The Gazette

What The Gazette does

The Gazette is an established regional newspaper founded in 1883 and headquartered at 116 3rd St SE in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The company serves Eastern Iowa readers with a multi-platform news portfolio spanning print home delivery, single-copy retail sales, a website (thegazette.com), iOS and Android mobile applications, a digital replica edition (The Green Gazette), four niche podcasts (Iowa High School Sports, Hawk Off The Press, On Iowa Politics, Pinning Combination), and a curated newsletter suite. Coverage focuses on local and regional news, high school and Iowa Hawkeyes/Iowa State athletics, politics, business, obituaries, classifieds, and community events. Beat reporters cover dedicated domains (crime/courts, politics, environment, healthcare, agriculture), and the publication explicitly participates in credibility programs such as Trusting News, the Solutions Journalism Network, and the Maynard Institute, positioning ethics and transparency as differentiators.

The underlying platform architecture runs on BLOX Digital's BLOX Content Management System, which powers web publishing, paywall/subscription management, and content workflows. The publication's Terms of Service and Privacy Policy link to adamsmultimedia.com, indicating the newspaper operates under an Adams Multimedia corporate umbrella that shares legal and operational infrastructure. Customer care, subscription sales, and newsletter operations are handled in-house via dedicated email channels and phone lines. Customer segments are horizontal and consumer-facing: general readers, sports fans, obituary and classified users, and local-event attendees — with no enterprise or large-institutional customer dependencies.

The business model combines two revenue streams: recurring subscription revenue from monthly and annual tiers bundling digital access, print delivery, mobile app access, e-edition, and premium features, plus advertising revenue from display ads, classifieds, and marketing services across web and print. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is gated behind a "Contact customer service" workflow. Geographic reach is concentrated in Cedar Rapids and the broader Eastern Iowa region, with no international presence. The operating status is active, with continuous daily publishing evidenced by fresh article output across all coverage verticals.

Name

The Gazette

Legal name

The Gazette

Website

https://thegazette.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1883

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

The Gazette is a Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based local newspaper founded in 1883 serving Eastern Iowa readers. It delivers regional news, sports, and community coverage through print, web, mobile apps, podcasts, and newsletters, generating revenue from subscriptions and advertising.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local Newspaper Publishing

NAICS

Newspaper Publishers (513110)

SIC

Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industry

Digital Newsstand & Aggregation Platforms (Magazine/News Apps, Bundles) (MPAJAKAE)

Keywords

• Local newspaper publishing
• Community journalism
• Digital news subscription
• Print news delivery
• Regional news media

Headquarters

HQ city

Cedar Rapids

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Subscription Revenue: Recurring subscription revenue from print and digital subscriptions, including various subscription tiers with different benefit levels
2. Advertising Revenue: Advertising revenue from display ads, classifieds, and marketing services on the website and print publication

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Gazette publishes a daily local newspaper covering news, sports, business, government, and entertainment for Cedar Rapids and Eastern Iowa. Its portfolio spans a print edition, a digital replica ("Green Gazette"), iOS and Android mobile apps, multiple topic-specific podcasts, and a curated newsletter suite. Revenue is generated through paid print and digital subscriptions, single-copy sales, and advertising (display, classifieds, and marketing services).

Product overview

The Gazette is a local newspaper serving Cedar Rapids, Iowa, offering a multi-platform news portfolio. The core product is its print newspaper, supplemented by digital offerings including The Green Gazette (digital replica edition), Gazette Mobile App (iOS/Android), Gazette Podcasts (audio content), and customizable Newsletter Suite. The products work together to deliver local news, sports, weather, entertainment, and classifieds across print, web, and mobile channels.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• The Gazette (Print Newspaper) Daily print newspaper covering local news, high school and college sports (including Iowa Hawkeyes and Iowa State Cyclones), business, lifestyles, opinion, obituaries, classifieds, and public notices for readers in Cedar Rapids and Eastern Iowa.
• The Gazette Mobile App Mobile application for iOS and Android providing access to the latest news, weather, sports information, breaking news alerts, photo galleries, and the obituary archive for subscribers and readers on the go.
• The Green Gazette (Digital Edition / e-Edition) Daily digital edition offering an immersive print replica experience with accessibility features including read aloud, translation, and text size enlargement. Allows users to turn pages, save and download articles, search 5 years of archive content, and solve puzzles.
• Gazette Podcasts Audio content portfolio covering Iowa high school sports, University of Iowa Hawkeyes athletics, Iowa politics, and wrestling, distributed via standard podcast platforms for Eastern Iowa and statewide audiences.
• Gazette Newsletter Suite Reporter-curated and topic-specific email newsletters delivering tailored news content to subscribers' inboxes, covering news, sports, politics, and lifestyle content with customizable topic preferences.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Dubuque Telegraph Herald: Iowa daily newspaper serving eastern Iowa; comparable mid-sized regional daily operating with print + digital subscription business model and similar community-anchored positioning.
• Quad-City Times: A Lee Enterprises-owned daily newspaper serving the Quad Cities region of eastern Iowa/western Illinois—immediate geographic competitor in eastern Iowa with the same local-news subscription and advertising model.
• Sioux City Journal: A Lee Enterprises Iowa daily newspaper; comparable mid-sized Iowa market daily with identical print, digital subscription, and local advertising revenue mix.
• Des Moines Register: The largest daily newspaper in Iowa, also a Gannett publication serving a comparable Iowa local-news market with similar print + digital + subscription revenue model. Direct competitor for Iowa statewide readership and political/news coverage.
• Iowa City Press-Citizen: Gannett-owned daily newspaper serving Iowa City in eastern Iowa; directly comparable print + digital local-news operation competing for overlap readership in the Iowan eastern Iowa corridor.
• Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier: Lee Enterprises-owned daily newspaper serving the Cedar Falls/Waterloo metro directly adjacent to The Gazette's Cedar Rapids market—closest geographic peer with same subscription and ad-supported local news model.

Broad incumbents

• Gannett: Largest U.S. newspaper publisher, owning the Des Moines Register, Iowa City Press-Citizen, and hundreds of other local dailies across the U.S.; broad incumbent peer for The Gazette's local-news subscription and advertising model.
• Lee Enterprises: National newspaper group owning dozens of regional dailies including multiple Iowa titles (Quad-City Times, Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Sioux City Journal); direct competitor in the same local-news market segment and likely benchmark operating model.

Regional players

• Omaha World-Herald: Larger Midwestern regional daily across the river from Iowa in Nebraska; comparable local + regional news subscription and advertising model serving a neighboring midwestern market.

Others

• Adams Publishing Group: Appears to be the corporate parent/operator of The Gazette and owner of multiple community newspapers and digital media properties across the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic; comparable group operating model and shared infrastructure/technology stack.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/gazettedotcom
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/gazetteonline
• Facebookfacebook.com/GazetteOnline
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gazette-communications_2
• Instagraminstagram.com/thegazette.ia
• TikToktiktok.com/@gazette.events

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

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

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