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A 1969 federal tax law requiring non-profits to sell newspaper holdings eventually required the sale of the paper. [3] [6] The New York Times acquired the Herald-Journal from the Public Welfare Foundation in 1985 (along with The Tuscaloosa News and The Gadsden Times ), at which time its daily circulation was 47,500, and Sunday 51,000.
This is a list of mayors of Greenville, South Carolina, a city in the northwest part of the U.S. state of South Carolina. Before the city's office of Mayor was established, a similar role was that of Intendant. Mayors began office when the General Assembly amended the town charter in February 1869 to establish Greenville as a city.
McPherson Park, Greenville, South Carolina McPherson Park is a historic city park, the oldest in Greenville, South Carolina . As part of the East Park Historic District , the park was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 4, 2005.
On December 31, 1924, with encouragement from Greenville Park Commission chairman John Alexander McPherson, prominent Greenvillean William Choice Cleveland donated a crescent-shaped 110 acres on the southeast side of town to be used as a park and playground, a recreational area he hoped would complement his new housing development, Cleveland ...
The Charleston Courier was founded in 1803. The founder of the Courier, Aaron Smith Willington, came from Massachusetts with newspaper experience. In the early 19th century, he was known to row out to meet ships from London, Liverpool, Havre, and New York City to get the news earlier than other Charleston papers.
Isaqueena, also known as the Gassaway Mansion, is a historic house in Greenville, South Carolina, and the largest private residence in the Upstate. In 1982 it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
The nominal main studio for WMYA-TV is the WLOS news bureau on Villa Road in Greenville, South Carolina; WMYA-TV's transmitter is located in Fountain Inn, South Carolina. Founded as WAIM-TV in 1953, the station primarily broadcast local network programming to the Anderson area, serving as an affiliate of ABC and CBS after 1956.
The Landmark Building, also known as the Daniel Building, is an office skyscraper in Downtown Greenville, South Carolina. At 305 ft (93 m), it was the tallest building in South Carolina from 1966 to 1983. [3] [4] With 25 stories, the skyscraper has been the tallest structure in Greenville since its completion in 1966. [5]