| Type | Dailynewspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | The McClatchy Company[1] |
| President | Brian Tolley |
| Founded | 1936 (asMyrtle Beach News) |
| Headquarters | 914 Frontage Road East Myrtle Beach,South Carolina 29577  United States |
| Circulation | 17,284 Daily 21,265 Sunday (as of 2020)[2] |
| Price | 20p |
| Website | myrtlebeachonline |
The Sun News is a daily newspaper published inMyrtle Beach, South Carolina, in theUnited States. It serves theGrand Strand region ofSouth Carolina.
TheMyrtle Beach News was founded as a weekly in 1935 by brothers-in-law C. L. Phillips and J. Clarence Macklen. They had recently started aprinting business, and local merchants asked them to do a local newspaper. In 1961, it was sold to Mark Garner, publisher of Myrtle Beach's other newspaper, theMyrtle Beach Sun (started in 1950). Garner merged the two papers intoThe Sun News, and soon began publishing twice weekly. With the explosive growth that occurred in the next half century, as the Grand Strand became a major tourist and retirement area, the paper stepped up its publication schedule, becoming a full-fledged daily by 1977. It was eventually acquired byThe State Record Company in 1973.[3]
Along with the rest of the State Record Company, it was acquired by theKnight Ridder newspaper chain in 1986. McClatchy becameThe Sun News’ parent company when it purchased Knight Ridder in June 2006. McClatchy filed for bankruptcy in 2020 and the company was purchased by Chatham Asset Management for $312 million.[4]
In June 2024,The Sun News announced it would be printed twice weekly.[5]
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