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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet Online |
| Owner(s) | Osteen Publishing Co. |
| Publisher | Vince Johnson |
| Editor | Vince Johnson (editor) |
| Founded | Oct. 15, 1894 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 36 W Liberty St.,Sumter, SC,United States |
| Circulation | approximately 20,000[1] |
| Website | theitem |
The Item, formerly known asThe Sumter Daily Item andThe Daily Item, is an independent morningnewspaper published inSumter, South Carolina, five days a week (Tuesday to Friday), with a "Weekend Edition" delivered on Saturday mornings, by Osteen Publishing Company. It has a circulation of approximately 20,000.[1]
The paper, then calledThe Sumter Daily Item, was first published on October 15, 1894, by Hubert Graham Osteen.[2] It previously had been operated asThe Watchman and Southron (a merger ofSumter Watchman andTrue Southron).[3] It was South Carolina's first small-town newspaper.[4] Osteen served as the paper's editor and publisher until his retirement in 1946.[2]
In 2008, the paper changed its Monday edition to a tabloid format before abandoning the Monday edition altogether. However, the paper's website is updated each Monday, with news andobituaries.
The paper covers Sumter,Lee andClarendon counties, with a dedicated bureau located in Manning which publishes a weekly section, "The Clarendon Sun," each Tuesday. Lakeside, magazine covering the Sumter, Clarendon, Orangeburg, Berkeley and Calhoun County areas of Lake Marion is also published six times a year.
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