Type Daily newspaper Owner(s) The McClatchy Company Editor Brian Tolley | Format Broadsheet Publisher Sara Johnson Borton Founded 1970 | |
The Island Packet is a daily morning broadsheet newspaper owned by The McClatchy Company serving primarily the residents of southern Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States, particularly the towns of Hilton Head Island and Bluffton. Its average circulation is 18,683 on weekdays and 20,260 on Sundays.
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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".
Circulation
The latest circulation figures from the parent company McClatchy report audited circulation numbers from the Alliance for Audited Media for 24 months ending March 31, 2016, with circulations of 18,683 on weekdays and 20,260 on Sundays,