BENNETTSVILLE, South Casrolina — Champion Media of the Carolinas, a family-owned company based in Mooresville, N.C., announced today that it has acquired the Herald-Advocate, the community newspaper in Bennettsville.
Champion Media is owned by CEO Scott Champion and President Corey Champion.
"We are excited to become part of this community," Scott Champion said. "The Herald-Advocate fits with our current North Carolina properties and we know this acquisition will help our South Carolina business partners to expand their current advertising reach."
Champion Media currently owns more than 20 newspapers in six states. Its largest footprint is in North Carolina with newspapers in Robeson, Sampson, and Bladen counties as well as The Laurinburg Exchange in Scotland County, The Richmond County Daily Journal in Rockingham, and the Anson Record in Wadesboro. The company also owns two South Carolina publications, the Newberry Observer in Newberry and Sentinel Progress in Easley.