Mid-South Management Company Explained
| Mid-South Management Inc. |
| Foundation: | 1948 |
| Defunct: | 2007 |
| Key People: | Phyllis B. DeLapp, chairman; Andrew M. Babb, president |
| Homepage: | midsouthmanagement.com |
Mid-South Management Company Inc. was a family-owned, Spartanburg, South Carolina-based publisher of small to medium market newspapers[1] 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
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 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.[2]
In 2006, The Phenix Citizen, Phenix City, Alabama, was sold to Family Media Inc.[3]
In June 2007, the remainder of the assets were sold to Heartland Publications, LLC, a Connecticut based publisher.[4]
References
- http://www.midsouthmanagement.com/NewSlide.html Mid-South Management official website
- http://www.afcp.org/design/general/showink.asp?gid=382 Association of Free Community Papers newsletter, May 1, 2005
- http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/article_brief/eandp/1/1002951210 "FMI Buys Phenix City, Ala. Weekly," Editor & Publisher, August 7, 2006
- http://www.heartlandpublications.com/articles/2007/06/01/company_news/news01.txt Heartland Publications Acquisitions
