Tahlequah Daily Press

What Tahlequah Daily Press does

Tahlequah Daily Press is a local daily newspaper serving Cherokee County, Oklahoma, and has operated as the area's primary local information source since 1864. It is headquartered at 106 W. Second St. in Tahlequah and operates as an affiliate under CNHI LLC (Community Newspaper Holdings Inc.), a Montgomery, Alabama-based parent that owns a network of community newspapers across the United States. The publication covers local news, politics, crime and courts, business and farm, education, health, lifestyles, tribal news, state news, national news, sports, community events, opinion pieces, obituaries, and public notices, with a particular focus on high school sports coverage and Cherokee Nation tribal affairs given its location in the Cherokee Nation capital region.

The company's core products include a traditional print newspaper subscription, a digital E-Paper edition, a dedicated mobile application for iOS and Android, an online classifieds marketplace (jobs, autos, real estate, public notices), an obituaries service, an email newsletter delivered through Constant Contact, and entertainment content including daily comics and puzzles (Sudoku, jigsaw, mahjongg, crossword, solitaire). All digital properties are built on the BLOX Content Management System from BLOX Digital, a CMS widely used across CNHI's newspaper network, which enables web publishing, e-paper rendering, app content delivery, and marketplace functionality from a single platform. The company also maintains a presence on Facebook, Instagram, and a podcast on Anchor.

The business model combines three revenue streams: recurring monthly print and digital subscriptions (including e-paper and app access), advertising sold to local businesses and through classifieds and public notices, and transaction-fee style revenue from classified listings, obituaries, and real estate agent directories. Distribution is hybrid — physical newspaper racks throughout Cherokee County for print, plus self-serve digital access via the website, e-paper, and mobile app. Customer segments are horizontal: Cherokee County residents as the primary segment for subscriptions and engagement, and local businesses and advertisers as a secondary segment for advertising and listings revenue. Pricing details are not publicly disclosed on the website.

Name

Tahlequah Daily Press

Legal name

CNHI LLC

Website

https://tahlequahdailypress.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1864

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Tahlequah Daily Press is a community daily newspaper serving Cherokee County, Oklahoma since 1864, operated under CNHI LLC. It delivers local news, sports, classifieds, and obituaries through print, e-paper, mobile app, and newsletter channels to local residents and advertisers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local Newspaper Publishing

NAICS

Newspaper Publishers (513110), Newspaper Publishers (51311)

SIC

Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Local newspaper publishing
• Community news
• Classified advertising
• News subscription
• Digital news media

Headquarters

HQ city

Tahlequah

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

Revenue model

1. Print and Digital Subscriptions: Subscription-based revenue from print newspaper and digital access including e-paper and app subscriptions
2. Advertising: Revenue from local business advertising, classifieds, public notices, and newspaper ads
3. Classifieds and Listings: Revenue from job listings, auto sales, real estate listings, and obituaries

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Tahlequah Daily Press is a daily local newspaper publishing company that produces and distributes news, sports, politics, education, tribal, and community content for Cherokee County, Oklahoma. It sells print and digital newspaper subscriptions, runs a classifieds marketplace for jobs, autos, real estate, and obituaries, and generates revenue from local business advertising. Content is delivered across print, e-paper, mobile app, website, and email newsletter channels.

Product overview

Tahlequah Daily Press is a traditional local newspaper offering a single print and digital news product with multiple distribution channels. The core offering consists of newspaper subscriptions providing local news coverage across news, sports, politics, education, health, tribal news, and community content. The publication distributes its content through print, E-Paper digital edition, mobile app, and email newsletter services. Additional products include classifieds marketplace, obituaries, public notices, and entertainment content such as comics and puzzles.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• CNHI LLCcoreOthersCNHI LLC (Community Newspaper Holdings Inc.) is the parent company and operator of the Tahlequah Daily Press. The company operates under CNHI's broader network of local newspapers and digital properties across the United States.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• The Norman Transcript: Sister CNHI-affiliated daily newspaper serving Norman, Oklahoma. Directly comparable as a community daily within the same parent company's network, covering a similarly sized Oklahoma market with the same multi-platform model.
• Muskogee Phoenix: Regional daily newspaper serving Muskogee County in eastern Oklahoma. Comparable as a community daily covering a mid-sized Oklahoma city with similar mix of local news, sports, and advertising-driven revenue.
• The Ada News: Local daily newspaper serving Ada, Oklahoma, also part of the CNHI network. Direct peer in terms of market size, geographic region (rural/regional Oklahoma), and editorial focus on local news and tribal coverage.
• The Claremore Daily Progress: CNHI-affiliated daily newspaper serving Rogers County, Oklahoma. Comparable as a small-market Oklahoma daily with shared parent, similar revenue mix, and comparable geographic scope.

Broad incumbents

• Gannett Co. Largest U.S. newspaper publisher, operating USA Today and hundreds of local dailies including in Oklahoma (e.g., The Oklahoman). Comparable as a local-news publisher with multi-platform distribution, but vastly larger scale and broader geographic diversification.
• Lee Enterprises: Major U.S. local newspaper group operating dailies across the country. Comparable as a local-news publisher serving small and mid-sized communities with subscription and advertising models, but with broader portfolio diversification.

Regional players

• Oologah Lake Leader: Small community newspaper serving Rogers and Nowata counties in Oklahoma. Comparable as a rural Oklahoma local news outlet, but operates as a weekly/online-only with smaller scope than Tahlequah Daily Press.

Emerging players

• Cherokee Phoenix & Indian News (Cherokee Nation): Official newspaper of the Cherokee Nation. Comparable as a tribal-focused news outlet covering the same community and tribal beat, though it operates in a niche adjacent to Tahlequah Daily Press's tribal news section.
• Axios Local: Digital local-news venture by Axios expanding into U.S. cities with newsletter-driven local coverage. Comparable as a local news operator targeting the same audience need (local news), but operates purely digitally and represents potential competitive displacement.
• Patch.com: Hyperlocal digital news network covering thousands of U.S. communities including small towns. Comparable as a local news outlet competing for the same community-information readership and local advertising dollars, but with digital-only distribution and national scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/tdpress
• Instagraminstagram.com/tahlequahtdp
• Xx.com/TahlequahTDP

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

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