TimesDaily

What TimesDaily does

TimesDaily is a privately held daily newspaper founded in 1889 and headquartered at 219 W. Tennessee Street in Florence, Alabama, serving the Shoals region of northwestern Alabama (Florence, Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, Tuscumbia, and surrounding Lauderdale and Colbert counties). The publication provides comprehensive local, state, national, and world news; high-school sports coverage across 35+ schools; University of North Alabama, Alabama, and Auburn college sports; obituaries; classifieds; public notices; weather; entertainment; and lifestyle content. It operates as part of the TN Valley Media network of sister publications spanning North Alabama.

The product suite spans a print edition with home delivery, a digital replica (E-Edition) hosted on NewsMemory, a website (timesdaily.com) built on the BLOX Content Management System from BLOX Digital, and six opt-in email newsletters. Revenue is generated from three streams: recurring print and digital subscriptions (Print + Digital bundles and Digital Only), advertising across display, classifieds, and sponsored content, and statutory public-notice publishing. Classifieds are operated through a regional ecosystem of vertical sites (TNValleyWheels, TNValleyHomeFinder, TNValleyJobFinder, TNValleyStuff). Specialty publications (Explore The Shoals, Athlete of the Year, Shoals Scholar Dollars, Living 50 Plus Shoals, Tennessee Valley Brides) provide additional monetization beyond the core daily edition. Distribution spans home delivery, web, e-edition, email, and social channels (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram).

Go-to-market is sales-led, combining direct subscription acquisition, local SMB and legal advertising sales, and a self-serve online subscription management portal. The company employs 51-100 people, has no disclosed funding rounds, no M&A activity, no APIs or AI capabilities, and no enterprise customers. Its competitive position rests on being the primary — and effectively sole — daily local newspaper for the Shoals region, sustained by 135 years of brand recognition, mandated public-notice revenue, and deep community-embedded sports and obituary coverage.

Name

TimesDaily

Legal name

TimesDaily

Website

https://timesdaily.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1889

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

TimesDaily is a privately held daily newspaper founded in 1889, serving the Shoals region of northwestern Alabama through print, digital, e-edition, and email channels. It generates revenue from subscriptions, local advertising, classifieds, and statutory public notices, and is part of the TN Valley Media network of North Alabama community publications.

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)

akta.pro secondary industry

Magazine & Newspaper Subscriptions / Delivery Retail (CRALAAAH)

Keywords

• Local newspaper
• Community news
• Digital news subscription
• Classified advertising
• Print journalism

Headquarters

HQ city

Florence

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Subscription Revenue: TimesDaily generates revenue through print and digital subscription models, including Print + Digital bundles and Digital Only subscriptions. Subscriptions are managed through tnvalleymedia.com platforms.
2. Advertising: The newspaper sells advertising space including display ads, classified ads (autos, jobs, real estate, rentals, public notices, service directory), and sponsored content sections. Classified services are hosted on tnvalleystuff.com and related platforms.
3. Public Notices: Legal public notices are published through classads.tnvalleymedia.com and alabamapublicnotices.com.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

TimesDaily is a local daily newspaper serving the Shoals region of northwestern Alabama, providing local, state, national, and world news coverage through both print and digital formats. The publication offers Print + Digital and Digital Only subscription tiers, an E-Edition digital replica, a classifieds platform for autos, jobs, real estate, and rentals, and several specialty featured publications. Revenue is generated through reader subscriptions and advertising sales to local businesses.

Product overview

TimesDaily is a local newspaper website offering a traditional print-to-digital news portfolio. The core offering is the TimesDaily Online News platform providing comprehensive local, state, national, and world news coverage for the Shoals region of Alabama. The product suite includes an E-Edition digital replica of the print newspaper, Print + Digital and Digital Only subscription tiers, a classifieds platform connected to regional advertising networks (TNValleyWheels, TNValleyHomeFinder, TNValleyJobFinder), and featured specialty publications. Email newsletters provide supplemental digital engagement. The site operates as a content-driven news publication with social sharing capabilities rather than a technology platform with AI features or developer APIs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• TimesDaily Online News The primary online news platform providing local news, sports, crime, education, state/national/world news, weather, and opinion content for the Florence, Alabama area and Shoals region.
• E-Edition Digital replica of the print newspaper edition, providing subscribers with a web-based view of the daily paper.
• Print + Digital Subscription Combined subscription offering both physical newspaper delivery and full digital access to the online news platform and E-Edition.
• Digital Only Subscription Online-only subscription providing access to the website, E-Edition, and digital newsletters without print delivery.

Segments1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• BLOX DigitalcoreTechnology or IntegrationTimesDaily uses the BLOX Content Management System from BLOX Digital for its website and digital content management operations.
• TN Valley Media (Parent Company)coreOthersTimesDaily is part of TN Valley Media network, a group of regional news publications including Decatur Daily, Advertiser-Gleam, Courier Journal, Moulton Advertiser, Redstone Rocket, Madison Record, Hartselle Enquirer, Franklin County Times, and specialized publications like Living 50 Plus Shoals, TN Valley Brides, TN Valley Stuff, and TN Valley Job Finder.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Decatur Daily: A sister publication within the TN Valley Media network serving Decatur, Alabama. Directly comparable as a regional daily newspaper using the same BLOX CMS, same subscription infrastructure, and overlapping management.
• Opelika-Auburn News: A daily newspaper serving the Opelika-Auburn community in east-central Alabama. Comparable as an Alabama regional daily using similar digital infrastructure with print+digital subscription tiers and local sports coverage.
• The Anniston Star: A daily newspaper serving Anniston and Calhoun County in northeastern Alabama. Comparable as an independent Alabama regional daily with print+digital subscriptions, classifieds, and a similar local-government/sports coverage model.

Broad incumbents

• Gannett (USA Today Network): The largest U.S. newspaper publisher operating hundreds of local dailies including Alabama titles like The Montgomery Advertiser. Comparable as a multi-title community-newspaper operator with bundled print+digital subscriptions, though Gannett's portfolio spans the entire country.
• Ogden Newspapers: A large family-owned newspaper chain operating community dailies in more than a dozen states. Comparable as a portfolio operator of small-market daily newspapers with similar local-news and classified revenue mixes.
• Tribune Publishing: A major U.S. newspaper publisher operating regional dailies including titles in the Southeast. Comparable as a multi-market daily-newspaper operator with bundled print+digital subscription models, though at a larger scale and urban tilt.
• Paxton Media Group: A privately held media company owning dozens of community newspapers primarily in the South and Midwest. Comparable as a multi-title operator of small-market dailies with similar cost structures and audience profiles.
• Lee Enterprises: A large publicly traded regional newspaper chain operating dozens of daily newspapers across the U.S. Comparable as a portfolio operator of small and mid-market dailies with similar subscription and advertising economics.

Regional players

• AL.com (Alabama Media Group): The leading digital news outlet covering Alabama including the Birmingham and Huntsville metros. Comparable as a regional news publisher competing for the same Alabama audiences and advertisers, though its geographic focus and digital-first orientation differ from TimesDaily's local print roots.
• The Huntsville Times / Huntsville-Decatur area papers: Regional news coverage for Huntsville and the Tennessee Valley region of Alabama. Comparable as a regional Alabama news competitor operating in an adjacent geography with overlapping advertiser pools in the Tennessee Valley.

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/timesdaily
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@tnvalleymedia925
• Facebookfacebook.com/timesdaily
• Instagraminstagram.com/the_times_daily
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/timesdaily

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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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