If every negro in Mississippi was a class graduate of Harvard, and had been elected class orator. In 1890, after Mississippian Democrats adopted a new state constitution to disenfranchise black voters, The Clarion-Ledger applauded the move, stating: "Do not object to negroes voting on account of ignorance, but on account of color. Historically, both newspapers- The Clarion-Ledger and the Jackson Daily News-were openly and unashamedly racist, even by the Deep South's standards. The purchase of both papers by Gannett essentially created a daily newspaper monopoly in Central Mississippi (Gannett also owns the Hattiesburg American in Hattiesburg, Mississippi), which still exists. Gannett merged the two papers into a single morning paper under the Clarion-Ledger masthead, with the Clarion-Ledger incorporating the best features of the Daily News. In 1982, the Hedermans sold the Clarion-Ledger and Daily News to Gannett, ending 60 years of family ownership. The Hederman family now owned both papers and consolidated the two newspaper plants. On August 7, 1954, the Jackson Daily News sold out to its rival, The Clarion-Ledger, for $2,250,000 despite a then recent court ruling that blocked The Clarion-Ledger owners from controlling both papers. On August 24, 1937, The Clarion-Ledger and Jackson Daily News incorporated under a charter issued to Mississippi Publishers Corporation for the purpose of selling joint advertising. Thomas and Robert Hederman bought the Daily Clarion-Ledger in 1920 and renamed it The Clarion-Ledger. In 1907, Fred Sullens purchased an interest in the competing The Jackson Evening Post, and shortly after changed the name to the Jackson Daily News. In 1888, The Clarion merged with the State Ledger and became known as the Daily Clarion-Ledger. It soon became known as The Clarion.įour employees who were displaced by the merger founded their own newspaper, The Jackson Evening Post, in 1882. Īfter the American Civil War, it was moved to Jackson and merged with The Standard. Later that year, it was sold and moved to Meridian, Mississippi. The paper traces its roots to The Eastern Clarion, founded in Jasper County, Mississippi, in 1837.
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