Spartanburg Herald-Journal

Spartanburg Herald-Journal is a daily newspaper in Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA covering local news, sports, business, jobs, and community events.

The newspaper is published seven days a week.

The Herald-Journal traces its roots to the founding of The Spartan (1842-1843) and The Spartanburg Herald (1872 or 1875). In 1844, the Spartan was re-named The Carolina Spartan. About 1900, the Spartan was acquired by The Journal Publishing Company and re-named The Spartanburg Journal. In 1914, the Herald purchased the Journal. The Herald was a morning newspaper, while the Journal covered evenings, with joint editions published on the weekend. Though under common ownership, the Herald and Journal did not completely merge into one newspaper until October 1982. In 1929, The Herald-Journal Publishing Company sold the newspapers to its paper distributor, the International Paper and Power Company, who sold them to A.G. Keeney in 1936, who in turn sold to S.S. "Blue" Wallace in 1939. Charles Edward Marsh acquired the newspapers in 1946, and donated them to the non-profit Public Welfare Foundation he had created in 1947. A 1969 federal tax law requiring non-profits to sell newspaper holdings eventually required the sale of the Herald-Journal. The New York Times Company acquired the Herald-Journal from the Public Welfare Foundation in 1985. On January 6, 2012, as part of a 16-newspaper deal worth $143 million, The Times Co. sold the Herald-Journal to Halifax Media Holdings, LLC.

Circulation: 32,247 copies

This newspaper is owned by Halifax Media Holdings, LLC.

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