''Bluffton Today'' is a

daily newspaper A newspaper is a Periodical literature, periodical publication containing written News, 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 poli ...

Bluffton, South Carolina Bluffton is a town in southern Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States. The population as of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census was 27,716, an increase of over 120% since the 2010 United States census, 2010 census, making it the Li ...

that integrates many elements of

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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 Savannah metropolitan area, metropolitan ...

''. ''Bluffton Today'' originally was a

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, 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 GateHouse Media Inc. was an American publisher of locally based print and digital media. It published 144 daily newspapers, 684 community publications, and over 569 local-market websites in 38 states. Its parent company, New Media Investment Group ...

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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