goskagit.com

What goskagit.com does

goskagit.com is the digital publishing platform of Adams MultiMedia LLC, a privately held local newspaper company headquartered at 1215 Anderson Road in Mount Vernon, Washington. The company operates a network of regional news properties serving Skagit County and adjacent communities in northwest Washington, anchored by the Skagit Valley Herald and including Anacortes American and Stanwood Cameo News. Sub-brands organized under the goSkagit umbrella (goAnacortes, SC News, Entertainment 360, Grow Skagit) extend coverage into local sports, entertainment, agriculture, and economic development verticals. The product surface spans a website, e-edition digital replica, mobile app, email newsletters, classifieds/marketplace (marketplace.goskagit.com, GoSkagitJobs.com, GoSkagitServices.com), and a local business directory.

The platform is built on the BLOX Content Management System from BLOX Digital (TownNews), a standard CMS used across the U.S. community newspaper industry. No proprietary technology stack, AI/ML capabilities, APIs, or SDKs are disclosed. Revenue is generated through four streams: recurring digital and print subscriptions, display and classified advertising sold to local businesses, e-edition day passes ($1.99) and subscription access, and a transaction-fee classified marketplace covering jobs, homes, vehicles, and services. The customer base is bifurcated between Skagit County residents (reader/subscribers) and local businesses (advertisers), with no disclosed enterprise advertising contracts beyond listings of small local merchants such as Banner Bank, Crowley Dental, and St Johns Creamery.

Name

goskagit.com

Legal name

Adams MultiMedia LLC

Website

https://goskagit.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

goskagit.com is the digital platform of Adams MultiMedia LLC, operating the Skagit Valley Herald and a network of local newspapers (Anacortes American, Stanwood Cameo News) serving Skagit County, Washington residents and advertisers through subscriptions, advertising, e-edition, and classifieds.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Mount Vernon

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Subscription Revenue: Digital and print newspaper subscriptions providing recurring revenue from local readers
2. Advertising: Display advertising, classified ads, and digital advertising sold to local businesses
3. E-Edition Sales: Day pass and subscription access to digital newspaper edition
4. Classified Marketplace: Online marketplace for jobs, homes, vehicles, and services

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

goskagit.com is a digital local-news publishing platform operated by Adams MultiMedia LLC (d/b/a Skagit Valley Herald) that produces and distributes the Skagit Valley Herald newspaper and a network of regional community-news websites. The business publishes original local journalism (news, high-school sports, opinion, obituaries, community events), runs an e-edition digital replica of the print paper, sells digital and print subscriptions, operates an online classifieds and marketplace, and publishes email newsletters for Skagit County and adjacent communities in Washington State.

Product overview

goskagit.com is a local news media platform operated by Skagit Valley Herald (Adams MultiMedia LLC) that serves Skagit County and surrounding areas. The platform consists of a network of regional news sites including goSkagit (primary), goAnacortes, SC News (Stanwood-Camano), Entertainment 360, and Grow Skagit. The core product is the goSkagit news portal providing local news, sports, opinion, community events, obituaries, and classifieds. Additional offerings include E-Edition digital replicas of the print newspaper, classifieds and marketplace for jobs/homes/vehicles, email newsletters, digital/print subscriptions, and a local business directory. The platform is built on BLOX Content Management System from TownNews/BLOX Digital.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• goSkagit (Skagit Valley Herald) Primary local news website for Skagit County providing local news, sports, opinion, community coverage, and classifieds; the flagship publication of Adams MultiMedia LLC.
• goAnacortes (Anacortes American) Local news publication covering Anacortes news and community information, part of the Skagit Valley Herald network.
• SC News (Stanwood-Camano News) Local news coverage for the Stanwood and Camano Island communities in Snohomish County, part of the Skagit Valley Herald network.
• Entertainment 360 Entertainment and lifestyle publication covering local events, dining, and cultural activities in the Skagit Valley area.
• Grow Skagit Publication focused on agriculture, local businesses, and economic development in the Skagit Valley region.
• E-Edition (digital replica newspaper) Digital replica of the Skagit Valley Herald print edition accessible online, including special sections; available via subscription or $1.99 day pass.
• Classifieds & Marketplace Online classifieds platform with local job listings (GoSkagitJobs.com), homes for sale/rent, vehicles, and a service directory (GoSkagitServices.com), plus the marketplace.goskagit.com marketplace.
• Digital & Print Subscriptions Paid subscription packages providing access to premium goskagit.com content, the e-edition, and exclusive subscriber savings programs (with optional print delivery).
• Local Phonebook & Business Directory Online business directory and phonebook for local Skagit County businesses organized by category, with phone numbers and websites.
• Skagit Valley Herald print newspaper Physical print edition of the Skagit Valley Herald delivered to subscribers in Skagit County, with content mirrored in the e-edition.

Named customers4 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Community Newspaper Holdings Inc. (CNHI): CNHI operates daily and weekly community newspapers in small U.S. markets with digital subscription, advertising, and commercial printing revenue streams — the same operating model and community-newspaper orientation as goskagit.com.
• Gannett: Gannett operates the USA TODAY Network, the largest local newspaper chain in the U.S. with hundreds of community dailies and weeklies. Its subscription, advertising, and Marketplace/classifieds revenue model directly parallels goskagit.com's model, but at vastly larger scale.
• Lee Enterprises: Lee Enterprises is a public company that owns and operates daily and weekly local newspapers across small and mid-sized U.S. markets, monetizing through digital and print subscriptions, advertising, and managed marketing services — the same go-to-market as goskagit.com / Skagit Valley Herald.
• Adams Publishing Group: Adams Publishing Group is a family-owned operator of community newspapers, digital sites, and printing facilities across the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, and Southeast. Its multi-title, community-focused local publishing model is structurally similar to goskagit.com's Skagit Valley Herald / goSkagit network.
• Sound Publishing: Sound Publishing operates community newspapers and digital news sites across the Puget Sound and Pacific Northwest, including Skagit-adjacent counties. Its geographic proximity and comparable small-market daily/weekly subscription-and-advertising model make it a close peer.
• Paxton Media Group: Paxton Media Group is a family-owned company that acquires and operates community daily and weekly newspapers plus digital sites across the U.S. Its local-news subscription and advertising business model and small-market focus parallel goskagit.com's.
• Ogden Newspapers: Ogden Newspapers is a privately held, family-owned operator of daily and weekly community newspapers across multiple states with accompanying digital subscriptions and advertising products — a multi-title community newspaper operator comparable to goskagit.com.
• McClatchy: McClatchy operates a portfolio of regional daily newspapers and digital sites with subscription and advertising revenue streams. Its focus on regional and community journalism across multiple states makes it a direct comparable to goskagit.com's multi-brand local network.

Broad incumbents

• Hearst Newspapers: Hearst Newspapers is a division of Hearst that operates a large portfolio of daily newspapers and digital sites, including both major metro and regional titles. It is a broader incumbent in the same local newspaper publishing category but with material scale advantages over goskagit.com.
• MediaNews Group (Alden Global Capital): MediaNews Group, controlled by Alden Global Capital, owns a large chain of daily newspapers acquired via leveraged buyouts. It competes with goskagit.com in the same local-news subscription and advertising market but as a much larger, financially engineered incumbent.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/skagitvalleyherald
• Facebookfacebook.com/SkagitValleyHerald
• Instagraminstagram.com/skagitvalleyherald
• Xx.com/goskagit

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries2 records

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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