The numbers are in for March 2011 and FITSNews is ... surprise, surprise ... still the undisputed king of the S.C. political blogosphere. According to the latest data from Compete.com, FITS recorded nearly 71,500 unique visits during the month of March. That’s one of our best months ever – and
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We don't blame S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley's administration for refusing to take our phone calls or respond to our emails ... After all, our founding editor broke her heart. Bad. On top of that, we haven't been particularly accommodating of Haley's metamorphosis from Tea Party fiscal conservative to whatever
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Our founding editor has some serious business to attend to this afternoon ... well, his parents' dog has some serious business to attend to - and somehow Sic Willie got roped into driving halfway across town to walk the temperamental beast. It's sort of like last week, when one of Sic's former "leg-running"
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Just in time for the 2010 football season, The (Columbia, S.C.) State newspaper - a.k.a. La Socialista - has decided to start charging non-subscribers for access to its University of South Carolina-related sports content. In unveiling its new GoGamecocks.com website on Thursday, The State also unveiled
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The first legacy media outlet to charge for online content saw its audience decline significantly in July, the first month that it required non-print subscribers to pay a monthly fee to access its news articles. According to data from Compete.com, The Greenville News saw its unique visits drop from
Read story »By FITSNews || In a nod to new dynamics in the rapidly-evolving "marketplace of ideas," The Greenville News announced Friday that it would begin charging for its online content. "Beginning July 1, we will introduce a new model for our subscribers to access and pay for our valuable content," the Gannett-owned
Read story »By FITSNews || (Former?) S.C. First Lady Jenny Sanford is dating again - one month after she was granted a divorce from her cheating husband, S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford. FITS spoke with several sources who saw the First Lady at the Masters' golf tournament in Augusta, Georgia last weekend, although only
Read story »Newspaper VP and Editorial Page Editor Brad Warthen was among the latest casualties as a third round of job cuts swept through the newsroom of La Socialista (a.k.a. The State newspaper) this afternoon. Thirty-eight people lost their jobs at the paper - 11% of its total work force - while remaining
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