What Tindle Newspapers does

Tindle Newspapers Ltd. is an independent, family-owned UK regional media company founded in 1960 by Sir Ray Tindle, headquartered in Farnham, Surrey, and operating through wholly-owned subsidiaries including Tindle Newspapers Surrey & Hampshire Ltd, Tindle Newspapers Cornwall Ltd, Media Isle of Man, and Bailiwick Broadcasting. The company's core operations span three product lines: a portfolio of approximately 30 weekly and regional newspaper titles plus associated digital websites (covering Wales, the West Country, Surrey, Hampshire, the Isle of Man, and Channel Islands, with combined coverage of roughly 6,000 square miles and 36,000 stories published to local websites annually); five radio stations including Channel 103, Island FM, Soleil Radio, Midlands 103, and the Bailiwick Broadcasting DAB multiplex infrastructure in the Channel Islands; and advertising products such as Business Accelerator promotional packages and a self-service marketing platform. The underlying technology stack is conventional multi-platform media distribution: print newspaper production, web publishing, FM and DAB+ digital radio broadcasting (including sole commercial DAB multiplex coverage of Jersey, Guernsey, and Alderney), and social media distribution via Facebook, Twitter, and TikTok.

Revenue is generated primarily through advertising (print, digital, radio, and event sponsorships), supplemented by newspaper subscriptions and paid-for weekly titles. The go-to-market is sales-led, with regional sales directors and advertising executives based in local high street offices selling to local SMBs and national brands. Multi-year Business Accelerator packages (13, 26, or 52 weeks) at up to 80% off standard rates are designed to lock in SMB advertiser commitments. Distribution combines direct field sales, high-street physical offices, and digital self-service booking. The audience base is hyperlocal: residents of specific UK towns and villages who consume local news, with radio listeners skewing 40+ in the Midlands (Ireland) and Channel Islands.

In March 2026, Tindle announced the sale of its newspaper and digital publishing businesses to a joint venture between Iliffe Media Group Ltd and the Fowler family (completion scheduled 27 March 2026), while retaining its radio operations. Leadership includes Owen Tindle as Chairman, Danny Cammiade as Chief Executive (also chairman of the News Media Association), and Scott Wood as Managing Director (appointed January 2022).

Name

Tindle Newspapers

Legal name

Tindle Newspapers Ltd.

Website

https://tindlenews.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1960

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Tindle Newspapers Ltd. is an independent, family-owned UK regional media group operating approximately 30 local newspaper titles, digital news platforms, and five radio stations across England, Wales, the Channel Islands, Isle of Man, and Ireland, generating revenue from local and national advertising plus subscriptions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local 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

Consumer News & Digital Newsrooms (Web/App-First) (MPAJADAD)

Keywords

• Regional newspaper publishing
• Commercial radio broadcasting
• Hyperlocal digital media
• Community journalism
• Print digital advertising

Headquarters

HQ city

Farnham

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices13 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Print and Digital Advertising: Primary revenue stream from local and national businesses advertising across the company's newspaper and digital platforms, including display advertising, classifieds, and sponsored content.
2. Radio Broadcasting: Revenue from radio advertising across Channel Islands, Midlands (Ireland), and other radio stations reaching engaged local audiences.
3. Newspaper Subscriptions: Revenue from weekly paid-for newspaper titles serving local communities across the UK.
4. Business Accelerator Packages: Targeted local promotional packages combining newspaper and digital advertising in 13, 26, or 52-week durations with rates up to 80% off standard rates.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Tindle Newspapers is a regional media publishing house that produces and distributes hyperlocal news through a portfolio of approximately 30 weekly paid-for newspaper titles, associated digital news websites, five commercial radio stations, and the only commercial DAB multiplex serving the Channel Islands. The company also offers advertising solutions including structured promotional packages (Business Accelerator) and a self-service marketing platform, alongside contract publishing, one-off editions, and community events. Its brands span Wales, the West Country, Surrey, Hampshire, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, and Ireland, reaching more than 250 employees serving over 6,000 combined square miles of community readership.

Product overview

Tindle Newspapers is a traditional local media company operating a portfolio of 30 newspaper titles and associated digital platforms, five radio stations, and DAB multiplex infrastructure across the UK, Channel Islands, and Isle of Man. The core offering consists of community-focused local newspapers (newspaper brands) delivered in print and online, supplemented by radio broadcasting operations (Channel 103, Island FM, Soleil Radio, Midlands 103) and DAB multiplex services through Bailiwick Broadcasting. Additional products include advertising packages (Business Accelerator, Self-Service Marketing Platform) and events (Isle of Man Awards for Excellence). The company was founded by Sir Ray Tindle and historically specialized in independent, family-owned local journalism.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Bailiwick Broadcasting: DAB multiplex operator for the Channel Islands, operating the only commercial DAB multiplex serving Jersey, Guernsey and Alderney
• Channel 103
• Soleil Radio
• Midlands 103
• Media Isle of Man
• Tindle CI Broadcasting

Products and services

• Midlands 103 Full-service local radio station serving counties Laois, Offaly and Westmeath in Ireland (home to Ireland's PPI Current Affairs Programme of the Year), reaching 122,000 listeners weekly with local music, news, debate and current affairs programming.
• Channel 103 Radio station broadcasting to Jersey in the Channel Islands, operating on FM and DAB+ multiplex, ranked as one of the twenty most-trusted brands in the Channel Islands Brand Reputation Index.
• Island FM Radio station serving Guernsey in the Channel Islands.
• Soleil Radio Channel Islands radio station broadcasting on DAB+ and 107.7 FM in Jersey, also online via Radioplayer, playing music from the 80s and 90s to a potential audience of 145,000 adults across the Channel Islands.
• Bailiwick Broadcasting DAB multiplex operator for the Channel Islands, operating the only commercial DAB multiplex providing digital radio transmission infrastructure for radio stations to reach audiences in Jersey, Guernsey and Alderney.
• Isle of Man Today (Media Isle of Man titles) Online news platform and portfolio of titles including Isle of Man Examiner, Manx Independent and Isle of Man Courier serving the Isle of Man community, with the Isle of Man Courier delivered through 30,000 letter boxes each week and achieving 200,000+ weekly page impressions.
• Gef.im Online news, lifestyle and event platform based on the Isle of Man, publishing local stories, views, and must-dos while producing events and campaigns, with approximately 1,482,000 annual page views.
• Voice Newspapers Series of eight print newspaper titles covering Cornwall, including local editions for Newquay, St Austell, Truro, Bodmin, Saltash, Liskeard, Penzance and Camborne.
• Cambrian News Weekly newspaper delivering local news to Mid Wales, serving Cardigan Bay, Ceredigion, Gwynedd and North Powys with five regional editions; named Best Weekly Newspaper in Wales at the 2023 Welsh Media Awards.
• Abergavenny Chronicle Local weekly newspaper serving the market town of Abergavenny and surrounding districts in Monmouthshire, Wales.
• Woking News & Mail Independent, family-owned weekly newspaper serving Woking in Surrey and surrounding areas.
• Tavistock Times Gazette Hyperlocal newspaper serving communities of West Devon and the Tamar Valley including Tavistock, Bere Alston, Yelverton, Horrabridge, Princetown, Okehampton, Hatherleigh, North Tawton and Chagford (formerly East Cornwall Times, renamed Tamar Valley Times).
• South Hams Newspapers Weekly paid-for titles including Kingsbridge and Salcombe Gazette, Ivybridge and South Brent Gazette, Totnes Times and Dartmouth Chronicle serving the South Hams area of South Devon.
• West Somerset Free Press Local newspaper serving towns of Minehead, Watchet, Williton and Dulverton, along with villages in the Exmoor National Park area.
• Wellington Weekly News Weekly newspaper serving the market town of Wellington (population 14,500) and surrounding villages in Somerset.
• Tenby Observer Series Newspaper series covering South West Wales from Whitland to Milford Haven including tourist spots like Tenby, Narberth, Saundersfoot, Manorbier and Pembroke.
• Monmouthshire Beacon Hyper-local newspaper serving Monmouth Town and surrounding villages in Monmouthshire, Wales.
• Mid-Devon Advertiser Newspaper serving Teignbridge District from Moor to Sea, covering Newton Abbot, Dawlish, Teignmouth, Ashburton, Buckfastleigh, Chudleigh and Bovey Tracey.
• Cornish & Devon Post Newspaper serving predominantly North Cornwall / Torridge / West Devon with main focus in Launceston, Bude, Camelford and Holsworthy.
• Cornish Times Newspaper serving South East Cornwall covering areas to the outskirts of Liskeard, Saltash, Looe, Torpoint, Bodmin, Callington and surrounding villages.
• Business Accelerator Packages Targeted local promotional packages combining newspaper and digital advertising with prominent print and online placement, full account management, advert creation, and performance reporting — designed to help local business owners reach new customers through consistent and locally targeted advertising.
• Self-Service Marketing Platform Self-service online platform allowing advertising customers to plan and build their own marketing campaigns across the Tindle website network.

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 80% of people trust content read in local newspapers and on news websites
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 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

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• FareShare Network (FareShare South West, FareShare Cymru, FareShare Sussex & Surrey)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 July 2025Tindle partnered with FareShare network to combat food waste through community initiatives, supporting the charity's mission to redistribute surplus food to those in need.
• National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTindle participates in the NCTJ Community News Project, employing trainee community reporters on two-year contracts while they train for their NCTJ Diploma in Journalism. Each publisher awarded up to £65,000 grant.
• Darlington CollegeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides day-release training for trainee community reporters, with trainees in England registered as apprentice journalists.
• Island Global ResearchminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerConducts Channel Islands Brand Reputation Index research used for market analysis and trust rankings.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Global Radio (Global Media & Entertainment): Largest UK commercial radio group (Capital, Heart, LBC, Classic FM, Smooth). Comparable on commercial radio broadcasting, advertising sales, and DAB infrastructure relevant to Tindle's Channel Islands DAB multiplex (Bailiwick Broadcasting).
• Newsquest Media Group: One of the UK's largest regional news publishers with hundreds of titles and digital platforms; the JV partner (via Iliffe Media and Fowler family) is creating a comparable regional media portfolio. Directly comparable on multi-platform local news publishing and advertising sales across UK regions.
• JPI Media: UK regional media group (formerly Johnston Press) publishing Yorkshire Post, The Scotsman, and dozens of regional titles. Comparable as a multi-title regional newspaper and digital publisher serving local advertisers across the UK.
• Reach plc: Largest UK national and regional news publisher (Daily Mirror, Daily Express, plus regional titles). Comparable as a multi-title, multi-platform UK newspaper publisher with print and digital advertising revenue streams, though at much larger scale.
• Bauer Media Audio UK: Major UK commercial radio broadcaster (Absolute Radio, Kiss, Magic, Heart). Comparable on commercial local radio broadcasting, advertising-driven revenue, and broadcast infrastructure footprint relevant to Tindle's Channel Islands and Midlands radio operations.
• Wireless Group (News Corp subsidiary): Owner of talkSPORT and Times Radio, with regional UK radio stations including Signal Radio and Pulse 1. Comparable on commercial local radio broadcasting and multi-station portfolio relevant to Midlands 103 and Channel Islands operations.

Direct peers

• KM Group (Kerrigan Media): Independent family-owned regional media group in Kent, UK, operating newspapers, digital platforms, and radio. Comparable on independent family ownership, multi-platform regional publishing, and integrated advertising sales.
• Baylis Media: Family-owned UK regional media group operating local newspapers and digital platforms in the West Country. Closely comparable on independent family ownership, hyperlocal regional titles, and multi-platform (print + digital + radio where applicable) model.
• Iliffe Media Group: Independent family-owned UK regional publisher acquiring Tindle's newspaper and digital publishing businesses in JV with the Fowler family. Closest direct comparable on multi-title regional newspaper portfolio, independent family ownership, and digital/print advertising model.
• Archant / Archant Community Media: Regional UK newspaper publisher (now part of Newsquest) operating a portfolio of local titles across East Anglia and London. Comparable on multi-title hyperlocal newspaper publishing, advertising sales, and digital platform model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/TindleNewsLtd
• Facebookfacebook.com/tindlewaleandborders

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries5 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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