SouthComm Communications was a media company that owned a number of

alternative newspaper An alternative newspaper is a type of newspaper that eschews comprehensive coverage of general news in favor of stylized reporting, opinionated reviews and columns, investigations into edgy topics and magazine-style feature stories highlighting ...

s and other news sources in the United States such as the ''

Nashville Scene ''Nashville Scene'' is an alternative newsweekly in Nashville, Tennessee. It was founded in 1989, became a part of Village Voice Media in 1999, and later joined the ranks of sixteen other publications after a merger of Village Voice Media with ...

'' and the ''

Washington City Paper The ''Washington City Paper'' is a U.S. alternative weekly newspaper serving the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. The ''City Paper'' is distributed on Thursdays; its average circulation in 2006 was 85,588. The paper's editorial mix is focus ...

''. It was based in

Nashville Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the most populous city in the state, 21st most-populous city in the U.S., and t ...

Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to ...

. SouthComm was formed in late 2007 and spent much of its first two years acquiring media properties in

Alpharetta, Georgia Alpharetta is a city in northern Fulton County, Georgia, United States, and is a part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. As of the 2020 US Census, Alpharetta's population was 65,818 The population in 2010 was 57,551. History In the 1830s, the Ch ...

Nashville, Tennessee Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the most populous city in the state, 21st most-populous city in the U.S., and t ...

, and

Louisville, Kentucky Louisville ( , , ) is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 28th most-populous city in the United States. Louisville is the historical seat and, since 2003, the nominal seat of Jefferson County, on the Indiana borde ...

. In 2011 and 2012, SouthComm bought a number of publications from

Creative Loafing Creative Loafing is an Atlanta-based publisher of a monthly arts and culture newspaper/magazine. The company publishes a 60,000 circulation monthly publication which is distributed to in-town locations and neighborhoods on the first Thursday of ...

including the ''Washington City Paper'' in

Washington, DC ) , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from top left: the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, United States Capitol, Logan Circle, Jefferson Memorial, White House, Adams Morgan, ...

, ''

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) ''Creative Loafing'' is a U.S. city monthly paper serving the Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territor ...

'', ''Creative Loafing Charlotte'' of

Charlotte, North Carolina Charlotte ( ) is the List of municipalities in North Carolina, most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located in the Piedmont (United States), Piedmont region, it is the county seat of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Meckl ...

, and ''Creative Loafing Tampa'' of

Tampa, Florida Tampa () is a city on the Gulf Coast of the U.S. state of Florida. The city's borders include the north shore of Tampa Bay and the east shore of Old Tampa Bay. Tampa is the largest city in the Tampa Bay area and the seat of Hillsborough C ...

. Womack Newspapers bought ''Creative Loafing Charlotte'' in 2014. Also in 2014, SouthComm acquired the trade publisher Cygnus Business Media. In 2017 and 2018, the company began to sell their alternative newspapers to focus on their

business to business Business is the practice of making one's living or making money by producing or buying and selling products (such as goods and services). It is also "any activity or enterprise entered into for profit." Having a business name does not separa ...

magazines. In 2017, ''Creative Loafing Atlanta'' was bought by Ben Eason, the son of ''Creative Loafing'' founders Debbie and Elton Eason. On December 21, 2017, it was announced that D.C.-area venture capitalist and philanthropist Mark Ein would buy the ''Washington City Paper''. 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. ''Creative Loafing Tampa'' was sold to

Euclid Media Group Euclid Media Group (EMG) is a media company in the United States formed in 2013. Its headquarters are in Cleveland, Ohio and it owns the ''Orlando Weekly'', ''Cincinnati CityBeat, Cleveland Scene'', ''Creative Loafing'' (Tampa), ''Detroit Metro Time ...

in 2018. In May 2018, real estate company Freeman Webb acquired the ''

'' and ''

Nashville Post ''NashvillePost.com'' is an online news service covering business, politics and sports in the Nashville metropolitan area. It is locally owned and available by subscription. ''NashvillePost.com'' competes with other daily news media in the Middl ...

''. 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

SouthComm site
Companies based in Nashville, Tennessee 2007 establishments in Tennessee Mass media companies established in 2007