The Columbus Post

{{Short description|Newspaper in Columbus, Ohio}} {{Italic title}} {{More citations needed|date=November 2017}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = The Columbus Post | type = Weekly newspaper | owners = Alan W. Sorter | founder = Amos Lynch | founded = 1995 | language = English | ceased_publication = 2018 | publishing_country = Columbus, Ohio }} '''''The Columbus Post''''' was a weekly newspaper devoted to the African-American community in Columbus, Ohio. It published in print from 1995 to 2015, and then ceased online publication about three years later.

== History == The newspaper was founded in 1995 by Amos Lynch (1925–2015).<ref>Kim Tolley, [http://columbuspost.com/amos-lynch-a-lasting-legacy/ "Amos Lynch: A Lasting Legacy"], ''Columbus Post'', July 30, 2015.</ref> Lynch was editor in chief of the Columbus edition of the ''Call and Post'' for 33 years prior to founding the ''Post''. He had also played a founding role in the ''Ohio Sentinel'' in 1949.<ref>{{cite news |title=Amos Lynch, longtime newspaperman and black leader, dies at 90 |date=July 25, 2015 | work=Columbus Dispatch |first=Jeb |last=Phillips |url=https://www.dispatch.com/article/20150724/NEWS/307249680 }}</ref> He was inducted into the Ohio Civil Rights Hall of Fame in 2011.<ref>{{cite news |title=Civil-rights advocates honored |date=October 14, 2011 | work=Columbus Dispatch |first=Jeb |last=Phillips }}</ref> While editor of the ''Call & Post'', Lynch was credited with bringing down longtime mayor M. E. Sensenbrenner, with the publication of photos depicting victims of police brutality the day before the 1971 election.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Haygoods of Columbus |first=Wil |last=Haygood |year=1997 |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Co. |pages=209–210 }}</ref> In 2015, more than a decade after Lynch's retirement and a few months after his death, the ''Post'' transitioned to a digital-only product, delivered by email.<ref>{{cite news |title='Post' announces immediate change to electronic delivery |date=December 4, 2015 | work=Columbus Dispatch }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Amos Lynch Sr., a founder of black newspapers, remembered |date=August 2, 2015 | work=Associated Press State Wire: Ohio }}</ref> Alan W. Sorter purchased the paper at some point and launched an online digital news platform in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=January 12, 2018 |title=A Newspaper Renaissance Begins: Innovative Digital Technology Developed by Publishers at the Columbus Post Fundamentally Changes, Improves Business Model for Newspaper Industry |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/a-newspaper-renaissance-begins-innovative-digital-technology-developed-by-publishers-at-the-columbus-post-fundamentally-changes-improves-business-model-for-newspaper-industry-300581819.html |access-date=2025-01-31 |website=PR Newswire |language=en}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{Official website|http://columbuspost.com/}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Columbus Post, The}} Category:Weekly newspapers published in the United States Category:Newspapers published in Columbus, Ohio Category:African-American newspapers Category:Newspapers established in 1995 Category:1995 establishments in Ohio