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Creative Industries

Mar 31, 2023

TedX Charleston takeaway: How teamwork can strengthen your business

During a presentation at TedX Charleston on March 29, a neurologist at the Medical University of South Carolina said he regularly experiences an almost higher state of being while working with his team — everyone working together seamlessly, blending roles in an “unconscious state of peak human performance.” He[...]

Mar 17, 2023

Charleston edition of Monopoly coming to store shelves

A Charleston edition of the board game Monopoly is expected to hit store shelves in November — and you can have a say on what it will look like. Until April 7, fans of the popular game can voice which locations they would like to see featured on the board via the official Monopoly: Charleston […]

Mar 8, 2023

Cyberwoven Wins Three ADDYs at the 2023 AAF Midlands Awards Gala

Columbia, SC – Cyberwoven, a full-service brand, marketing, and web agency, announces its win of three American Advertising Federation (AAF) Awards (ADDYs) at this year’s AAF Midlands Awards Gala. The agency won for its recent work with the Columbia Museum of Art and Michigan-based wealth advisory and financial services [...]

Jan 19, 2023

School of Rock to offer music lessons for all ages in Mount Pleasant

School of Rock, a leader in performance-based music education, is opening its first South Carolina location in Mount Pleasant at 1907 U.S. 17 North, Suite 102. A grand opening event will be held from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21.  announces the grand opening of a school in Mount Pleasant, S.C. Founded in Philadelph[...]

Jun 28, 2022

Local marketing agency opens free service applications to Lowcountry nonprofits

Trio Solutions Inc., a Mount Pleasant marketing communications agency, will work nonstop for 24 hours to provide free advertising and marketing services to Lowcountry nonprofits during its 16th annual CreateAthon this fall. The agency is taking applications from nonprofits through the end of July. CreateAthon is a 24-hour creative marathon started by Riggs Partners in […]

Jun 7, 2022

SCRA announces new member, grant funding

Glycopath has become the latest S.C. Research Authority member company, according to a news release. All SCRA member companies receive coaching, access to experts in SCRA’s Resource Partner Network, eligibility to apply for grant funding, and the potential to be considered for an investment from SCRA’s investment affiliate, SC Launch Inc. Glycopath Inc. received a […]

Apr 1, 2022

Rawle Murdy reimagined to expand services in ‘escape’ market

After 47 years, Rawle Murdy is going by a new name.  The Charleston marketing company was acquired by Buffalo Groupe three years ago to drive growth for both companies. To merge ideas, and now headquarters, the companies are rebranding as BGRM.  Buffalo Groupe CEO Kyle Ragsdale said this wasn’t the initial plan f[...]

Mar 1, 2022

The Brandon Agency acquires marketing firm

A Charleston-based marketing company has acquired an ecommerce marketing firm that specializes in digital advertising and content marketing, the company said in a news release. The Brandon Agency, through its holding company TBA Worldwide, has acquired Eight Oh Two, a marketing firm for ecommerce retailers that specializes in pay-per-click advertising, search engine optimization and content […][...]

Jan 25, 2022

SC Film Commission seeks to grow resources statewide

This past year, there’s been a major shift in film and television consumption toward streaming services. Red Notice, starring Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds and Gal Gadot, went straight to Netflix becoming the most watched film in the service’s history at 364 million hours in the first month. Amazon, HBO, Netflix[...]

Jan 11, 2022

HBO picks up Charleston author’s debut novel for new series

Except for her husband, very few people in Stacy Willingham’s circle knew how hard she was working these past few years to become a novelist.   A copy writer at Blue Ion by day, it wasn’t until her second stab at a novel was sold 10 years after her first attempt that she finally shared her secret [&hel[...]

Nov 19, 2021

Another writer who wore the ring

Though well known for his fiction set in the Charleston area, Citadel graduate Pat Conroy wasn’t the only writer to wear the ring. Another writer who graduated from South Carolina’s military college and outsold Conroy by tens of millions of copies wove stories across 14 books in a fantasy series known as The Whe[...]

Sep 16, 2021

SC receives bonus $15M to film new series, movies

South Carolina is doubling down on its investments in the state’s film industry – at least for this year. Thanks to an overflow of admissions tax revenue, state legislature has given the S.C. Film Commission an extra $15 million, one-time allocation to help attract new projects. The funds come on top of the commissio[...]