Mid-South Management Company Inc.

Infobox Company
company_name = Mid-South Management Inc.
company_
company_type = Family-owned
foundation = 1948
location = Spartanburg, South Carolina
key_people = Phyllis B. DeLapp, chairman; Andrew M. Babb, president
revenue =
industry = Media
products = Newspapers
homepage = [http://www.midsouthmanagement.com/ midsouthmanagement.com]

Mid-South Management Company Inc. [ [http://www.midsouthmanagement.com/NewSlide.html Mid-South Management official website] ] 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
*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. [ [http://www.afcp.org/design/general/showink.asp?gid=382 Association of Free Community Papers newsletter, May 1, 2005] ]

In 2006, " The Phenix Citizen", Phenix City, Alabama, was sold to Family Media Inc. [ [http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/article_brief/eandp/1/1002951210 "FMI Buys Phenix City, Ala. Weekly," Editor & Publisher, August 7, 2006] ]

In June 2007, the remainder of the assets were sold to Heartland Publications, LLC, a Connecticut based publisher. [ [http://www.heartlandpublications.com/articles/2007/06/01/company_news/news01.txt Heartland Publications Acquisitions] ]

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