The Summerville Journal Scene

What The Summerville Journal Scene does

The Summerville Journal Scene is a regional newspaper serving Summerville, South Carolina and the surrounding Dorchester County area, operating as a wholly-owned title within the Evening Post Publishing Newspaper Group under the legal entity The Post and Courier, Inc. Founded in 1940 and headquartered at 148 Williman Street, Charleston, SC, the company sits alongside a statewide portfolio of affiliated publications including The Post and Courier, Aiken Standard, Georgetown Times, The Berkeley Independent, Moultrie News, The Star (North Augusta), Free Times (Columbia), and Kingstree News. The Summerville Journal Scene delivers local news, community information, sports, and classifieds to South Carolina consumers, and benefits from integration with parent-group editorial, sales, and distribution infrastructure.

The product portfolio spans print home delivery, digital subscriptions, E-Paper digital replica, native iOS/Android mobile apps, an OTT streaming app, and email newsletters. Beyond core journalism, the parent group publishes specialty magazines (South Carolina Bride Magazine at $12.99/issue, South Carolina Travel Magazine), operates Evening Post Books, and runs the Post and Courier Store, an e-commerce channel selling commemorative merchandise including the Charleston 350 coin sets ($90–$450), tote bags, tumblers, apparel, and stationery. Content licensing of articles, graphics, photos, and video adds a secondary monetization stream.

Revenue is generated through seven streams: print subscriptions, digital subscriptions, print and display advertising (including classifieds, legal notices, marketplace), digital advertising, e-commerce/merchandise, specialty publications, and content licensing. Pricing is publicly disclosed with Print + Digital Charleston subscriptions starting at $6.87/week billed monthly and the Myrtle Beach/Georgetown edition at $3.92/week, plus minimum $1.50 premium edition surcharges. Customer segments are geography-based — South Carolina general public and Summerville-area readers — with secondary advertising demand from local businesses. Marketing leverages Facebook, Twitter/X, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and email newsletters; distribution flows through home delivery, self-serve digital subscriptions, phone-based subscriber services, retail newsstand, the e-commerce store, and an online classifieds marketplace.

Name

The Summerville Journal Scene

Legal name

The Post and Courier, Inc.

Website

https://postandcourier.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1940

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

The Summerville Journal Scene is a regional newspaper serving Summerville and Dorchester County, South Carolina, operating as a wholly-owned title within The Post and Courier, Inc. and the Evening Post Publishing Newspaper Group alongside 14+ statewide local publications. It delivers local news, sports, and classifieds through print, digital, mobile, and e-commerce channels.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local Newspaper Publishing

NAICS

Newspaper Publishers (51311)

SIC

Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711)

akta.pro primary industry

Local & Regional Newspapers (Print & Digital) (MPAJADAB)

Keywords

• Local newspaper publishing
• Digital news subscription
• Print home delivery
• Community journalism
• Regional news media

Headquarters

HQ city

Summerville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Print Subscriptions: Home delivery subscriptions for The Post and Courier print newspaper, including premium edition charges
2. Digital Subscriptions: Digital All-Access subscriptions providing unlimited website access, E-Paper, and mobile app access
3. Print and Display Advertising: Classifieds, display ads, legal notices, and marketplace listings in print editions
4. Digital Advertising: Online advertising including targeted ads, branded content, and interactive media offerings
5. E-commerce and Merchandise: Online store selling commemorative merchandise, books, magazines, apparel, and Charleston-themed products
6. Specialty Publications: Magazine publishing including South Carolina Bride magazine sold as print editions
7. Content Licensing: Licensing of articles, graphics, photos and video for digital or print use

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

The Summerville Journal Scene is a community newspaper serving Summerville, South Carolina and Dorchester County, distributed via print home delivery, digital subscriptions through postandcourier.com, E-Paper digital replica, and native mobile applications as a regional edition of The Post and Courier. The publication provides local news, sports, weather, community events, classifieds, legal notices, and obituaries, supported by affiliated specialty magazines, an e-commerce merchandise store, and email newsletters across the Evening Post Publishing Newspaper Group portfolio.

Product overview

The Post and Courier operates as a multi-platform news organization serving South Carolina through a portfolio of print and digital products. The core offerings include The Post and Courier newspaper (print and digital subscriptions), regional editions such as The Summerville Journal Scene, Myrtle Beach/Georgetown edition, and Columbia edition. Digital products include the postandcourier.com website, E-Paper, mobile apps, and OTT streaming app. The company also publishes specialty magazines (South Carolina Bride Magazine, South Carolina Travel Magazine), sells commemorative merchandise (Charleston 350 collection), and operates Evening Post Books for regional publishing. Newsletters provide targeted email content delivery.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Journal Scene: Newspaper serving the Summerville area of South Carolina

Products and services

• The Summerville Journal Scene Newspaper Community newspaper providing local Summerville and Dorchester County news, sports, weather, community events, classifieds, legal notices, and obituaries, distributed via print home delivery and digital channels as a regional edition of The Post and Courier.
• Print + Digital Subscription (Charleston)

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Evening Post Publishing CompanycoreOthersThe Summerville Journal Scene is operated as a related property/subsidiary under the Evening Post Publishing Newspaper Group, which also owns The Post and Courier and other South Carolina publications including Aiken Standard, Georgetown Times, Berkeley Independent, Moultrie News, The Star, Free Times, and Kingstree News.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• CNHI (Community Newspaper Holdings Inc.): Operator of daily and weekly community newspapers across the U.S., with similar small-market newspaper subscription and local advertising economics. Directly comparable to Journal Scene's regional newspaper business model.
• Boone Newspapers: Family-owned group operating community and daily newspapers across the Southeast and Midwest. Highly comparable as a private, multi-title regional newspaper operator sharing similar scale, ownership structure, and revenue mix.
• Aiken Standard: Wholly-owned sister publication within the Evening Post Publishing Newspaper Group serving the Aiken, SC market. Operates the same newspaper publishing, subscription, and digital advertising business model as Journal Scene.
• Island Packet: Regional daily serving Bluffton/Hilton Head in southern SC, also part of the USA Today Network. Comparable regional SC newspaper competing in adjacent coastal markets with overlapping advertising categories and subscription dynamics.
• The State Newspaper: Columbia, SC-based daily newspaper covering state-wide news, sports and politics. Competes directly with Journal Scene/Post and Courier group for SC readers and regional advertising dollars using a similar multi-platform subscription model.
• The Post and Courier: Flagship sister publication within the same Evening Post Publishing group, serving the Charleston SC market with identical print + digital subscription model. It is the closest direct comparable in terms of products, pricing structure, and operational footprint.
• The Greenville News: Major regional daily serving the Greenville-Spartanburg SC market, part of the USA Today Network. Closely comparable to Journal Scene in that it provides local news, sports, and advertising across a defined SC geographic territory.

Broad incumbents

• Tribune Publishing: Operator of metropolitan and regional daily newspapers across major U.S. markets. Comparable as an incumbent in the local newspaper subscription and advertising space, though at larger market scale than Journal Scene.
• Lee Enterprises: Publicly traded media company operating local newspapers across the U.S. mid-Atlantic and Midwest. Provides a benchmark for multi-title regional newspaper economics and digital subscription migration at scale.
• Gannett (USA Today Network): Largest U.S. newspaper publisher operating hundreds of local dailies and weeklies. Comparable as a broad incumbent that competes in local news subscriptions and digital advertising at national scale, though diversified well beyond regional papers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/JournalScene
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@postandcourier
• Facebookfacebook.com/summervillejournalscene
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-post-and-courier
• Instagraminstagram.com/postandcourier
• TikToktiktok.com/@postandcourier

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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