Northwest Florida Daily News

What Northwest Florida Daily News does

Northwest Florida Daily News is a daily newspaper founded in 1946 and headquartered in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, serving Okaloosa and Walton counties. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI) and operates as part of the USA TODAY Network, covering local news, sports, politics, entertainment, opinion, obituaries, and hurricane/weather coverage for Northwest Florida communities. The publication runs a multi-product digital ecosystem anchored by its nwfdailynews.com website and including an eNewspaper replica edition, email newsletters, a Real Estate Listings marketplace integrated with AddressUSA, an Obituaries service with funeral-home integration, a Public Notices platform for Florida statutory legal advertising, and an online Classifieds marketplace.

The business operates a dual revenue model combining subscription revenue (digital subscriptions, print home delivery, eNewspaper access) with advertising revenue (display, programmatic via the Gannett/USA TODAY Network ad platform, classifieds, real estate agent leads, and statutory public-notice placements). Distribution is omnichannel: daily print, website, eNewspaper, email newsletters, and social (Facebook, X). Customer segments are primarily local Northwest Florida residents seeking hyperlocal content, with secondary sports and entertainment audiences and an enterprise/government segment for legal advertising.

Technically the property is built on Gannett's shared publishing platform and USA TODAY Network infrastructure for content management, subscription/paywall, ad serving, and content syndication. It does not maintain proprietary AI systems; its competitive position rests on local journalism, regulatory standing as a qualified Florida publication for public notices, Gannett-scale distribution, and an integrated real estate and classifieds marketplace.

Name

Northwest Florida Daily News

Legal name

Northwest Florida Daily News

Website

https://nwfdailynews.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1946

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Northwest Florida Daily News is a daily newspaper and digital news platform based in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, serving local residents and advertisers across Okaloosa and Walton counties as a subsidiary of Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI) and part of the USA TODAY Network.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Fort Walton Beach

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Northwest Florida Daily News is a daily local newspaper and digital news platform serving Fort Walton Beach, Okaloosa County, and Walton County in Northwest Florida. It publishes original local journalism covering news, sports, entertainment, opinion, real estate, obituaries, and weather/hurricane information, delivered through print editions, its website (nwfdailynews.com), an eNewspaper digital replica, email newsletters, and a classifieds and public notices platform.

Product overview

Northwest Florida Daily News is a local news publication operated under the Gannett/USA Today Network, offering a multi-product digital ecosystem centered on its core news website (nwfdailynews.com). The publication delivers local news, sports, entertainment, and opinion content for Fort Walton Beach and Northwest Florida communities. Its product portfolio includes the eNewspaper digital replica edition, a Real Estate Listings marketplace powered by AddressUSA, a Public Notices platform for legal announcements, an Obituaries service with funeral home integration, Subscription Services with tiered digital access, and an Email Newsletters product. The site also features Classifieds for local marketplace transactions. All products operate within the Gannett/USA Today Network infrastructure, which provides shared technology, content syndication, and advertising services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Northwest Florida Daily News Website

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Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/nwfdailynews
• Facebookfacebook.com/nwfdailynews
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/northwest-florida-daily-news

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Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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