The Indiana Gazette

What The Indiana Gazette does

The Indiana Gazette is a privately held, for-profit daily newspaper founded in 1890 and headquartered at 899 Water Street, Indiana, Pennsylvania, serving as the predominant local paper of record for Indiana County and adjacent Western Pennsylvania communities. Its product surface spans a print edition with home delivery, the indianagazette.com news website, E-Edition page-by-page digital replicas (covering both the Indiana Gazette and the sister Blairsville Dispatch), two branded email newsletters ("Get Up with the Gazette" daily news, "After the Whistle" Saturday-morning high school football recap), a classifieds and public-notices marketplace, an evvnt-powered local events calendar, and active social channels on Facebook, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram.

The underlying technology platform is the BLOX Content Management System from BLOX Digital (TownNews), which provides integrated subscription management, e-commerce checkout, e-edition rendering, user account services, newsletter sign-up, and saved-search alerts. Content is sourced from a small in-house newsroom (identified staff reporters and a photographer include Patrick Cloonan, Nathan Zisk, and Bob Leslie), Associated Press wire (with Sportradar as a sports-data source), and content-sharing partnerships with Spotlight PA for investigative journalism and evvnt for community event promotion.

Revenue is generated through four primary streams: recurring print and digital subscriptions (with auto-renewal, gift purchases, and promo code flows), display and self-serve advertising (including sponsored content such as GeekyAnts placements), paid classified and public-notice listings, and an events-marketplace/affiliate stream via evvnt. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; the publication uses promo code and gift flows to drive subscriber acquisition and operates a customer-service portal at [email protected] and 724-465-5555.

Name

The Indiana Gazette

Legal name

Indiana Gazette

Website

https://indianagazette.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1890

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

The Indiana Gazette is a privately held daily newspaper serving Indiana County, Pennsylvania, distributing local news across print, the indianagazette.com website, E-Edition, newsletters, and social channels, with revenue from subscriptions, advertising, and classifieds.

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)

Keywords

• Local newspaper publishing
• Daily print newspaper
• Community journalism
• Newspaper subscriptions
• Local classifieds advertising

Headquarters

HQ city

Indiana

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, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Print and digital subscriptions: Recurring paid subscriptions to the Indiana Gazette (and sister Blairsville Dispatch e-edition) covering print home delivery, digital website access, and e-edition access; auto-renewed with credit card billing; promo codes and gift-purchase flow supported.
2. Advertising and self-serve ads: Direct advertising placements sold through the Place an Ad portal, including display ads on indianagazette.com and a sponsored content slot (e.g., GeekyAnts sponsored article).
3. Classifieds and public notices: Self-serve Classifieds and Public Notices listings provide a paid listing marketplace for the community, including legal and government public notices.
4. Event promotion partnerships: Local event listing and "Promote Your Event" powered by evvnt drives referral traffic and event marketing monetization.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels11 records

Core offering

The Indiana Gazette is a daily newspaper publishing local, regional, and national news, sports, obituaries, opinion, leisure, and community content for Indiana County, Pennsylvania, since 1890. It distributes its content through print home delivery, the indianagazette.com website, and a page-by-page e-edition digital replica, monetized via paid subscriptions, display advertising, self-serve classifieds, and public notices. Supporting offerings include the Blairsville Dispatch sister e-edition, email newsletters, a community events calendar, the Readers Choice Awards contest, and a Restaurant Guide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Blairsville Dispatch: Companion newspaper e-edition distributed through the Indiana Gazette online platform.

Products and services

• Indiana Gazette (indianagazette.com) daily newspaper The main daily newspaper product of The Indiana Gazette, delivering local Indiana County news, police/emergency/courts, school and IUP coverage, Pennsylvania regional news, national/world AP wire content, sports, opinion, leisure, business, obituaries, and community announcements to Indiana County, PA readers via print home delivery, the indianagazette.com website, and the e-edition.
• E-Editions (digital replica viewer) Online digital replica of the print newspaper, allowing subscribers to read the Indiana Gazette and Blairsville Dispatch editions page-by-page with zoom, fullscreen, search, clipping, print, sharing, and PDF download of the current page or full edition.
• Blairsville Dispatch (sister e-edition) Sister newspaper publication of the Indiana Gazette, distributed as a separate e-edition through the Indiana Gazette online platform and covering the Blairsville, PA area.
• Email newsletters (Get Up with the Gazette and After the Whistle) Email newsletter products for readers: "Get Up with the Gazette" delivers daily local Indiana County news, and "After the Whistle" delivers Friday-night high school football scores every Saturday morning; sign-up is self-serve via the website's newsletter module.
• Local Events (Promote Your Event) Community events calendar and self-serve event submission tool, powered by evvnt under partner=INDIANAGAZETTE, that lets local event organizers publish events and lets readers discover community events in Indiana County.
• Classifieds and Public Notices marketplace Self-serve classified advertising and public-notice listings module, including a Place an Ad portal for advertisers and a dedicated section for legal and government public notices served to the Indiana County community.

Named customers5 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• BLOX Digital (TownNews)coreTechnology or IntegrationBLOX Content Management System from BLOX Digital powers the indianagazette.com website, subscription management, e-commerce, e-edition, classifieds, newsletter and user account services. The footer credits "Powered by BLOX Content Management System from BLOX Digital." This is the foundational technology platform for the publication.
• evvntminorGTM or Marketing Partnerevvnt powers the "Promote Your Event" flow under /local-events/ on indianagazette.com. Source URL includes partner=INDIANAGAZETTE&publisher_url:indianagazette.com#/quick, indicating an event-discovery partnership that drives referral traffic.
• Spotlight PAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSpotlight PA investigative reporting (e.g., "UNPROTECTED: Inside PA's broken system for protecting older adults") is republished on indianagazette.com as part of a content-sharing/earned-media partnership.
• Associated Press (AP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndiana Gazette is an AP subscriber and republishes AP wire content under /ap/sports/agate/, including NASCAR Cup Series Laps Led Leaders, Men's World Cup Glance, NWSL Glance, USL Championship Glance, Baseball Glance, etc., with "Copyright 2026 Associated Press. All rights reserved." attribution.
• GeekyAntsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerGeekyAnts appears as a sponsored article placement ("GeekyAnts Recognized by DesignRush as One of the Top 10 Mobile App Development Companies in the USA 2026") on indianagazette.com, indicating a paid content/sponsorship relationship.
• SchoolCast (Indiana Area School District IU28)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerSchoolCast from IU28 (Indiana Area School District) is embedded as a recommended banner/link on the homepage, integrating school announcements and notifications into the news site.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• The Daily American: Pennsylvania daily newspaper serving Somerset County with a similar local-news, subscription, and advertising model. Directly comparable in scale, geographic isolation, and mid-size community newspaper category as The Indiana Gazette.
• Butler Eagle: Family-owned western Pennsylvania daily serving Butler County. Closely comparable in scale, multi-channel distribution (print/digital/e-edition), and local-news subscription model to The Indiana Gazette.
• Latrobe Bulletin: Western Pennsylvania community newspaper operating in print and digital. Comparable local coverage footprint, subscription, and classified offerings to The Indiana Gazette within the same regional market.
• The Meadville Tribune: Crawford County, PA daily newspaper with print, digital, and e-edition distribution. Similar mid-size community newspaper structure and AP wire usage to The Indiana Gazette.
• The Derrick: Northwestern Pennsylvania daily serving Oil City/Franklin and Venango County. Directly comparable in scale, geographic isolation, and local-news subscription model to The Indiana Gazette.
• The Punxsutawney Spirit: Small Pennsylvania community newspaper serving Jefferson County. Comparable in scale, print+digital distribution, and local-news subscription model to The Indiana Gazette.

Broad incumbents

• Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Trib Total Media): Larger regional Pennsylvania newspaper serving the greater Pittsburgh market. Overlaps with Indiana Gazette on local-news and subscription capabilities but operates at a broader geographic scale and with substantially larger resources.
• Gannett / USA TODAY Network: Largest U.S. newspaper chain, owner of hundreds of community dailies including comparable small-PA titles. Relevant incumbent for benchmarking subscription, advertising tech, and audience trends against independent peers like The Indiana Gazette.
• Lee Enterprises: Mid-sized U.S. newspaper chain operating many community dailies. Comparable business model across small-market print+digital subscriptions and advertising sales to The Indiana Gazette, but at portfolio scale.

Others

• Spotlight PA: Pennsylvania statewide investigative news nonprofit whose content (e.g., 'UNPROTECTED') is republished on The Indiana Gazette. Functions as a content partner and indirect competitor for high-quality investigative reporting in the same Pennsylvania market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/indianagazette
• YouTubeyoutube.com/indianagazette
• Facebookfacebook.com/TheIndianaGazette
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-indiana-gazette
• Instagraminstagram.com/indianagazettepa

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries1 record

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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