NashvillePost.com
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NashvillePost.com is an online news service covering business and politics in the Nashville, Tennessee
metropolitan area. It is locally owned and available by subscription.
NashvillePost.com competes with other daily news media in the Middle Tennessee area by pledging to offer a higher standard of business and political coverage than is found in Gannett-owned daily newspaper The Tennessean
, the weekly Nashville Business Journal (owned by the American City Business Journals chain) and other media outlets operated by out-of-town corporations. Nashville Post writers contribute the business news that appears in The City Paper
. Its journalists seek to break major news stories involving local business and politics.
Bill Carey and David A. Fox conceived NashvillePost.com in 1999 and began publishing early in 2000; both were former business reporters for The Tennessean. They secured venture capital funding from Solidus Co., a locally owned company whose other investments include The Documentary Channel
, small-town newspaper owner American Hometown Publishing Inc., stock market analysis firm New Constructs LLC and publicly held restaurant chain J. Alexander's Inc. Carey left NashvillePost.com at the end of 2000.
In 2001, NashvillePost.com acquired the monthly magazine Business Nashville, which was renamed as Nashville Post magazine and later reconceived, with a statewide focus, as Business Tennessee. In 2005, NashvillePost.com ceased publishing online as Fox departed to work with a hedge fund and run for a position on Nashville's school board, to which he was elected in August 2006. After three months, however, Solidus decided to revive the online service under a new operating team consisting of former Tennessean business journalist Richard Lawson, former political operative Ken Whitehouse, journalist/author E. Thomas Wood
and the first full-time publisher at NashvillePost.com, Todd Staff.
In 2006, the new team rolled out a revamped website while breaking numerous business and political stories that attracted local attention. The news service brought a lawsuit against the Tennessee Lottery
over its refusal to release records related to the firing of a senior executive following allegations of sexual harassment, and in May 2006, a Nashville judge ordered the state-sponsored lottery to turn over the documents.
Between May 2006 and May 2007, monthly pageviews at NashvillePost.com rose by more than 80 percent, according to statistics published by the news service.
On January 15th, 2008, NashvillePost.com announced that it had been acquired during a significant acquisition spree by SouthComm, Inc., a regional niche media company created and majority-owned by Solidus Co.
Since the SouthComm acquisition, NashvillePost.com launched a daughter product called Post Politics devoted to up-to-the-minute coverage of local, state, and occasionally national politics and one called "Post Business" that aggregates locally relevant business news. In March 2010, Nashville Post Magazine was relaunched with a circulation of 15,000 copies.
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
metropolitan area. It is locally owned and available by subscription.
NashvillePost.com competes with other daily news media in the Middle Tennessee area by pledging to offer a higher standard of business and political coverage than is found in Gannett-owned daily newspaper The Tennessean
The Tennessean
The Tennessean is the principal daily newspaper in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Its circulation area covers 39 counties in Middle Tennessee and eight counties in southern Kentucky....
, the weekly Nashville Business Journal (owned by the American City Business Journals chain) and other media outlets operated by out-of-town corporations. Nashville Post writers contribute the business news that appears in The City Paper
The City Paper
The City Paper is a free weekly newspaper serving Nashville, Tennessee. The City Paper began publication as a daily paper on November 1, 2000, providing competition to The Tennessean, which was the only daily in town after the Nashville Banner closed in 1998...
. Its journalists seek to break major news stories involving local business and politics.
Bill Carey and David A. Fox conceived NashvillePost.com in 1999 and began publishing early in 2000; both were former business reporters for The Tennessean. They secured venture capital funding from Solidus Co., a locally owned company whose other investments include The Documentary Channel
The Documentary Channel
The Documentary Channel may refer to:*Documentary , a Canadian speciality television channel*Documentary Channel , a New Zealand speciality television channel*DOC: The Documentary Channel, an American speciality television channel...
, small-town newspaper owner American Hometown Publishing Inc., stock market analysis firm New Constructs LLC and publicly held restaurant chain J. Alexander's Inc. Carey left NashvillePost.com at the end of 2000.
In 2001, NashvillePost.com acquired the monthly magazine Business Nashville, which was renamed as Nashville Post magazine and later reconceived, with a statewide focus, as Business Tennessee. In 2005, NashvillePost.com ceased publishing online as Fox departed to work with a hedge fund and run for a position on Nashville's school board, to which he was elected in August 2006. After three months, however, Solidus decided to revive the online service under a new operating team consisting of former Tennessean business journalist Richard Lawson, former political operative Ken Whitehouse, journalist/author E. Thomas Wood
E. Thomas Wood
E. Thomas Wood is an American journalist, historian and freelance writer. He currently works as a reporter for NashvillePost.com, a local business and political news website in Nashville, Tennessee....
and the first full-time publisher at NashvillePost.com, Todd Staff.
In 2006, the new team rolled out a revamped website while breaking numerous business and political stories that attracted local attention. The news service brought a lawsuit against the Tennessee Lottery
Tennessee Lottery
The Tennessee Lottery is run by the Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation , which was created on June 11, 2003 by the Tennessee General Assembly through the Tennessee Education Lottery Implementation Law....
over its refusal to release records related to the firing of a senior executive following allegations of sexual harassment, and in May 2006, a Nashville judge ordered the state-sponsored lottery to turn over the documents.
Between May 2006 and May 2007, monthly pageviews at NashvillePost.com rose by more than 80 percent, according to statistics published by the news service.
On January 15th, 2008, NashvillePost.com announced that it had been acquired during a significant acquisition spree by SouthComm, Inc., a regional niche media company created and majority-owned by Solidus Co.
Since the SouthComm acquisition, NashvillePost.com launched a daughter product called Post Politics devoted to up-to-the-minute coverage of local, state, and occasionally national politics and one called "Post Business" that aggregates locally relevant business news. In March 2010, Nashville Post Magazine was relaunched with a circulation of 15,000 copies.
External links
- NashvillePost.com website
- Post Politics website
- SouthComm, Inc. website
- August 2006, July 2006 and May 2007 reports on pageview trends and top stories at NashvillePost.com
- Description of revamped NashvillePost.com website from the firm that implemented changes, Sitening
- Nashville Scene column praising NashvillePost.com scoops on troubles at fractional aircraft ownership firm FractionAir, June 2006