Euclid Media Group

What Euclid Media Group does

Euclid Media Group is a Cleveland, Ohio-based privately-held media company that operates a multi-city portfolio of alternative newsweeklies, events, and a creative marketing agency. Founded in 2013, the company publishes award-winning digital and print outlets including San Antonio Current, Orlando Weekly, LEO Weekly (Louisville), Cincinnati CityBeat, and Creative Loafing Tampa, collectively reaching 2.5+ million unique monthly online users. Beyond publications, Euclid produces and promotes consumer events ranging from wine tastings and burger weeks to multi-day food and music festivals and large beer festivals, and operates Local Culture, a full-service creative marketing agency specializing in digital, experiential, and social media content, all under the Chava Communications umbrella.

The company's core business model rests on three revenue streams: advertising sales across its owned publications, sponsorship and ticketing revenue from produced events, and fees from the Local Culture marketing agency serving businesses nationwide. Its GTM motion is event-driven and locally-anchored, leveraging owned media properties to drive audience into events and to sell agency and sponsorship packages to local and national brand advertisers. The company has executed three acquisitions between 2018 and 2021 to broaden its geographic footprint, retaining acquired staff and integrating print, digital, and events strategies.

Euclid Media Group is led by CEO Andrew Zelman and operates with 51-100 employees across offices in Cleveland, San Antonio, Orlando, Louisville, Cincinnati, and Tampa. Pricing across subscriptions, advertising, event tickets, and agency services is not publicly disclosed, and the company has no disclosed institutional funding or revenue figures. The company shows no documented AI/ML capabilities, proprietary technology stack, or partnerships of strategic tier beyond seller relationships in completed acquisitions.

Name

Euclid Media Group

Legal name

Euclid Media Group

Website

https://euclidmediagroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Euclid Media Group is a Cleveland-based, privately-held multi-city media company that operates alternative newsweeklies, consumer events, and a creative marketing agency under the Chava Communications umbrella, serving advertisers and local businesses across six U.S. markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local Media and Marketing Services

NAICS

Periodical Publishers (513120), Periodical Publishers (51312), Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services (5418)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721), Services-Advertising Agencies (7311)

akta.pro primary industry

Alternative/Independent Newsweeklies & Opinion Press (MPAJADAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Investigative & Nonprofit News Organizations (MPAJADAF)

Keywords

• Alternative newsweekly
• Local media publishing
• Event marketing
• Creative marketing agency
• Festival production

Headquarters

HQ city

Cleveland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Media Publications: Revenue generated from digital and print alternative newsweekly publications covering local news, politics, restaurants, and events. Publications include San Antonio Current, Orlando Weekly, and LEO Weekly (Louisville).
2. Events Production and Sponsorship: Revenue from producing and promoting world-class consumer events, festivals, and promotions including food and music festivals, beer fests, wine tastings, and burger weeks. Also includes sponsorship activations with brands across multiple industries.
3. Marketing Services (Local Culture): Full-service creative marketing agency specializing in digital, experiential, and social media content creation, offering marketing solutions to businesses around the country.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Euclid Media Group publishes and operates a portfolio of award-winning alternative newsweekly media outlets (San Antonio Current, Orlando Weekly, LEO Weekly) covering local news, politics, dining, and events for culturally-engaged audiences. The group also produces world-class consumer events, festivals, and promotions, and runs Local Culture, a full-service creative marketing agency offering digital, experiential, and social media content services to local and national businesses.

Product overview

Euclid Media Group operates a platform of independent media outlets under the Chava Communications umbrella, publishing two award-winning digital and print media outlets (San Antonio Current and Orlando Weekly) with a combined online audience of 2.5+ million unique monthly users. Under the same umbrella, Local Culture provides full-service creative marketing services specializing in digital, experiential, and social media. The group also acquired LEO Weekly, a Louisville-based alternative newsweekly, expanding its media portfolio. The portfolio includes media products for local journalism, events production spanning intimate gatherings to multi-day festivals, and marketing services connecting local businesses with culturally-engaged audiences.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• San Antonio Current Digital and print media outlet providing local news, politics, restaurants, and events coverage for culturally-engaged readers in the San Antonio market.
• Orlando Weekly Digital and print media outlet providing local news, politics, restaurants, and events coverage for culturally-engaged readers in the Orlando market.
• LEO Weekly Louisville-based alternative newsweekly providing local journalism coverage, serving the Louisville market as part of Euclid Media Group's media portfolio.
• Local Culture Creative Marketing Agency Full-service creative marketing agency offering digital, experiential, and social media content creation and campaign services to local and national businesses seeking to connect with culturally-engaged audiences.
• Consumer Events Production and Promotions Production and promotion of world-class consumer events, festivals, and promotions ranging from intimate wine tastings and burger weeks to multi-day food and music festivals and Texas' largest beer fest, with brand sponsorship activations and custom event production for clients.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Aaron YarmuthminorOthers · 22 June 2021Aaron Yarmuth was the previous owner of LEO Weekly, which Euclid Media Group acquired in June 2021. The acquisition transferred ownership of the Louisville-based alternative newsweekly from Yarmuth to Euclid Media Group.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Times Media Group: Operates a portfolio of regional magazines and lifestyle publications across multiple U.S. markets. Comparable as a multi-city local media roll-up operator with advertising-supported editorial brands.
• Voice Media Group: Operates a portfolio of alternative newsweeklies including Phoenix New Times, Miami New Times, and Dallas Observer. Most directly comparable operator of multi-city alt-weekly brands with advertising-supported digital and print models.
• SouthComm Communications: Owner of alt-weekly titles such as Nashville Scene and LEO Weekly (prior to Euclid's acquisition). Direct competitor in the multi-city alternative newsweekly acquisition and operating space.
• SagaCity Media: Publishes regional city magazines such as Seattle Met and Portland Monthly. Closely analogous model: city-focused editorial brands monetized through advertising and custom marketing services.

Emerging players

• 5280 Publishing: Independent publisher of 5280 magazine serving the Denver metro. Comparable as an award-winning regional city magazine with advertising and events, though operating in a single market rather than a multi-city portfolio.

Broad incumbents

• Emmis Communications: Diversified media company operating radio stations and city/regional magazines including Indianapolis Monthly and Texas Monthly. Broader incumbent with overlapping magazine-publishing capabilities but a much larger and more diversified portfolio.
• Eater (Vox Media): Digital-native local food and dining media network that competes for the same restaurant advertising dollars that anchor Euclid's publications' dining coverage. Broader incumbent with national scale and stronger digital distribution.
• Patch Media: National network of hyperlocal digital news sites competing for local news audiences and SMB advertising in the same cities Euclid serves. Broader incumbent in the digital local news category.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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&A3 records

Investments

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

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