The Island Packet

Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner(s)	The McClatchy Company[1]
Publisher	Brian Tolley
Editor	Brian Tolley
Founded	1970
Headquarters	10 Buck Island Road Bluffton, SC 29910  United States
Circulation	16,196 Daily 17,015 Sunday (as of 2020)[2]
ISSN	0746-4886
Website	islandpacket.com

The Island Packet is a daily morning broadsheet newspaper owned by Chatham Asset Management,^[3] 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".

See also

• List of newspapers in South Carolina

References

General

• Alliance of Audited Media

External links

• The Island Packet official site
• The Island Packet official mobile site
• The Island Packet on Facebook
• The Island Packet on X

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