Associate Members

AAA Carolinas - A membership organization best known for providing emergency service and road maps, the many member services available by AAA include travel assistance, assistance when purchasing a car, helping members find repair services, and financial services, including credit and insurance products.

AARP- South Carolina - A national membership organization that seeks to help people 50 years or older with the aging process.


Athlon Media - Athlon Sports publishes preseason, single-title sports annuals, covering professional and college athletics. These premium publications are sold at newsstands throughout the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Europe. The company's newest venture, Athlon Sports, is a monthly publication that will launch in October 2010. Athlon Sports will debut with a circulation of seven million, via daily and community newspapers, making it the largest sports magazine in the United States.

Ask & Receive, Inc. - Ask & Receive, Inc. offers a wide variety of computer services from custom designing and developing your web site with search engine optimization, logo and graphic design, brochures, as well as creating spreadsheet and database systems specific to your company’s needs. Whether you find yourself bogged down in determining the specs for your new computer or you need a maintenance plan for your current IT infrastructure, Ask & Receive provides all the hardware and software support you need to stay on task.

Associated Press - The Associated Press is the world's oldest and largest news gathering organization. The cooperative of newspapers, radio stations and television stations provides text, audio, graphics, video, photos and technology to more than 15,000 news outlets worldwide. The South Carolina Associated Press membership includes 20 daily and weekly newspapers, 14 television stations and 74 radio stations that share news of a statewide interest.

AT&T - Data, voice and video communications and services. Also check out the News Media & Law Enforcement Directory- Search the list of newspapers (daily and weekly), TV stations , Radio stations, local police, & state agencies.

Headquartered in Montgomery, Alabama, Beasley Allen is comprised of over 50 attorneys and 200 support staff. Beasley Allen is a national leader in civil litigation, having settled verdicts and settlements of over $20 billion.

BMW - Best known for its array of cars, SUV’s and motorcycles, BMW also provides merchandise and financial services.

The Catholic Miscellany - Catholic newspaper printed by the Diocese of Charleston. The Catholic Miscellany is the successor to the United States Catholic Miscellany, the first national Catholic weekly newspaper, founded in 1822 by John England, the first bishop of Charleston.

Electric Cooperatives of South Carolina - Contact any of the 24 Electric Cooperatives that serve South Carolina. Touchstone Energy ® is an alliance of consumer-owned electric cooperatives serving more than 16 million consumer-owned American homes and businesses in 38 states.

Fenno Law Firm, LLC - Fenno's practice focuses primarily on media, intellectual property and entertainment law – including litigation and transactional matters involving defamation, privacy, newsgathering, copyright, trademark, software licensing, Internet, technology and music legal issues. In addition, Mr. Fenno is experienced in litigating construction, business and Constitutional law matters.

Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce - City of Columbia business information and locator.

Municipal Association of SC - Offers services, programs and products that give municipal officials the knowledge, experience and tools for enabling the most efficient and effective operation of their municipalities.

Murrells Inlet Messenger - Founded in January 2010, The Murrells Inlet Messenger is a monthly local print newspaper serving the communities of Murrells Inlet and Garden City Beach. It is available at local stores and businesses.

Press Printing, WNI Print Division - Walterboro, SC. Commercial Web printing for newspapers and other publications.

Publishing Group of America - Publishing Group of America is a multi-media publishing company offering a diverse portfolio of products and services including American Profile. American Profile is a weekly, full-color newspaper-distributed magazine that celebrates the people, places and things that make America great. From the ordinary to the extraordinary, from the familiar to the unfamiliar. American Profile offers a weekly glimpse into America's heart and soul and the small town values in all of us.

Richard Briggs & Associates - Richard Briggs and Associates is a firm that handles appraisals and brokerage consultations for the media. Dick Briggs can be e-mailed at rhb@teleplex.net or via mail to: PO Box 579, Landrum SC 29356. His phone is (864) 457-3846 and Fax is (864) 457-3847.

Santee Cooper- One of S.C.'s leading producers and distributors of energy, water and other essential services.

S.C. Cable Television Association - The South Carolina Cable Television Association (SCCTA) was founded in 1971 as a non-profit trade association whose members joined together to advance the common interests of the cable industry in South Carolina. SCCTA's membership is comprised of 25 cable companies operating cable systems serving over 1,020,980 cable households in South Carolina. SCCTA also represents 75 Associate members comprised of corporations and firms with cable telecommunications industry interests.

SC Chamber of Commerce - Advocacy group that serves as the unified voice of business and industry for the state.

S.C. Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism - The S.C. Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism (SCPRT) is a cabinet agency assigned to operate and manage South Carolina’s 47 state parks, to market the state as a preferred vacation destination and to provide assistance to communities for parks, recreation and tourism development and promotion. The agency is perhaps most widely recognized for its leadership role in promoting and supporting South Carolina’s number one industry – tourism. 

S.C. Dept. of Transportation - They build and maintain roads and bridges as well as facilitate and support mass transit services for the citizens of the state.

S.C. ETV Network - ETV is South Carolina's statewide network with 11 television stations, eight radio stations and a closed-circuit educational telecommunications system in more than 2,000 schools, colleges, businesses and government agencies. ETV uses the power of TV, radio, satellite and the Internet to advance education, culture and citizenship.

S.C. Farm Bureau Federation- SC Farm Bureau is a family-oriented federation of 47 county chapters - an active organization led by volunteer grassroots farmer members. SCFB represents all South Carolina farmers and farm land owners. SCFB serves the entire agricultural community through education and a unified voice in government for the benefit of everyone, since agriculture is an integral part of our state and all of our lives.

S.C. Lawyers Weekly - South Carolina Lawyers Weekly, which was founded in 2001, reports on legal decisions issued by all of the state and federal courts in South Carolina, as well as on changes to court rules, verdict & settlement reports, bar discipline and all other news vital to attorneys in the state. In addition to reporting all decisions issued by the South Carolina Supreme Court, the South Carolina Court of Appeals and the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, South Carolina Lawyers Weekly also covers rulings from the state and federal trial courts and agencies in South Carolina. It is owned by Dolan Media group.

S.C. Policy Council - The South Carolina Policy Council was founded in 1986 as an independent, private, non-partisan research organization to promote the principles of limited government, free enterprise and individual liberty and responsibility in the state of South Carolina.

S.C. State Housing Finance & Development Authority - South Carolina State Housing Finance and Development Authority has been helping low and low-to-moderate income families, older adults, persons with disabilities, and others who are frequently underserved find quality, safe, and affordable housing. The Authority is able to do this by using its proven financial strength to sell securities to investors all over the country. This allows the Authority to make mortgage loans to home buyers to get their piece of the American Dream. Additionally, the Authority administers a number of federal and state programs providing housing opportunities where they are needed most.

S.C. Trucking Association - The mission of the South Carolina Trucking Association, Inc. is to utilize the resources of the motor carrier industry, to enhance the ability of its members to efficiently, safely & profitably serve the transportation needs of the state, region & nation by providing educational opportunities, compiling & distributing essential information & conducting aggressive programs of advocacy.

S.C. United Methodist Advocate - Monthly Methodist newspaper based in Columbia, S.C.

SCANA - A holding company whose businesses include regulated electric and natural gas utility operations, telecommunications and other non-regulated energy-related businesses, SCANA’s subsidiaries serve nearly 540,000 electric customers in South Carolina and more than one million natural gas customers in South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia.

Simpsonville Sentinel - Monthly newspaper in Simpsonville, S.C. Serving Simpsonville and surrounding counties. Motto is "Defending the people's right to know."

Sonoco -Founded in 1899, Sonoco is a $4.1 billion global manufacturer of consumer and industrial packaging products and provider of packaging services, with more than
300 operations in 35 countries, serving customers in 85 nations. Sonoco is headquartered in Hartsville, S.C.





Woodruff City Bulletin - Monthly newspaper in Woodruff, S.C. The Woodruff City Bulletin's motto is "Local News You Can Use."

Wyche, P.A. Wyche provides top-notch service across the board, and takes pride in every matter that they handle, from the simplest to the most complex. Some areas that they specialize in include: Entrepreneur Services, Real Estate, Mergers and Acquisitions, Litigation and Novel Questions of Law.Wyche has offices in Greenville and Columbia.