Bluffton Media acquires Lowcountry Local Media, Item's Osteens, Johnson expand ownership to coast

Staff Report
Posted 9/12/23

The Bluffton Sun and Hilton Head Sun have been purchased by a group whose history with South Carolina newspapers dates back to the 1890s.

Jack and Kyle Osteen - part of the family that has owned The Sumter Item since its inception in 1894 - …

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