times.
- ^"News readers continue to change and evolve, and the Sun News must adapt to the times".The Sun News.June 7, 2024.
External links[edit]
- The Sun News official site
- The Sun News official mobile site
- The McClatchy Company's subsidiary profile ofThe Sun News
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