Tennessee media firm enters Florida, buys seven newspapers

Terms of Adams Publishing Group’s acquisition of Sun Coast Media Group weren’t disclosed.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 7:37 a.m. June 19, 2018
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Adams Publishing Group principal Stephen Adams.
Adams Publishing Group principal Stephen Adams.
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A Tennessee-based media company has acquired the Sun Coast Media Group, a collection of daily, weekly and twice-weekly community newspapers on the west coast of Florida that had been family-owned since 1976. 

 

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