Mid-South Management Company Inc. was a family-owned,

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-based publisher of small to medium market

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in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. The company 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 *''Mount Airy News, The Mount Airy News'', Mount Airy, North Carolina *''Laurinburg Exchange, The Laurinburg Exchange'', Laurinburg, North Carolina *''The Union Daily Times'', Union, South Carolina

Non-dailies

*''Newberry Observer, The Newberry Observer'', Newberry, South Carolina *''The Pickens Sentinel'', Pickens, South Carolina *''The Easley Progress, Easley Progress'', Easley, South Carolina *''Stokes News, The Stokes News'', Stokes County, North Carolina *''Jefferson Post, The Jefferson Post'', West Jefferson, North Carolina *''Rural Hall Weekly Independent'', Rural Hall, North Carolina *''The Tribune (Elkin, North Carolina), The Tribune'', Elkin, North Carolina *''The Yadkin Ripple'', Yadkinville, North Carolina *''The Pilot (Pilot Mountain, North Carolina), The Pilot'', Pilot Mountain, North Carolina *''The Carroll News'', Carroll County, Virginia *''The 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. In 2006, ''Phenix Citizen, The Phenix Citizen'', Phenix City, Alabama, was sold to Family Media Inc. In June 2007, the remainder of the assets were sold to Heartland Publications, LLC, a Connecticut based publisher.Heartland Publications Acquisitions
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