SouthComm Communications
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|fate = acquired by Endeavor Business Media
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|homepage = {{URL|www.southcomm.com}}
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Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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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{{cite web |url=http://www.nashvillepost.com/news/2009/8/19/southcomm_buying_iscenei_infocusi |title=SouthComm buying Scene, Nfocus |date=2009-08-19 |accessdate=2009-08-19 |publisher=NashvillePost.com}} and the Washington City Paper.{{cite web|last=Celeste |first=Eric |url=https://creativeloafing.com/content-216081-nashville-based-media-company-southcomm-acquires-creative-loafing |title=Nashville-based media company SouthComm acquires Creative Loafing Atlanta and Washington City Paper |publisher=Clatl.com |date=2012-07-03 |access-date=2014-04-13}} It was based in Nashville, Tennessee. In 2018, the trade magazines owned by SouthComm were sold to Endeavor Business Media.
History
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.{{cite web |url=http://southcomm.com/news |title=Latest News |date=2009-08-19 |accessdate=2009-08-19 |publisher=SouthComm Communications}}
In 2011 and 2012, SouthComm bought a number of publications from Creative Loafing including the Washington City Paper in Washington, DC, Creative Loafing (Atlanta), Creative Loafing Charlotte of Charlotte, North Carolina,{{cite news|title=SouthComm Buys in Charlotte, Tampa|url=http://nashvillepost.com/news/2011/10/10/southcomm_buys_in_charlotte_tampa|accessdate=July 7, 2012|newspaper=Nashville Post|date=October 10, 2011}} and Creative Loafing Tampa of Tampa, Florida. Womack Newspapers bought Creative Loafing Charlotte in 2014.{{Cite web | title = Creative Loafing Charlotte to be sold | work = Creative Loafing Charlotte | accessdate = 2014-10-15 | url = http://clclt.com/theclog/archives/2014/08/19/creative-loafing-charlotte-to-be-sold }} Also in 2014, SouthComm acquired the trade publisher Cygnus Business Media.{{Cite web| title = SouthComm acquires remaining properties of Wisconsin media company| work = Nashville Post| accessdate = 2018-09-01| url = http://www.nashvillepost.com/business/media/article/20480828/southcomm-acquires-remaining-properties-of-wisconsin-media-company}}
In 2017 and 2018, the company began to sell their alternative newspapers to focus on their business to business magazines.{{Cite web| title = Endeavor Business Media Acquires SouthComm's B2B Assets| work = Folio| accessdate = 2018-09-01| date = 2018-06-26| url = https://www.foliomag.com/chris-ferrells-endeavor-business-media-acquires-southcomms-b2b-assets/}}
In 2017, Creative Loafing Atlanta was bought by Ben Eason, the son of Creative Loafing founders Debbie and Elton Eason.{{Cite web | title = Former CL Tampa owner Ben Eason regains ownership of Creative Loafing Atlanta | work = Creative Loafing Tampa | accessdate = 2017-12-29 | url = https://www.cltampa.com/news-views/article/20852652/former-cl-tampa-owner-ben-eason-regains-ownership-of-creative-loafing-atlanta }} On December 21, 2017, it was announced that D.C.-area venture capitalist Mark Ein would buy the Washington City Paper.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/columns/article/20986837/long-live-city-paper|title=Long Live City Paper|last=Mills|first=Alexa|date=21 December 2017|work=Washington City Paper|access-date=2018-01-07|language=en}} 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. {{Cite web | title = The Pitch gets new editor, new ownership | work = Kansas City Business Journal | accessdate = 2017-12-29 | url = https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2017/12/26/the-pitch-new-ownership-editor-david-hudnall.html }}{{Cite web| last1 = News| first1 = AAN-Industry| last2 = Releases| first2 = Press| title = Carey Media Acquires The Pitch| work = Association of Alternative Newsmedia| accessdate = 2018-05-15| date = 2018-01-05| url = http://aan.org/aan/carey-media-acquires-pitch/}} 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.{{Cite web| title = Freeman Webb Buys the Nashville Scene, the Nashville Post and Nfocus| work = Nashville Scene| accessdate = 2018-09-01| url = http://www.nashvillescene.com/news/article/21006773/freeman-webb-buys-the-nashville-scene-the-nashville-post-and-nfocus}} In June 2018, the trade magazines owned by SouthComm were sold to Endeavor Business Media, which was started by SouthComm founder Chris Ferrell.
References
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External links
- [http://www.southcomm.com SouthComm site]
Category:Companies based in Nashville, Tennessee