Top leadership is changing at The Post and Courier Columbia, as South Carolina’s oldest and largest newspaper continues to expand its capital city bureau.
Chase Heatherly, who has served as Free Times publisher and chief revenue officer of parent company, Evening Post Publishing Newspaper Group, will transition to tackling his CRO role full time. Bernie Heller, a veteran newspaper executive, will take over the lead business executive role at Post and Courier Columbia and Free Times. He will also work as the bureau’s advertising director.
Heatherly, who started as the Free Times publisher in 2017, took over as the company’s chief revenue officer in 2022, and has spent the last year juggling both roles. Now, he is passing the publishing torch to Heller, who has spent nearly 30 years in various advertising, sales and marketing roles at newspapers across the country.
