Six sections. Six island businesses.

The Johns Islander is the islands' guide. Founding Partners each present one section of it. Nobody buys coverage, and nothing we write is for sale.

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The six sections

The Setlist · Live musicEvery show on the islands and across Charleston on one schedule, with each room's page.“Presented by Your business” under the section head
The weather deskLive radar, alerts, the tide against the flood lines, the captain's desk and the tropics.“Presented by Your business” under the section head
Island TodayThe morning page: tides, the water, sunset and the dolphin window, every day.“Presented by Your business” under the section head
Today's gamesThe daily island games. Not on the site yet; its partner starts the day it opens.“Presented by Your business” under the section head
The 4 pm post + storyOne Instagram post and one story every day at 4 pm on @thejohnsislander, on the same subject from the site.“Paid partnership” label + “Presented by @yourbusiness”
The Wire's food columnA standing column on where to eat and drink on the islands. Not on the site yet; its partner starts the day it opens.“Presented by Your business” under the section head

How it’s labeled

Every presented section says so, in plain words: "Presented by" and the business's name, on the section itself.
A partner presents a section. It never chooses, sees ahead of time or changes what we write, and it never buys a story, a review or a place in the directory.
News stories and home listings are never presented, sponsored or paid for. The directory stays free and unranked.
One partner per category, so no two businesses in the same line of work present at once.
Lenders, mortgage brokers, title companies, closing attorneys, appraisers, home inspectors, home warranty companies and insurers can't be partners. Mike is a real estate agent, and federal law (RESPA §8) bars payments from those businesses that could stand in for a referral.

The six sections

The Setlist · Live musicEvery show on the islands and across Charleston on one schedule, with each room's page.“Presented by Your business” under the section head

The weather deskLive radar, alerts, the tide against the flood lines, the captain's desk and the tropics.“Presented by Your business” under the section head

Island TodayThe morning page: tides, the water, sunset and the dolphin window, every day.“Presented by Your business” under the section head

Today's gamesThe daily island games. Not on the site yet; its partner starts the day it opens.“Presented by Your business” under the section head

The 4 pm post + storyOne Instagram post and one story every day at 4 pm on @thejohnsislander, on the same subject from the site.“Paid partnership” label + “Presented by @yourbusiness”

The Wire's food columnA standing column on where to eat and drink on the islands. Not on the site yet; its partner starts the day it opens.“Presented by Your business” under the section head

How it’s labeled

Every presented section says so, in plain words: "Presented by" and the business's name, on the section itself.

A partner presents a section. It never chooses, sees ahead of time or changes what we write, and it never buys a story, a review or a place in the directory.

News stories and home listings are never presented, sponsored or paid for. The directory stays free and unranked.

One partner per category, so no two businesses in the same line of work present at once.

Lenders, mortgage brokers, title companies, closing attorneys, appraisers, home inspectors, home warranty companies and insurers can't be partners. Mike is a real estate agent, and federal law (RESPA §8) bars payments from those businesses that could stand in for a referral.