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''Bluffton Today'' is a
daily newspaper A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports ...
in Bluffton, South Carolina that integrates many elements of
citizen journalism Citizen journalism, also known as collaborative media, participatory journalism, democratic journalism, guerrilla journalism or street journalism, is based upon public citizens "playing an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, a ...
into its tight local focus. Some industry analysts regard the newspaper as a possible future model for small newspapers across the countr

The paper prints in a Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid format, which is unusual for a paper of its circulation size. Morris Communications started the newspaper in 2005 after the company folded the ''Carolina Morning News'', a wraparound of the ''
Savannah Morning News The ''Savannah Morning News'' is a daily newspaper in Savannah, Georgia. It is published by Gannett. The motto of the paper is "Light of the Coastal Empire and Lowcountry". The paper serves Savannah, its metropolitan area, and parts of South ...
''. ''Bluffton Today'' originally was a
free daily newspaper Free newspapers are distributed Gratis versus libre, free of charge, often in central places in cities and towns, on public transport, with other newspapers, or separately door-to-door. The revenues of such newspapers are based on advertising. Th ...
, but on Dec. 1, 2008, it began charging 25 cents per copy (75 cents on Sundays). The publisher said the newspaper had to start charging because of rising newsprint costs and declining advertising revenu

In 2017, Morris sold its newspapers to GateHouse Media


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Newspapers published in South Carolina Beaufort County, South Carolina Morris Publishing Group Newspapers established in 2005 Local mass media in the United States 2005 establishments in South Carolina {{SouthCarolina-stub