Times Media Group

What Times Media Group does

Times Media Group is a privately held, founder-owned digital and print media company headquartered at 1900 W Broadway, Tempe, Arizona. Founded in 1997 by Steve Strickbine, a former CPA, the company began with Valley Times, an 8-page community newspaper serving North Scottsdale, and has since grown into a multi-market operator of more than 80 local titles across print, magazine, and digital formats. Its geographic footprint spans the Phoenix and Tucson metros in Arizona, the Los Angeles, Orange County, Ventura County, and Inland Empire markets in Southern California, and Colorado through its Colorado Community Media subsidiary, with the company also operating AZ Integrated Media for distribution and custom publishing and Firebrand Media for digital advertising and content marketing.

The company's core technology is a digital and print publishing platform that delivers more than 1.1 million printed copies per month through direct home delivery and reaches millions of additional readers online through high-traffic local news websites. Distribution channels span direct home delivery, digital platforms, direct mail, and in-person street-team marketing, giving advertisers multiple ways to reach specific community audiences. The product portfolio is organized by regional market cluster, with titles such as East Valley Tribune, Ahwatukee Foothills News, Tucson Weekly, LA Downtown News, Pasadena Weekly, the Acorn, Dana Point Times, and Fontana Herald News.

Times Media Group generates revenue primarily through local advertising sold to small and mid-sized businesses and brands seeking targeted, community-level reach, with no publicly disclosed pricing tiers, no enterprise SaaS or subscription revenue lines, and no disclosed institutional ownership or funding. The company reports 500% growth since 2010 but does not disclose current revenue, headcount, or recent financial metrics. There are no disclosed patents, partnerships, M&A transactions, or AI/ML capabilities in the available source material.

Name

Times Media Group

Legal name

Times Media Group

Website

https://timespublications.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Times Media Group is a privately held, founder-owned digital and print media company that operates 80+ local community publications across Arizona, Southern California, and Colorado, reaching more than 1.1 million print readers and millions of online readers monthly through direct home delivery and digital platforms, with revenue generated primarily from local advertising.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local Community Media

NAICS

Newspaper Publishers (513110), Periodical Publishers (51312)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721), Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Digital Newsstand & Aggregation Platforms (Magazine/News Apps, Bundles) (MPAJAKAE), News, Politics & Current Affairs Magazines (MPAJAEAO)

Keywords

• Local community media
• Hyperlocal news publications
• Print and digital advertising
• Community journalism
• Local newspaper publishing

Headquarters

HQ city

Tempe

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Advertising Revenue: Times Media Group generates revenue primarily through local advertising, offering businesses targeted advertising opportunities across their portfolio of 80+ print and digital publications serving Arizona and Southern California communities.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Times Media Group operates a portfolio of 80+ local print and digital publications spanning newspapers, magazines, and high-traffic websites serving the Phoenix, Tucson, Los Angeles, Orange County, Ventura County, Inland Empire, and Colorado metro markets. The company distributes 1.1 million+ printed copies per month and reaches millions of online readers, generating revenue primarily through local advertising sales to businesses and brands seeking targeted community audience reach.

Product overview

Times Media Group operates a diversified portfolio of 80+ local media titles spanning digital and print formats across Arizona (Phoenix, Tucson), Southern California (Los Angeles, Orange County, Ventura County, Inland Empire), and Colorado. The portfolio is organized by regional market clusters with each region containing multiple distinct newspaper, magazine, and website brands. The company operates through two primary divisions: Times Media Group (Arizona and Southern California markets) and Colorado Community Media (Colorado operations). AZ Integrated Media handles distribution and custom publishing services, while Firebrand Media provides digital advertising and marketing solutions. With over 1.1 million printed copies monthly and millions of online readers, the company serves hyper-local community news audiences through both owned publications and integrated media services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Firebrand Media: Digital media brand under Times Media Group
• Colorado Community Media

Products and services

• Times Media Group Local Publications Portfolio

Quantifiable outcome

• 500% growth since 2010
• +2 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Nextdoor: Hyperlocal social platform that aggregates neighborhood-level content and sells local SMB advertising. An adjacent platform competing for local advertiser budgets alongside Times Media Group's community publications, but with a fundamentally different distribution and engagement model.

Broad incumbents

• Tribune Publishing: Major metropolitan newspaper publisher (Chicago Tribune, New York Daily News, etc.) operating local publications with overlapping local news and advertising revenue streams. A broader incumbent with deeper scale but a more metro-focused footprint.
• Hearst: Diversified media conglomerate operating local newspapers (Hearst Connecticut Media, Houston Chronicle, etc.) alongside magazines, TV, and digital. A broader incumbent with overlapping local advertising offerings across multiple channels.
• Gannett: Largest U.S. newspaper publisher and operator of USA TODAY and the USA TODAY NETWORK of more than 200 local publications. A broader incumbent competing with Times Media Group for local advertising revenue across overlapping markets.
• McClatchy: Regional newspaper chain operating 30+ daily newspapers across the U.S. with a focus on local news and advertising sales. A broader incumbent with a regional-publishing model directly analogous to Times Media Group.

Emerging players

• Patch: Digital-only local news platform operating thousands of community news sites across U.S. neighborhoods. Emerging player competing for the same local community news audience and digital advertising dollars as Times Media Group, but with a digital-only delivery model.

Direct peers

• Adams Publishing Group: Family-owned publisher of 100+ community newspapers, magazines, and digital platforms across more than 20 states. Closely mirrors Times Media Group's multi-market community media and local-advertising model at slightly larger scale.
• Ogden Newspapers: Family-owned publisher of daily and weekly community newspapers across multiple states. Directly comparable founder-owned, multi-market community publishing model to Times Media Group.
• CNHI (Community Newspaper Holdings Inc.): Publisher of community newspapers and websites across more than 20 states with an ad-funded, hyper-local model. Directly comparable to Times Media Group as a multi-market community newspaper operator.
• Lee Enterprises: Community newspaper publisher operating daily and weekly local newspapers across 26 states with a focus on local news and advertising revenue. Directly comparable to Times Media Group's community-publishing, multi-market, ad-funded model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/TimesLocalMedia
• YouTubevimeo.com/user213011425
• Facebookfacebook.com/TimesLocalMedia
• Instagraminstagram.com/TimesMediaGroup

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A5 records

Investments

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

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