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Mid-South Management Company Inc. was a family-owned, Spartanburg, South Carolina-based publisher of small to medium market newspapers[2] in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Georgia. The company was started in 1948 by Phil Buchheit, who was then publisher and operator of the Spartanburg Herald-Journal.
Daily newspapers
- The LaGrange Daily News, LaGrange, Georgia
- The Mount Airy News, Mount Airy, North Carolina
- The Laurinburg Exchange, Laurinburg, North Carolina
- The Union Daily Times, Union, South Carolina
Non-dailies
- The Newberry Observer, Newberry, South Carolina
- The Pickens Sentinel, Pickens, South Carolina
- Easley Progress, Easley, South Carolina
- The Stokes News, Stokes County, North Carolina
- The Jefferson Post, West Jefferson, North Carolina
- Rural Hall Weekly Independent, Rural Hall, North Carolina
- The Tribune, Elkin, North Carolina
- The Yadkin Ripple, Yadkinville, North Carolina
- The Pilot, Pilot Mountain, North Carolina
- The Carroll News, Carroll County, Virginia
- The Thomaston Times, Thomaston, Georgia
Recent changes
In 2005, Mid-South sold the Williamson Daily News, Williamson, West Virginia, and two affiliated weeklies to Heartland Publications.[3]
In 2006, The Phenix Citizen, Phenix City, Alabama, was sold to Family Media Inc.[4]
In June 2007, the remainder of the assets were sold to Heartland Publications, LLC, a Connecticut based publisher.[5]
References
- ^ Dirks, Van Essen & Murray, Mid-South Management Co. Inc. Sold to Heartland Publications LLC, retrieved April 23, 2017
- ^ Mid-South Management official website Archived 2007-01-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Association of Free Community Papers newsletter, May 1, 2005 Archived September 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "FMI Buys Phenix City, Ala. Weekly," Editor & Publisher, August 7, 2006
- ^ Heartland Publications Acquisitions[permanent dead link]
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