The Daniel Island News has 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 — purchased the Daniel Island-based newspaper along with Vince Johnson, the current group publisher of The Sumter Item.
Osteen, Osteen and Johnson also own The Bluffton Sun and Hilton Head Sun in Bluffton, the Lexington County Chronicle in Lexington and Gulf Coast Media, a group of four weekly newspapers in Baldwin County, Alabama. The transaction closed on Sept. 2.
As part of the change, former owner and publisher Suzanne Detar — who started The Daniel Island News and has owned it since 2003 — is planning to retire. Detar will assist in the ownership transition.
