The origins of the paper lie withThe Spartan, a weekly paper reportedly first printed in about 1842–43.[2][3][4] In 1844, this was renamedThe Carolina Spartan. In about 1900, the paper was reportedly bought by The Journal Publishing Company, which renamed itThe Spartanburg Journal.[3]
In 1872 (or perhaps 1875),The Spartanburg Herald began publishing.[2][3] It began daily publication in 1890; theJournal followed suit in 1903.[2]
TheHerald purchased theJournal in 1914.[5] TheHerald was a morning paper, while theJournal covered evenings, with joint editions published on the weekend.[3] Though under common ownership, theHerald andJournal did not completely merge into one paper until October 1982.[3]
In 1929, owner The Herald-Journal Publishing Company sold the papers to its paper distributor, the International Paper and Power Company, who sold them to A. G. Keeney in 1936, who in turn sold to S. S. "Blue" Wallace in 1939.[2] Charles Edward Marsh brought the papers in 1946, and donated them to the non-profitPublic Welfare Foundation he had created in 1947.[2][5][6]
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 theHerald-Journal from the Public Welfare Foundation in 1985 (along withThe Tuscaloosa News andThe Gadsden Times), at which time its daily circulation was 47,500, and Sunday 51,000.[7]
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