Silver City Daily Press

What Silver City Daily Press does

Silver City Daily Press is a community daily newspaper serving Silver City and Grant County, New Mexico, founded in 1935 and operated by Silver City Independent Publishing Co. LLC, a privately held New Mexico LLC. The publication functions as the primary local news outlet for its geography, covering local government, community events, high school sports (Silver High and Cobre High), court proceedings, and civic affairs. Its content mix also includes reader-submitted sections such as Letters to the Editor and paid lifecycle announcements (births, birthdays, engagements, weddings, anniversaries), which double as both community services and revenue lines.

The company distributes content through a traditional print newspaper, a digital news website at scdailypress.com built on WordPress CMS, and a paid digital e-Edition delivered via the third-party newsmemory.com platform. It also offers live audio streaming of local high school sports events across multiple legacy media player formats. Ancillary revenue products include online and print classified advertising submissions and paid announcement placements. The technology stack is off-the-shelf rather than proprietary — WordPress, a third-party e-Edition vendor, and standard audio streaming infrastructure — with no disclosed AI, automation, or data products.

The business model relies on a combination of print and digital subscription revenue, display and classified advertising from local businesses, and fees from paid announcement services. The customer base is bifurcated between local residents consuming news and local SMBs purchasing advertising reach, with all revenue concentrated in a single rural county market. The firm employs between 11 and 50 people, operates from a single headquarters in Silver City, and has no disclosed investors, parent company, partnerships, acquisitions, or external funding rounds.

Name

Silver City Daily Press

Legal name

Silver City Independent Publishing Co. LLC

Website

https://scdailypress.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1935

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Silver City Daily Press is a privately held community daily newspaper serving Silver City and Grant County, New Mexico, distributing local news, sports, and announcements via print, digital website, e-Edition, and audio streaming to local residents and businesses.

Ownership category

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Product category

Community 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

Community, Ethnic & Multilingual News Publishers (MPAJADAG)

Keywords

• Community newspaper
• Daily news publishing
• Local journalism
• Classified advertising
• Print media

Headquarters

HQ city

Silver City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Silver City Daily Press is a community daily newspaper that publishes local news, sports, government coverage, and community announcements for Silver City and Grant County, New Mexico. The publication operates both in print and digital formats, with a digital e-Edition replica accessible via newsmemory.com, plus paid announcement services (births, engagements, weddings, anniversaries, birthdays), classified advertising, and live audio streaming of local high school sports events.

Product overview

Silver City Daily Press is a local community newspaper offering print and digital publication services. The core product is the daily newspaper covering local news in Silver City and Grant County, New Mexico. Additional offerings include the e-Edition digital replica, paid announcement services (birthdays, weddings, engagements, anniversaries), classified advertising, and a Letters to the Editor section. The publication also provides live audio streaming of local high school sports events.

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Products and services

• Silver City Daily Press (Daily Newspaper) The primary daily local newspaper serving Silver City, New Mexico, and surrounding Grant County communities, publishing daily news coverage including local government, community events, sports, public announcements, and reader-submitted content. Distributed in print and digital formats to local residents.
• e-Edition Digital replica version of the Silver City Daily Press print edition accessible online through newsmemory.com, allowing readers to view the full newspaper electronically with subscription or single-issue access.
• Classified Advertising Online and print classified advertising section allowing community members and local businesses to submit listings for jobs, services, for-sale items, and other personal or commercial announcements.
• Announcement Services Paid announcement services including Birth Announcements, Birthday Announcements, Engagement notices, Wedding announcements, and Anniversary celebrations published in the newspaper and online for community members to share personal milestones.
• High School Sports Audio Streaming Live audio streaming of Silver High and Cobre High school sports events delivered online through multiple media player formats including Winamp/iTunes, Windows Media Player, Real Player, and QuickTime, providing remote access to local high school sports coverage.

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Technology focussed No

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Recent moves3 records

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Direct peers

• Adams Publishing Group: Private company that owns and operates a portfolio of community newspapers, including several NM titles. Comparable as a multi-paper community newspaper operator with similar digital transition strategies.
• Ruidoso News: Community newspaper serving Ruidoso and Lincoln County, NM. Comparable small-town NM daily with print and digital editions covering local government, schools, and tourism-driven community news.
• CNHI (Community Newspaper Holdings Inc.): Operator of community newspapers and related digital products across small U.S. markets. Closely comparable as a community-newspaper holding model serving markets similar in size to Silver City/Grant County.
• Ogden Newspapers: Family-owned company operating many small and mid-sized daily community newspapers across multiple states. Closely comparable operating model: independent ownership, community dailies, print + digital subscription focus.
• The Deming Headlight: Local newspaper serving Deming and Luna County in southwestern NM, adjacent to Silver City's market. Same format and audience (rural NM community) and overlapping editorial coverage of regional issues.
• Alamogordo Daily News: Daily community newspaper serving Alamogordo and Otero County, NM. Highly comparable as a small-market NM daily with print + e-Edition and similar local government, sports, and community coverage.
• Las Cruces Sun-News: Another daily community newspaper serving a New Mexico market (Doña Ana County). Closely comparable in geography and product mix (print + digital + local sports), though it operates in a larger metro than Silver City.
• CherryRoad Media: Acquirer of small-town daily and weekly newspapers across the U.S. Comparable in serving micro-markets with limited staff, leaning on shared digital infrastructure (CMS, e-Edition) similar to the Daily Press's WordPress + newsmemory stack.

Broad incumbents

• Lee Enterprises: Publicly traded owner of a large portfolio of daily newspapers including the Albuquerque Journal (NM). Competes broadly in the same space but operates at much greater scale and with leverage, providing a reference for industry economics and consolidation trends.
• Gannett: Largest U.S. newspaper chain (USA Today Network) operating hundreds of local dailies. Overlaps in product (local daily + e-Edition + classifieds) but at vastly greater scale and digital sophistication; key competitive benchmark for digital transformation efforts.

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Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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