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Louise D. "Lou" Phelps is an independent newspaper publisher, and national media consultant.

Ms. Phelps is the owner of Coastal Empire News (CEN), headquartered in Savannah, GA., and Phelps, Cutler & Associates (PC&A), the national media consulting company she founded with a partner in 1991. In 2002, she became the sole owner of PC&A. The CEN website is http://www.coastalempirenews.com Italic text CEN publishes The Savannah Business Journal(SBJ) at http://www.savannahbusinessjournal.com, founded May 1, 1998, originally launched as "The Business Report & Journal." Within six months, "The Savannah Business Journal," a competitive newspaper, was acquired along with all trademark rights.

In 2008, CEN re-branded The Business Report & Journal to that banner.

To capture the growing trend of readers turning to the digital delivery of news, in 2010 the SBJ went from being a weekly, print regional business journal print newspaper product - with an online presence - to a 7-day daily onlline-only digital business journal, launched a new Joomla platform website designed and built by CEN, and added government and political news coverage.

In 2013, Ms. Phelps expanded into two additional Georgia markets, launching The Brunswick Business Journal and The Dublin Business Journal. The Brunswick Business Journal covers the news of Southeastern Georgia, and the Dublin Business Journal reports on news from the 15 counties of Middle Georgia.

In 2015, CEN expanded its news coverage to include the Georgia General Assembly, including onsite reporting from Atlanta of the Georgia legislature's January through March annual sessions. CEN is the only news company in Georgia outside of Atlanta with regular coverage of the General Assembly.

Coastal Empire News was the first digital only news company invited to join the historic Southern Newspaper Publishers Assn.