SouthComm Communications

SouthComm Communications
Industry Mass media
Fate acquired by Endeavor Business Media
Founded 2007 in
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Headquarters Nashville, United States
Owner Solidus
Website www.southcomm.com

SouthComm Communications was a media company that owned a number of alternative newspapers and other news sources in the United States such as the Nashville Scene[1] and Washington City Paper.[2] It was based in Nashville, Tennessee.

SouthComm was formed in late 2007 and spent much of its first two years acquiring media properties in Alpharetta, Georgia, Nashville, Tennessee, and Louisville, Kentucky.[3]

In 2011 and 2012, SouthComm bought a number of publications from Creative Loafing[2] including Creative Loafing (Atlanta), Creative Loafing Charlotte of Charlotte, North Carolina,[4] and Creative Loafing Tampa of Tampa, Florida.[4] Womack Newspapers bought Creative Loafing Charlotte in 2014.[5] Also in 2014, SouthComm acquired the trade publisher Cygnus Business Media.[6]

In 2017, Creative Loafing Atlanta was bought by Ben Eason, the son of Creative Loafing founders Debbie and Elton Eason.[7] On December 21, 2017, it was announced that D.C.-area venture capitalist and philanthropist Mark Ein would buy the Washington City Paper.[8] Also in December 2017, according to reports, The Pitch was sold to a local owner. In 2017 The Pitch was sold to Stephanie Carey and Adam Carey. [9][10] Creative Loafing Tampa was sold to Euclid Media Group in 2018. In May 2018, real estate company Freeman Webb acquired the Nashville Scene and Nashville Post.[11] In June 2018, the trade magazines owned by SouthComm were sold to Endeavor Business Media.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "SouthComm buying Scene, Nfocus". NashvillePost.com. 2009-08-19. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
  2. 1 2 Celeste, Eric (2012-07-03). "Nashville-based media company SouthComm acquires Creative Loafing Atlanta and Washington City Paper". Clatl.com. Retrieved 2014-04-13.
  3. ↑ "Latest News". SouthComm Communications. 2009-08-19. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
  4. 1 2 "SouthComm Buys in Charlotte, Tampa". Nashville Post. October 10, 2011. Retrieved July 7, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Creative Loafing Charlotte to be sold". Creative Loafing Charlotte. Retrieved 2014-10-15.
  6. ↑ "SouthComm acquires remaining properties of Wisconsin media company". Nashville Post. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
  7. ↑ "Former CL Tampa owner Ben Eason regains ownership of Creative Loafing Atlanta". Creative Loafing Tampa. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
  8. ↑ Mills, Alexa (21 December 2017). "Long Live City Paper". Washington City Paper. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
  9. ↑ "The Pitch gets new editor, new ownership". Kansas City Business Journal. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
  10. ↑ News, AAN-Industry; Releases, Press (2018-01-05). "Carey Media Acquires The Pitch". Association of Alternative Newsmedia. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
  11. ↑ "Freeman Webb Buys the Nashville Scene, the Nashville Post and Nfocus". Nashville Scene. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
  12. ↑ "Endeavor Business Media Acquires SouthComm's B2B Assets". Folio:. 2018-06-26. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
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