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Cygnus Business Media Sells Group to SouthComm
Cygnus Business Media today announced that it has sold a large group of publications to SouthComm, Inc.
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SouthComm |
11-03-2014 4:00 pm |
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Tags: SouthComm, Inc.
Creative Loafing Charlotte to be Soldnew
SouthComm, Inc. has reached an agreement with Charles Womack of Womack Newspapers, Inc. to acquire the assets of Creative Loafing Charlotte.
Creative Loafing Charlotte |
08-19-2014 5:59 pm |
Industry News
LEO Weekly Sold to Local Ownership Groupnew
SouthComm has reached an agreement to sell the Louisville alt-weekly to a group of investors led by Aaron Yarmuth, son of the paper's founder John Yarmuth.
LEO Weekly |
04-30-2014 11:00 am |
Industry News
Tags: LEO Weekly, SouthComm, Inc.
Folio Weekly Publisher To Join Southcomm
Folio Weekly publisher David Brennan recently announced that he will be leaving the publication to serve as the group publisher for SouthComm Inc.
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AAN Staff |
09-21-2012 12:10 pm |
Industry News
SouthComm Acquires Washington City Paper and Creative Loafing Atlanta
With the transaction, Nashville-based SouthComm now owns eight AAN-member publications, and the New York-based investment firm Atalaya Capital Management exits the alt-weekly business.
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AAN |
07-03-2012 4:31 pm |
Industry News
Cincinnati CityBeat Acquired by SouthCommnew
Nashville-based SouthComm has announced the purchase of Cincinnati CityBeat. Publisher Dan Bockrath will remain in his position.
SouthComm |
03-05-2012 12:45 pm |
Industry News
Rob Jiranek Joins Southcomm as COO
Rob Jiranek has previously served as partner and Group Publisher of Portico Publishing, publishers of C-Ville Weekly in Charlottesville, VA, and the Columbia Free Times.
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Southcomm |
01-03-2012 12:03 pm |
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SouthComm Acquires Creative Loafing Charlotte and Tampa
CL, Inc. has sold Creative Loafing Charlotte and Creative Loafing Tampa to Nashville-based SouthComm Inc. The company also announced that CEO Marty Petty has resigned.
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AAN |
10-10-2011 3:12 pm |
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VVM Sells The Pitch of Kansas City to Southcomm, Inc.
Village Voice Media announced today it has sold The Pitch of Kansas City to Nashville-based media company Southcomm, Inc., which also owns LEO Weekly and Nashville Scene.
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Village Voice Media |
03-18-2011 12:20 pm |
Industry News
New Owners Bring Changes to Nashville Scenenew
Nashville-based SouthComm purchased the Scene from Village Voice Media last month, and has swiftly been making changes. Former managing editor and longtime staffer Jim Ridley has taken over as editor, and the paper rolled out a glossy look this week. In addition, SouthComm has brought all editorial staffers of its Nashville properties (it owns The City Paper, NashvillePost.com and a handful of smaller print publications) under one roof, and done the same -- in a different building -- for business-side staff. Scene writer Bruce Barry says Nashville is "the alpha test" of SouthComm's publishing theory, which involves owning a unique blend of niche publications in a single market. Barry also points out that many SouthComm higher-ups are "very conservative" and wonders how that might affect the alt-weekly going forward.
Nashville Scene |
09-18-2009 1:09 pm |
Industry News
A Few More Details Emerge on Nashville Scene Salenew
Village Voice Media executive associate editor Andy Van De Voorde tells the Tennessean that the Scene's rumored financial troubles were not what led the company to sell the paper to Nashville-based SouthComm, Inc. "I have no reason to believe that anyone wasn't pleased with [the Scene] financially," he says. Van De Voorde also says that Scene editor Pete Kotz, who came to Nashville after VVM's Cleveland Scene was merged with Free Times, will leave the paper but remain in the VVM chain. Whether other staffing changes are in the works is not yet clear, though Van De Voorde notes that all Scene and Nfocus magazine employees will receive two weeks severance, plus a week of pay for every year of service and unpaid vacation time from VVM -- whether or not they keep their jobs under the new owners.
The Tennessean |
08-20-2009 10:26 am |
Industry News
It's Official: VVM is Selling Nashville Scene to SouthComm
Village Voice Media today confirmed the rumors that it is selling the Nashville Scene to SouthComm, Inc. VVM will also sell Nfocus magazine to the Nashville-based media company run by former Scene publisher Chris Ferrell. SouthComm also owns AAN member LEO Weekly. The deal is expected to close this Friday, and terms of the transaction are not being divulged. MORE: See SouthComm's statement on the transaction.
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Village Voice Media Press Release |
08-19-2009 12:14 pm |
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