Salisbury Post

Company: Salisbury Post

Description: The Salisbury Post debuted as The Salisbury Evening Post Jan 9 1905 and immediately proclaimed itself as Salisburys Leading Afternoon Newspaper JB Doub EC Arey and Gabe M Royal launched the newspaper at 114 12 N Main St on the floor over GA Jacksons saloon Joe X Roueche and Clint N Brown former owners and publishers of the competing Salisbury Daily Sun soon bought the Post and moved the operation across North Main Street to occupy the second floor of the old Meroney Opera House A fire destroyed the Meroney Opera House on the morning of May 12 1912 and took every vestige of equipment and record of the Post But the newspaper kept publishing as the editorial and mechanical staffs traveled to Spencer and used the office of AW Hicks publisher of a small weekly Meanwhile Roueche and Brown began negotiating the sale of the Post to a group of investors led by James Franklin Hurley a former owner of The Concord Tribune The change in ownership became official on July 22 1912 and the Post moved back to Salisbury and began publication in the Shaver Building at 110 W Innes St Hurley served as both editor and publisher He bought out most of the other original investors by 1919 The Post moved to its present location at 131 W Innes St in 1922 The Hurley family owned and operated the Salisbury Post until its sale to Evening Post Publishing Co of Charleston SC on Jan 31 1997 In February 2014 Boone Newspapers Inc purchased the Salisbury Post and formed Salisbury Newsmedia LLC

Industry: Newspaper Publishing

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/salisbury-post

Domain: http://www.salisburypost.com/

Founded: 1905

Location: Salibury, NC

Address: 131 W. Innes St., Salibury, NC 28144, US

Size: 51-200 employees