Evening Post Industries

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Evening Post Industries (founded as Evening Post Publishing Company) is a privately held American media company based in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. It has been led by four generations of the Manigault family.

TypePrivate
IndustryNewspapers
Founded1896; 130 years ago (1896)
FateTelevision stations acquired by the E. W. Scripps Company
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Evening Post Industries
TypePrivate
IndustryNewspapers
Founded1896; 130 years ago (1896)
FateTelevision stations acquired by the E. W. Scripps Company
HeadquartersCharleston, South Carolina, U.S.
Area served
United States (Nationwide)
Key people
Pierre Manigault, Chairman
John Barnwell, President and CEO
SubsidiariesCordillera Communications (defunct)
Websitewww.eveningpostindustries.com
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The company owns The Post and Courier of Charleston, the South's oldest daily newspaper; the Aiken Standard; and five other newspapers in the state. Other holdings include White Oak Forestry Company and the Clear Night Group marketing agency.

History

The Evening Post Publishing Company was formed by rice planter Arthur Manigault in 1896 to acquire The Evening Post, Charleston's then-ailing afternoon newspaper.[1][2] Manigault's son Robert became publisher in 1924. Two years later, he bought Charleston's morning paper, The News & Courier,[1] the oldest daily newspaper in the South.

The company launched an international syndication arm, Editors Press Service, in 1933.

When Robert died in 1945, his brother Edward took over; he was in turn succeeded by his son Peter.[1] Peter's son, Pierre, inherited the company upon Peter's death in 2004.

In 2004, the Evening Post Publishing Company sold Editors Press Service to the Universal Press Syndicate, which renamed it Atlantic Syndication.[3]

The company also owned the Buenos Aires Herald in Argentina, Latin America's oldest English language newspaper, until 2007.[4][5]

In 2007, the company launched Garden & Gun magazine, which it sold in 2009 to a new firm launched by Pierre Manigault.[6]

In 2013, the company renamed itself Evening Post Industries. In a press release, CEO John Barnwell said, “The name change better reflects our existing diversified holdings and ongoing acquisition strategy in beyond media, while keeping the legacy value of Evening Post."[7]

Broadcast selloff

In October 2018, the company agreed to sell its television-broadcasting subsidiary: Cordillera Communications, a holding company headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota. 15 of Cordillera's 16 stations were purchased by the E. W. Scripps Company;[8] Quincy Media acquiring KVOA in Tucson, Arizona, because Scripps already owned KGUN-TV.[9] The sale was approved by the FCC on April 5, 2019,[10] and completed on May 1.[11]

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Stations formerly owned by Cordillera Communications
Media market State Station Purchased Sold Notes
Tucson Arizona KVOA 19932019
San Luis Obispo–Santa Barbara California KSBY 20042019
Pueblo–Colorado Springs Colorado KOAA-TV 19772019
Nampa–Boise Idaho KIVI-TV 19812002
Lexington Kentucky WLEX-TV 19992019
Lafayette Louisiana KATC 19952019
Billings Montana KTVQ 19942019
Bozeman KBZK 19932019[A]
Butte KXLF-TV 19862019
Great Falls KRTV 19862019
KTGF-LD 20152019[B]
Helena KXLH-LD 19952019[C]
KTVH-DT 20152019
Kalispell KAJJ-CD 19882019[D]
Missoula KPAX-TV 19862019
Corpus Christi Texas KRIS-TV 19982019
KZTV –[i]
K22JA-D 19982019
El Paso KDBC-TV 19741986
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Properties

Newspapers

Notes

  1. [i]
    Owned by SagamoreHill Broadcasting and operated by Cordillera.
  1. [A]
    Satellite of KXLF.
  2. [B]
    Satellite of KTVH.
  3. [C]
    Satellite of KRTV.
  4. [D]
    Satellite of KPAX.

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