 The front page of The Boston Post (January 16, 1919) | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Post Publishing Company |
| Founded | 1831[1] |
| Language | English |
| Ceased publication | 1956 |
| Headquarters | 42 Congress Street; Corner Devonshire & Water Streets; 15–17 Milk Street Boston, Mass.,  United States |
The Boston Post was a newspaper published in Boston, Massachusetts between 1831 and 1956. It was one of the most popular daily newspaper in New England for over a hundred years. The Post was founded in November 1831 by two businessmen: Charles G. Greene and William Beals. By the 1930s, The Boston Post had grown to be one of the largest newspapers in the country, with well over a million readers.
During the 1940s, the newspaper faced more and more competition from papers published by William Hearst. More people began listening to the news on radio and television, and the paper's business began to suffer. It stopped being published in October 1956. At the time, it was printing about 255,000 copies of its daily issue, and about 260,000 of its Sunday edition.[2]
- ↑ The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information, Vol. 19, New York, NY: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1911, p. 567
- ↑ (4 October 1956). Boston Post Ceases Publication For 3rd Time in Last Three Months[permanent dead link], Miami News (Associated Press story)