List of newspapers in South Carolina

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This is a list of newspapers in South Carolina, United States.

Current news publications[]

The following is a list of current (print and web-based) news publications published in the U.S. state of South Carolina.

Title Locale Year est. Frequency Publisher/parent company Notes
Bamberg, S.C. 1972 Weekly Result of merger between The Adveertizer and the Bamberg Herald.[1]
Wagener, S.C. Weekly
Aiken Standard Aiken, S.C. Major paper
Anderson, S.C. Weekly
Beaufort Gazette Beaufort, S.C. McClatchy Company[2] Major paper
Moncks Corner, S.C. Weekly
Goose Creek, S.C.[3] Daily
Chapin, S.C. Weekly
The Charleston Chronicle Charleston, S.C. 1971 Weekly Tolbert Smalls Major African-American newspaper
Charleston City Paper Charleston, S.C. Weekly Major paper
Cheraw, S.C. Weekly
Camden, South Carolina Weekly
Clinton, S.C. Weekly
Pawleys Island, S.C. Weekly
Walterboro,, S.C. Weekly
Columbia City Paper Columbia, S.C. Major paper
Hilton Head Island, S.C. Major paper
Dillon, S.C. Weekly
St. George, S.C. Weekly
Edgefield Advertiser Edgefield, S.C. Weekly
Columbia, S.C. Daily
Free Times Columbia, S.C. Weekly Serving Columbia, and Richland and Lexington counties.[4]
Georgetown Times Georgetown, S.C. Daily
Greenville Journal Greenville, S.C. Weekly
Greenville News Greenville, S.C. Gannett Company[5] Major paper
Hampton County Guardian Hampton, S.C. Weekly
Rock Hill Herald Rock Hill, S.C. McClatchy Company[2] Major paper
Herald-Journal Spartanburg, S.C. GateHouse Media[6] Major paper
Holly Hill, S.C. Weekly
Conway, S.C. Weekly
Independent-Mail Anderson, S.C. Gannett Company[5] Major paper
Greenwood, S.C. Major paper
Island Packet Hilton Head Island, S.C. McClatchy Company[2] Major paper
Item Sumter, S.C. Major paper
Ridgeland, S.C. Weekly
Lake City, S.C. Weekly
Lancaster, S.C. Three times weekly
Laurens, S.C. Weekly
Bishopville, S.C. Weekly

Marion, S.C. Weekly
Bennettsville, S.C. Weekly
McCormick, S.C. Weekly
Morning News Florence, S.C. Daily Berkshire Hathaway Inc.[7] Major paper
Myrtle Beach, S.C. Weekly
Newberry, S.C. Weekly
Kingstree, S.C. Weekly
News and Press Darlington, S.C. Weekly
Chester, S.C. Twice weekly
North Myrtle Beach, S.C. Weekly
Barnwell, S.C. Weekly
The Post and Courier Charleston, S.C. 1803[8] Major paper. Charleston Courier began in 1803; became Post and Courier in 1991

Abbeville, S.C. 1844[9] Weekly Original Website (Archived ver.)
Walterboro, S.C. Weekly
Pageland, S.C. Weekly
Santee, S.C. Weekly
State Columbia, S.C. 1891[8] Daily McClatchy Company[2] Major paper. Service area includes Columbia, Richland County, Lexington County, and the Midlands.
Summerville, S.C. Twice weekly
Sun News Myrtle Beach, S.C. Daily McClatchy Company[2] Major paper
The Journal Seneca, S.C. 1903 Daily (5 times per week, Tues-Sat) Edwards Group (locally owned) Major paper
Times and Democrat Orangeburg, S.C. Major paper
Bluffton, S.C. Major paper
Columbia, S.C. Daily
The Twin-City News Batesburg-Leesville, S.C. 1925 Weekly Bruner Press Weekly newspaper covering western Midlands, including Lexington and Saluda counties
Union, S.C. Weekly
Union, S.C. Major paper
Greenville, S.C. Biweekly
Weekly Observer Hemingway, S.C. Weekly
Weekly

Defunct[]

Title Locale Year est. Frequency Year ceased Notes
Bamberg, S.C. 1967 1972 Merged with the .[1]
Bamberg, S.C. 1891 1972 Merged with .
Edgefield, South Carolina 2012
Walterboro, South Carolina
Lake Wylie, South Carolina 2016 (Dec) Merged with the
North, South Carolina

18th century[]

Charleston[]

Newspapers published in Charleston, South Carolina:

  • The Charleston Evening Gazette. D., T.W., July 11, 1785- Oct. 18, 1786.[10]
  • The Charleston Morning Post, and Daily Advertiser. D., Jan. 18, 1786-Nov. 5, 1787.[10]
  • Charlestown Gazette. W., Aug. (?), 1778-Jan. 18, 1780.[10]
  • The Chronicle of Liberty, or, the Republican Intelligencer. W., Mar. 25, 1783.[10]
  • The City Gazette & Daily Advertiser. D., Jan. 2, 1792- Dec. 31, 1800+[10]
  • The City Gazette, and the Daily Advertiser. D., Nov. 6- Dec. 17, 1787.[10]
  • The City Gazette or, the Daily Advertiser. D., Dec. 18, 1787-Jan. 1, 1792.[10]
Columbian Herald, 1784
  • The Columbian Herald & Daily Advertiser. T.W., Sept. 1792- 1793(?).[10]
  • Columbian Herald, and the General Advertiser. T.W., 1792(?)-July 25 (?), 1793.[10]
  • The Columbian Herald, or, the Independent Courier of North-America. S.W., T.W., Nov. 24, 1785-Sometime After June 28, 1791.[10]
  • Columbian Herald, or, the New Daily Advertiser. D., Oct. 3, 1795-Dec. 17, 1796.[10]
  • The Columbian Herald, or, the Patriotic Courier of North- America. S.W., Nov. 23, 1784-Nov. 21, 1785.[10]
  • Columbian Herald, or, the Southern Star. T.W., July 27, 1793-September (?), 1795.[10]
  • The Daily Evening Gazette and Charleston Tea-Table Companion. D., Jan. 3, 1795-Feb. 18, 1795.[10]
  • Evening Vesper Courier. S.W., July 31-Nov. 16, 1798.[10]
  • Federal Carolina Gazette. W., Jan. 2(?)-Dec. 25, 1800.[10]
  • The Gazette of the State of South-Carolina. W., S.W., Apr. 9, 1777-Mar. 24, 1785.[10]
  • The Royal Gazette. S.W. Mar. 3, 1781-Sept. 28, 1782.[10]
  • The Royal South-Carolina Gazette. T.W., S.W., June 1(?), 1780-Sept. 12, 1782.[10]
  • The South-Carolina and American General Gazette. W., S.W., Apr. 4, 1764-Feb. 28, 1781.[10]
  • The South-Carolina Gazette. W., Jan. 8, 1732-Dec. 18, 1775.[10][11]
  • South-Carolina Gazette; and Country Journal. W., Dec. 31, 1765-Aug. 1, 1775.[10]
South-Carolina Gazette and General Advertiser, 1783
  • South-Carolina Gazette, and General Advertiser. S.W., T.W., Mar. 15, 1783-Oct. 23, 1784.[10]
  • The South-Carolina Gazette, and Public Advertiser. S.W., Mar. 3, 1784-July 9, 1785.[10]
  • The South-Carolina Gazette, and the General Advertiser. S.W., Jan. 7-14, 1786.[10]
  • The South-Carolina Gazette and the Public Advertiser. T.W., S.W., July 12, 1785-Jan. 4, 1786.[10]
  • South Carolina State Gazette and Daily Advertiser. D., Nov. 30, 1784-July 26, 1785.[10]
  • South Carolina State Gazette, and General Advertiser. T.W., Oct. 26-Nov. 27, 1784.[10]
  • South-Carolina State-Gazette & Timothy & Mason's Daily Advertiser. D., Jan. 1, 1794-Dec. 31, 1797.[10]
  • South-Carolina State Gazette, and Timmothy's Daily Advertiser. D., Jan. 1, 1798-Dec., 31, 1800+[10]
  • The South-Carolina Gazetteer; and Country Journal. . W., Dec. 17-24, 1765.[10]
  • The South-Carolina Weekly Advertiser. W., Feb. 19-Apr. 23, 1783.[10]
  • The South-Carolina Weekly Gazette. W., Nov. 22 (?), 1758- Mar. 28, 1764.[10]
  • South-Carolina Weekly Gazette. W., Feb. 15, 1783-Feb. 27, 1784.[10]
  • The State Gazette of South-Carolina. S.W., T.W., Mar. 28, 1785-Dec. 31, 1793.[10]
  • The Telegraphe, and Charleston Daily Advertiser. D., Mar. 16-20, 1795.[10]

Columbia[]

Newspapers published in Columbia, South Carolina:

  • The Columbia Gazette. W., Jan. 28, 1794-Dec. 9, 1794.[10]
  • South Carolina Gazette. W., Mar. (?), 1792-Sept. 3, 1793.[10]

Georgetown[]

Newspapers published in Georgetown, South Carolina:

  • The South-Carolina Independent Gazette; and Georgetown Chronicle. W., Apr. 2, 1791-1796(?).[10]

See also[]

U.S. newspapers

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Advertizer-Herald newspaper in Bamberg South Carolina - MondoTimes.com". www.mondotimes.com. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Our Markets". Sacramento, California: McClatchy Company. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  3. ^ The Berkeley Observer
  4. ^ "About Us". free-times.com. Evening Post Industries. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  5. ^ a b Gannett Co., Inc., Our Brands: South Carolina, McLean, Virginia, retrieved March 27, 2017
  6. ^ GateHouse Media, LLC, Our Markets: South Carolina, Pittsford, New York, retrieved March 27, 2017
  7. ^ Berkshire Hathaway Inc., "Daily Newspapers: South Carolina" (PDF), 2016 Annual Report, Omaha, Nebraska
  8. ^ a b "Southern Press". The South in the Building of the Nation. 7. Richmond, VA: Southern Historical Publication Society. 1909. pp. 402–436. Date of establishment of leading Southern newspapers
  9. ^ "The Press and Banner". thepressandbanner.business.site. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am "Eighteenth-Century American Newspapers in the Library of Congress: South Carolina". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2010-10-23.
  11. ^ Thomas, Isaiah (1874). History of printing in America, 2nd ed. American Antiquarian Society. Retrieved 2010-10-23.

Bibliography[]

  • William L. King (1872). Newspaper Press of Charleston, S.C.: a Chronological and Biographical History.
  • S. N. D. North; United States Department of the Interior (1884). "Catalogue of Periodical Publications: South Carolina". History and Present Condition of the Newspaper and Periodical Press of the United States. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. OCLC 1850475. (+ List of titles 50+ years old)
  • James T. Haley, ed. (1895), "Newspapers: South Carolina", Afro-American Encyclopaedia, Nashville: Haley & Florida, OCLC 219597043
  • "South Carolina". American Newspaper Directory. New York: George P. Rowell. 1900. pp. 964+ – via HathiTrust.
  • "South Carolina". American Newspaper Annual & Directory. Philadelphia: N. W. Ayer & Son. 1922. pp. 907+.
  • Thomas D. Clark (1948). Southern Country Editor. Bobbs-Merrill. OCLC 525858. (Includes information about weekly rural newspapers in South Carolina)
  • John Hammond Moore (1988). South Carolina Newspapers. University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0-87249-567-8.
  • Patricia G. McNeely. Palmetto Press: The History of South Carolina’s Newspapers and the Press Association. South Carolina Press Association, 1998.
  • Erika J. Pribanic-Smith (2012). "Rhetoric of Fear: South Carolina Newspapers and the State and National Politics of 1830". Journalism History. E.W. Scripps School of Journalism. 38. ISSN 0094-7679.

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