The Daily Times

What The Daily Times does

The Daily Times is a community newspaper serving Blount County, Tennessee, with continuous operation since 1883. It provides local news, sports, business, community events, obituaries, public records, and opinion coverage to residents of Alcoa, Maryville, and surrounding communities. The publication is headquartered at 226 Gill Street, Alcoa, and is privately held by Adams Publishing Group, a diversified community newspaper conglomerate operating across Tennessee and North Carolina.

The company operates a hybrid print and digital distribution model. Core products include the daily print newspaper, an e-edition digital replica, a mobile application for iOS and Android, and email newsletters (including a daily 2:00 a.m. headline newsletter). The website and digital publishing operations are powered by the BLOX Content Management System from BLOX Digital, a third-party platform shared across the U.S. community newspaper industry. Additional offerings include an online classifieds marketplace (jobs, cars, homes, business directory, legal notices) and obituaries and public records databases covering building permits, realty transfers, and births.

The Daily Times generates revenue through a multi-stream model: recurring print and digital subscriptions with auto-renewal and EZ Pay automatic billing, print and digital advertising sold to local businesses, classified transaction fees, and premium edition surcharges (up to $3 per edition). A $1.99 Day Pass provides low-friction single-day digital access. The customer base consists of two primary segments: local residents subscribing for community news access and local SMBs purchasing advertising and classified placements. Marketing is conducted through the website, social media (Facebook, Twitter), newsletters, and community partnerships.

Name

The Daily Times

Legal name

The Daily Times

Website

https://thedailytimes.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1883

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

The Daily Times is a community newspaper founded in 1883, serving Blount County, Tennessee (Alcoa, Maryville, and surrounding areas) with local news, sports, obituaries, and public records. Privately held by Adams Publishing Group, it operates a hybrid print, e-edition, mobile app, and digital advertising model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local Newspaper

NAICS

Newspaper Publishers (513110)

SIC

Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Local newspaper publishing
• Community news coverage
• Digital news subscriptions
• Print advertising services
• Classified advertising platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Maryville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Print Subscriptions: Home delivery subscriptions within newspaper distribution area, continuous subscription model that auto-renews
2. Online/Digital Subscriptions: Online subscriptions for digital access and e-edition
3. Print Advertising: Traditional print advertising space sold to local businesses
4. Digital Advertising: Online advertising opportunities including display ads and sponsored content
5. Premium Editions: Additional premium editions published to provide extra information and value, charged up to $3 per edition
6. Classifieds: Classified advertising including place an ad, cars, jobs, homes, business directory, real estate

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Daily Times is a local newspaper serving Blount County, Tennessee (Alcoa, Maryville, and surrounding communities), delivering print and digital news coverage including local news, sports, business, community events, obituaries, and public records. It provides subscription-based access through home delivery, e-edition, mobile app, and online platforms, supplemented by classified advertising and digital/print advertising solutions for local businesses. The publication operates on a continuous auto-renewing subscription model with day-pass and premium-edition options.

Product overview

The Daily Times is a traditional local newspaper offering print and digital content delivery through a unified platform. The core offerings consist of the print newspaper, E-Edition (digital replica), and mobile app for accessing local news, sports, community coverage, obituaries, and public records. Additional services include classifieds advertising, email newsletters, and digital advertising solutions. The publication uses BLOX CMS from BLOX Digital for content management and is owned by Adams Publishing Group.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• The Daily Times Print Newspaper

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• BLOX DigitalcoreTechnology or IntegrationBLOX Digital provides the BLOX Content Management System (CMS) that powers The Daily Times website and digital publishing operations. This is the core technology platform for the newspaper's online presence.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Adams Publishing Group: The parent company of The Daily Times, operating a portfolio of community newspapers across Tennessee, North Carolina, and other states. The most direct portfolio-comparable operator — sister papers within APG face the same market dynamics and use the same back-office infrastructure.
• Lee Enterprises: A major U.S. newspaper chain operating community dailies across the Midwest, South, and Northeast. Comparable in business model — print + digital subscription, classifieds, display advertising — and as a competitor for regional advertising dollars in adjacent Tennessee markets.
• The Tennessean: The statewide daily newspaper based in Nashville, owned by Gannett. Comparable as a Tennessee-based daily covering general local news, sports, and community content with print and digital subscription products, though it operates at a much larger scale.
• Gannett: The largest U.S. newspaper publisher (USA TODAY network), with hundreds of community dailies using similar subscription, classified, and digital advertising business models. Directly comparable as the broad incumbent setting industry-wide pricing and technology benchmarks for community papers like The Daily Times.

Regional players

• The Knoxville News Sentinel: The major daily newspaper serving the broader Knoxville metropolitan area, which surrounds Maryville and Alcoa. Directly relevant because it covers overlapping East Tennessee geography and competes for regional advertising and reader attention with The Daily Times, though it serves a larger MSA.
• The Mountain Press: A community newspaper serving Sevier County, Tennessee (Sevierville, Pigeon Forge, Gatlinburg), adjacent to The Daily Times' Blount County market. Comparable as a small Tennessee community daily with print and digital editions targeting a similar rural/small-metro audience.
• The Greeneville Sun: A community daily newspaper serving Greeneville and Greene County in upper East Tennessee. Comparable as a small-market Tennessee daily with print + digital + classifieds offerings and a similar rural East Tennessee audience profile.
• Citizen Tribune: A daily newspaper serving Morristown and Hamblen County in East Tennessee, operating in a similar small-market community newspaper category with comparable print, digital subscription, and classified advertising products.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/dailytimes
• Facebookfacebook.com/TheDailyTimes/?rf=131541596953218

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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