 the boston post was the most popular daily newspaper in new england for over a hundred years before it folded in 1956. the post was founded in november 1831 by two prominent boston 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 a circulation of well over a million readers. throughout the 1940s, facing increasing competition from the hearst-run papers in boston and new york and from radio and television news, the paper began a decline from which it never recovered. when it ceased publishing in october 1956, its daily circulation was 255,000 and sunday circulation approximately 260,000.(4 october 1956). boston post ceases publication for 3rd time in last three months, miami news (associated press story) ==former contributors== *olin downes, music critic. *richard frothingham, jr., a massachusetts historian, journalist, and politician who was a proprietor and managing editor of the boston post. *kenneth roberts *olga van slyke owens huckins, literary editor, 1941 to 1954. huckins letter to rachel carson inspired the book silent spring.{{citation |last = matthiessen| first = peter | title =courage for the earth: writers, scientists, and activists celebrate the life and writing of rachel carson | page = 135| publisher = marine
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