Mid-South Management Company
| Company type | Family-owned |
|---|---|
| Industry | Media |
| Founded | 1948 |
| Headquarters | Spartanburg, South Carolina |
Key people | Phyllis B. DeLapp, chairman; Andrew M. Babb, president |
| Products | Newspapers |
| Website | midsouthmanagement.com |
Mid-South Management Company Inc. [1] owns or operates newspapers in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Georgia. The family-owned company, based in Spartanburg, South Carolina, 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.[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]
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