SouthComm Corporate

CONTACT:
Chris Ferrell
CEO, SouthComm
(615) 298-9833
cferrell@southcomm.com

Stephen George
(502) 895-9770 x.206 / (502) 386-4560 (cell)
sgeorge@leoweekly.com

SouthComm Names City Paper Editor

Chris Ferrell, CEO of Nashville-based media company SouthComm, announced today that Stephen George, currently editor of SouthComm's alt-weekly Louisville Eccentric Observer (LEO), will become editor of The City Paper Jan. 11. more...

Contact:
Chris Ferrell
CEO
SouthComm, Inc
615-293-8683

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SouthComm, Inc announced today it is acquiring the Nashville Scene and Nfocus from Village Voice Media. The deal is expected to close on Friday, August 21. Terms of the transaction are not being divulged.

VVM has owned and operated the Scene since 2006. Chris Ferrell, CEO of SouthComm, was Publisher of the Nashville Scene from 2005-2007. more...

Firm will dovetail with holding company's chamber custom publishing arm

By NashvillePost.com Staff

SouthComm, a niche publisher and the parent of NashvillePost.com, has acquired the assets of Target Marketing Inc., a publisher of maps for chambers of commerce and cities throughout the country.

Based in Crescent Springs in Northern Kentucky, Target Marketing is more than 25 years old and also does business as The Map Group. It has worked with chambers from Seattle to Las Vegas to Nashville and is led by CEO Philip Hageman, who is staying on in that position. more...

SouthComm Inc., the parent of NashvillePost.com, has completed its acquisition of The City Paper.

The deal unites The City Paper's Monday and Friday print editions and Web site with NashvillePost.com's daily Web offerings and SouthComm's other local and regional media holdings. more...

By NashvillePost.com Staff

Local publishing company SouthComm Communications, the parent of NashvillePost.com, has acquired LEO, an alternative weekly newspaper serving the Louisville area, from Times Publishing Co. of Pennsylvania.

LEO, which stands for the Louisville Eccentric Observer, was founded in 1990 and is now distributed for free at more than 850 locations in Louisville and Southern Indiana, reaching more than 179,000 people. more...

Company's publications cover 10 markets

By NashvillePost.com Staff

SouthComm Communications, the parent company of NashvillePost.com, has acquired Medical News Papers, Inc., the company behind a chain of publications catering to healthcare professionals in 10 markets across the Southeast. more...

by NashvillePost.com staff

SouthComm Communications, the parent company of NashvillePost.com, will this summer launch a local women’s magazine.

Her Nashville will be a free monthly, feature a range of topics of interest to women and be distributed in racks throughout Nashville and parts of Williamson County. It will be edited by native Nashvillian Ashley Haugen, former managing editor of Nashville, Williamson and Rutherford Parent magazines as well as a national pop-culture publication for young adults. more...

by NashvillePost.com staff

SouthComm Communications, the parent company of NashvillePost.com, has agreed to acquire Decision Media Inc., adding statewide business magazine BusinessTN to its publishing holdings.

BusinessTN reaches more than 40,000 business and community leaders across the state. The magazine was launched in 1993 as Business Nashville relaunched as a statewide publication in January 2004. more...

by NashvillePost.com staff

SouthComm Communications Inc., the parent company of NashvillePost.com, has acquired Music Row, the respected publisher of music magazines, special reports and other entertainment industry products.

As part of the deal, Music Row publisher and CEO David Ross will become vice president and board member of SouthComm while retaining his post at the helm of the 25-year-old entertainment news outlet. The entire staff of Music Row will stay on. more...

by NashvillePost.com staff

Nashville Post Co. has been incorporated into SouthComm Communications Inc., a new media holding company that is being funded by Solidus Co., the majority investor in NashvillePost.com.

The deal makes NashvillePost.com, which posted record readership numbers in 2007, part of a Nashville-based publishing group focused on niche audiences. Chris Ferrell, ex-publisher of the Nashville Scene and former Metro Council member, is CEO of SouthComm. more...