The weekly Myrtle Beach News was founded in 1936. In 1961, the Myrtle Beach Sun (founded in 1950) bought the News and formed The Sun News. The State-Record Company of Columbia bought The Sun News in 1973 and it became a Monday-Saturday paper. In 1977 The Sun News added a Sunday paper and began printing seven days a week. Knight Ridder purchased The State-Record Company, including The Sun News, in December 1986. The McClatchy Co. bought Knight Ridder and The Sun News in June 2006.