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(Redirected from Island Packet) Newspaper in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
The Island Packet
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)The McClatchy Company
PublisherBrian Tolley
EditorBrian Tolley
Founded1970
Headquarters10 Buck Island Road
Bluffton, SC 29910
 United States
Circulation16,196 Daily
17,015 Sunday (as of 2020)
ISSN0746-4886
Websiteislandpacket.com

The Island Packet is a daily morning broadsheet newspaper owned by Chatham Asset Management, 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".

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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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