The Meadville Tribune

What The Meadville Tribune does

The Meadville Tribune is a community newspaper serving Crawford County, Pennsylvania, and the broader Meadville metropolitan area. Founded in 1884 and continuously operating for over a century, it publishes a print edition six days a week (Monday through Saturday) from its headquarters at 947 Federal Court, Meadville. The Tribune is owned by CNHI LLC, a Montgomery, Alabama-based media conglomerate that operates a portfolio of community newspapers. Its coverage spans local news, sports, community events, obituaries, opinion/editorials, and lifestyle content, with a stated monthly reach of more than 120,000 unique users on MeadvilleTribune.com.

The company's digital and print operations are built on the BLOX Content Management System from BLOX Digital (TownNews), an industry-standard newspaper CMS, supplemented by a dedicated iOS/Android mobile application, an E-Paper digital replica edition, Constant Contact-powered email newsletters, classifieds, an obituaries portal, a public notices platform integrated with PublicNoticePA.com, local weather and event modules, and multimedia (video and slideshow) capabilities. The product portfolio extends beyond journalism into a digital marketing services suite offered to local Crawford County businesses, including targeted display advertising, geofencing, OTT/CTV, SEO, SEM, website development, social media management, and email marketing.

The Meadville Tribune generates revenue through four primary streams: recurring print and digital subscriptions (monthly billing cadence), advertising sales to local businesses across print and digital channels, transactional fees from classifieds (jobs, autos, homes, public notices), and paid obituary and celebration announcements. The go-to-market motion is direct-to-consumer for subscriptions and direct field sales for SMB advertisers. Customer segmentation is geography-led: local community readers in Crawford County as the primary readership segment and local businesses as the primary advertiser segment, with classifieds and obituary users as secondary segments.

Name

The Meadville Tribune

Legal name

CNHI LLC

Website

https://meadvilletribune.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1900

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

The Meadville Tribune is a community newspaper serving Crawford County, Pennsylvania, publishing six-day print editions and operating digital news, e-edition, mobile app, and local advertising platforms as a subsidiary of CNHI LLC.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local Newspaper Publishing

NAICS

Newspaper Publishers (513110), Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers (5131)

SIC

Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Local newspaper publishing
• Print newspaper subscriptions
• Digital news media
• Classified advertising
• Display advertising services

Headquarters

HQ city

Meadville

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, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Print and Digital Subscriptions: The newspaper generates revenue through print and digital subscription sales, including print editions published Monday through Saturday, e-edition access, and digital subscriptions.
2. Advertising: Local businesses purchase advertising through the Meadville Tribune including targeted digital display ads, geofencing, OTT/CTV, SEO, SEM, website development, social media management, email marketing, and print advertising in the newspaper.
3. Classifieds: Revenue from classifieds including jobs, autos, homes, and public notices.
4. Obituaries and Celebrations: Paid obituary and celebration announcements published in the newspaper.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Meadville Tribune publishes a six-day-a-week (Monday–Saturday) local newspaper and accompanying digital properties serving Crawford County, Pennsylvania, distributing hyperlocal news, sports, obituaries, community events, weather, and classifieds via print, e-edition, mobile apps, and website. Revenue comes primarily from consumer subscriptions (print and digital) and from advertising and marketing services sold to local businesses. Secondary paid offerings include obituary/celebration placements, public notices, classified listings, and interactive puzzles and games.

Product overview

The Meadville Tribune is a local news organization serving Crawford County, Pennsylvania, offering a portfolio of news and media products. The core offerings include a traditional print newspaper subscription published Monday through Saturday, an E-Paper digital edition, and a mobile application. The product portfolio also includes newsletter subscriptions powered by Constant Contact, a weather service with local forecasts and alerts, classified advertisements for jobs/automobiles/real estate, online obituaries, interactive puzzles and games, public notices, and comprehensive digital marketing services for local businesses including targeted advertising, SEO/SEM, social media management, and website development. The company also produces multimedia content including videos and photo slideshows. The Tribune operates on the BLOX CMS content management system from TownNews.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Print Newspaper Subscription Six-day-a-week print newspaper delivered Monday through Saturday, covering local news, sports, community events, and obituaries for Crawford County, Pennsylvania subscribers.
• E-Paper (Digital Edition) Digital replica of the print newspaper accessible online through meadvilletribune.com, readable on computers and mobile devices for digital subscribers.
• Mobile Application Native mobile app for iOS and Android devices providing access to Meadville Tribune news content, weather updates, and push notifications.
• Newsletter Subscriptions Email newsletters covering local news, sports, and community updates, distributed via Constant Contact to subscribers.
• Marketing Services for Local Businesses Suite of integrated digital marketing and advertising services sold to local SMBs, including targeted digital display ads, geofencing and event targeting, OTT/CTV advertising, SEO, SEM, website development, social media management, email marketing, and digital banner advertising.
• Classifieds Online classifieds marketplace for job listings, automobiles, real estate, and professional services, connected to partner sites for autos and call-a-pro services.
• Obituaries Online obituary listings and paid submission portal for community members, hosted on a dedicated obituaries subdomain.
• Public Notices Platform for publishing and searching Pennsylvania public notices and legal announcements required by statute.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Oil City Derrick: A daily newspaper serving Oil City and Venango County, PA — geographically adjacent to Crawford County and a directly comparable community-news footprint in the same region.
• Erie Times-News: Regional daily newspaper in northwestern Pennsylvania covering nearby counties including parts of Crawford County — direct regional competitor for local news and advertising dollars.
• Butler Eagle: Family-owned/independent daily serving Butler County, PA, with a comparable mix of print, digital, and local advertising — a directly comparable small-market PA daily.
• Sharon Herald: Daily newspaper in Mercer County, PA, covering a small Pennsylvania market similar in size and economics to Crawford County — directly comparable peer.
• Centre Daily Times: Daily newspaper serving the State College/Centre County, PA market — comparable in scale, audience, and reliance on subscriptions plus local advertising as core revenue.
• Williamsport Sun-Gazette: Daily newspaper serving Lycoming County, PA — another small-to-mid Pennsylvania daily with a similar mix of print, e-edition, and local advertising.

Broad incumbents

• Gannett Co. The largest U.S. local newspaper operator (USA TODAY Network) operating hundreds of community dailies and weeklies — broad incumbent peer competing for the same advertisers and reader attention in many markets.
• Lee Enterprises: Major U.S. local newspaper group operating dozens of daily newspapers across Midwestern and Mid-Atlantic states — broad incumbent peer with similar subscription + advertising revenue mix.
• Tribune Publishing (Alden Global): Operator of regional dailies including the New York Daily News and The Baltimore Sun — broad incumbent peer in the legacy local newspaper business model.

Others

• TownNews (BLOX Digital): Provider of the BLOX CMS and digital publishing platform used by the Meadville Tribune — adjacent technology enabler across thousands of community newspapers in the U.S.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Meadville_Trib
• Facebookfacebook.com/meadvilletribune
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/meadville-tribune

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

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

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