Texarkana Gazette

What Texarkana Gazette does

The Texarkana Gazette, founded in 1875 and operating as Texarkana Gazette, Inc., is a regional newspaper of record serving the bi-state Texarkana market across Texarkana, Texas and Texarkana, Arkansas, and the broader ArkLaTex region (southwest Arkansas, northeast Texas, and adjacent Louisiana communities such as Ashdown, Broken Bow, De Queen, Hope, and Idabel). It provides hyperlocal news coverage spanning sports, crime, courts, politics, business, opinion, obituaries, and community events to local residents, with readership concentrated among general news consumers in the Texas–Arkansas border region. The publication celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2025 through a dedicated "Gazette at 150" archival content series that showcased 150 years of regional journalism.

The Gazette's core offering is a multi-format local news platform delivered via a print newspaper (with a digital replica at edition.texarkanagazette.com), an owned website (texarkanagazette.com), email newsletters, the StarBear Studio podcast network, and a Spanish-language "Noticias en Español" section. The underlying technology stack is described as a standard web publishing platform with Auth0-based authentication for subscriber access; supporting products include classifieds, public notices, job listings, an event calendar, online puzzles and games, weekly circulars, and a donation portal at texarkanajournalism.org. Hosting and content delivery are routed through a CDN infrastructure that also serves other regional publications.

Revenue is generated through recurring digital and print subscriptions (with promotional pricing at $1 for 4 months for new digital subscribers), display and sponsored advertising, transactional fees from classifieds, public-notice and legal-notice postings, job listings, and circulars. The go-to-market is a self-serve, consumer-direct subscription model with both digital free-to-paid entry points and traditional print subscriptions, supplemented by the reader-funded donation channel. The company is private, has 101–250 employees, and operates from a single Texarkana headquarters serving a single regional market.

Name

Texarkana Gazette

Legal name

Texarkana Gazette, Inc.

Website

https://texarkanagazette.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1875

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Texarkana Gazette is a 150-year-old private regional newspaper serving the bi-state Texarkana, Texas/Arkansas market and broader ArkLaTex region via print, digital subscriptions, classifieds, newsletters, and podcasts for local news consumers, advertisers, and legal-notice clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local Newspaper Publishing

NAICS

Newspaper Publishers (51311)

SIC

Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711)

akta.pro primary industry

Local & Regional Newspapers (Print & Digital) (MPAJADAB)

Keywords

• Local newspaper
• Regional news
• Print journalism
• Digital news
• Community reporting

Headquarters

HQ city

Texarkana

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Digital Subscriptions: The Gazette generates revenue through digital subscription plans offering unlimited digital access, with promotional pricing ($1 for 4 months) to drive new subscriber acquisition.
2. Print Subscriptions: The publication offers print newspaper access through 'Today's Paper' (edition.texarkanagazette.com), indicating ongoing print subscription revenue.
3. Advertising: The website displays advertising space including display ads and sponsored content sections, generating advertising revenue.
4. Classifieds and Job Listings: Revenue from classifieds including public notices, legal notices, jobs, and circulars sections.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Texarkana Gazette is a regional newspaper founded in 1875 that produces and distributes local journalism for the bi-state Texarkana region spanning Arkansas and Texas. The core offering is original local news content covering sports, crime, politics, business, opinion, and community affairs, delivered through daily print editions and an online digital subscription platform. Supporting offerings include classifieds, public notices, job listings, newsletters, podcasts, puzzles, and event calendars that serve both readers and local advertisers in the ArkLaTex region.

Product overview

Texarkana Gazette operates as a traditional local newspaper with a digital presence, offering both print and online news delivery. The core product is the news platform delivering local Texarkana news, sports, crime, politics, business, and lifestyle content. Supporting products include digital subscriptions for online access, the StarBear Studio podcast network, email newsletters, classifieds, puzzles, event calendars, and circulars. The Gazette at 150 is a special historical sub-brand commemorating the newspaper's sesquicentennial anniversary.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• StarBear Studio: Podcast studio operated by the Texarkana Gazette for local journalism content

Products and services

• Print Newspaper
• Texarkana Gazette Online
• Digital Subscription
• StarBear Studio Podcasts

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Gannett: The largest U.S. newspaper chain and publisher of USA Today, operating hundreds of local publications including many in the same regional footprint as the Gazette. Represents the dominant incumbent in the local newspaper space and a likely competitive and acquisition benchmark.
• Lee Enterprises: A major U.S. newspaper chain operating daily and weekly publications across more than 70 markets. Comparable as a consolidator of regional newspaper assets and a potential strategic acquirer or benchmark for valuation.

Direct peers

• Shreveport Times: Daily regional newspaper serving Shreveport-Bossier City in northwest Louisiana, the nearest metro area to Texarkana. Operates under Gannett with a comparable local news and digital subscription model.
• El Dorado News-Times: A regional newspaper serving El Dorado in southern Arkansas. Comparable in scale and regional audience to the Gazette, with similar print and digital subscription offerings.
• Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: The largest newspaper in Arkansas, also historically operated by WEHCO Media. It is the most directly comparable regional newspaper to the Gazette in terms of ownership lineage, market focus, and operating model (print + digital subscription).
• The Paris News: A small-market daily newspaper in Paris, Texas, serving a similarly sized Northeast Texas community. Comparable in scale, format mix, and audience type to the Texarkana Gazette.
• Hope Star: A small community newspaper in Hope, Arkansas, within the Gazette's broader Southwest Arkansas coverage area. Comparable as a regional Arkansas newspaper with print and digital operations.
• Longview News-Journal: A daily regional newspaper serving Longview and East Texas, geographically adjacent to the Texarkana market. It operates a similar print-plus-digital subscription model covering a comparable mid-sized Texas community.
• Tyler Morning Telegraph: A regional daily newspaper serving Tyler, Texas, in the same East Texas region. Comparable in scale, product mix, and target audience to the Texarkana Gazette.

Regional players

• Minden Press-Herald: A community newspaper serving Minden in northwest Louisiana, within the ArkLaTex region the Gazette covers. Comparable as a small-market regional paper but operating in a distinct sub-market with limited direct overlap.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/TXKGazette

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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