The Marietta Times

What The Marietta Times does

The Marietta Times is a local newspaper serving Marietta, Ohio and the surrounding Mid-Ohio Valley region, including Washington County, Ohio and Wood County, West Virginia. Founded in 1864 and operated through its legal entity Eastern Ohio Newspapers, Inc., the publication has produced local news for over 160 years and functions as the de facto newspaper of record for the two-county market. Its audience consists of residents seeking hyperlocal coverage — community news, local sports, obituaries, weddings/anniversaries, business, classifieds, and public notices — content categories that larger regional and national outlets do not cover.

The product stack centers on a WordPress-based website (mariettatimes.com) as the primary digital hub, complemented by a mobile app (MyNewsOnTheGo) that delivers a digital replica of the print edition, email newsletters, and social media accounts on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Supporting verticals include a jobs board, a homes/real estate section (partnered with SWC Realty), classifieds and garage sales marketplace, obituaries, and a public-notices platform delivered via Column.us. Subscription tiers — offering digital-only, print-only, or combined access — are priced from $3.70/week, with monthly billing.

Revenue is generated through consumer subscriptions (digital and print), display and classified advertising, public-notice placement fees, and jobs-board listings. The go-to-market is direct-to-consumer via owned digital properties and print circulation, with no disclosed B2B sales motion, advertising network partnership, or enterprise customer base. Geographic scope is concentrated entirely within the Mid-Ohio Valley, and the publication shows no evidence of operations, distribution, or revenue generation outside this footprint.

Name

The Marietta Times

Legal name

Eastern Ohio Newspapers, Inc.

Website

https://mariettatimes.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1864

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Marietta Times is a privately held local newspaper serving Marietta, Ohio and the Mid-Ohio Valley, delivering local news, sports, obituaries, classifieds, and public notices via website, mobile app, print edition, and subscription services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local Newspaper

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

Alternative/Independent Newsweeklies & Opinion Press (MPAJADAH)

Keywords

• Local newspaper
• Community journalism
• Digital news subscription
• Classified advertising
• Public notice publishing

Headquarters

HQ city

Marietta

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, Infrastructure

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Marietta Times is a local newspaper publisher producing daily and ongoing journalism covering news, sports, opinion, life features, obituaries, business, entertainment, classifieds, jobs, public notices, and editorials for the Mid-Ohio Valley community. It sells this content to readers primarily through paid print and digital subscriptions and to advertisers through display, classified, and public-notice placements, distributing the product via a website, a digital-replica app, email newsletters, and a printed paper.

Product overview

The Marietta Times is a regional newspaper operating as a single unified digital platform with multiple content and service modules. The core product is the news website delivering local news, sports, opinion, entertainment, business coverage, obituaries, and community information. Supporting modules include a digital newspaper replica (MyNewsOnTheGo), a jobs board, classifieds/garage sales marketplace, public notices portal, email newsletter services, and paid subscription tiers starting at $3.70/week.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Marietta Times Website Primary digital platform delivering local news, sports, opinion columns, entertainment, business coverage, obituaries, classifieds, jobs, and public notices for the Mid-Ohio Valley region across Ohio and West Virginia.
• Digital Newspaper Subscription (MyNews On The Go) Digital replica of the newspaper edition, available to subscribers across computer, tablet, and smartphone via app and browser, mirroring the print layout for readers who want the print experience digitally.
• Jobs Board Online employment-classifieds destination connecting local employers with job seekers in Marietta and surrounding Mid-Ohio Valley regions.
• Classifieds & Garage Sales Online classified-advertisement sections covering garage sales, general community listings, and other local classified postings.
• Obituaries Online obituary listings and death notices for community members, including funeral-service information and guest-register capabilities.
• Public Notices Legal public-notice browsing and placement service for official announcements, used to satisfy statutory publication requirements by government and legal entities.
• Email Newsletter Services Email newsletter subscriptions delivering daily breaking news, obituaries, and community updates to subscriber inboxes.
• Print & Combined Subscription Services Paid newspaper subscription service offering tiered access — digital-only, print-only, or combined print + digital — at weekly pricing starting at $3.70/week.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Parkersburg News and Sentinel: Daily newspaper serving Parkersburg, WV and Wood County — directly adjacent to and overlapping with The Marietta Times' Mid-Ohio Valley coverage area, competing for the same readers, advertisers, and public notices.
• The Intelligencer (Wheeling): Daily newspaper in Wheeling, WV, covering the Upper Ohio Valley. Comparable community newspaper model with print, digital subscriptions, classifieds and local coverage in an adjacent West Virginia market.
• Athens Messenger: Daily newspaper serving Athens County, Ohio with a similar community newspaper structure, mix of print and digital subscriptions, classifieds, and public notices — a close rural Ohio peer.
• Zanesville Times Recorder: Gannett-owned daily serving Zanesville, OH and surrounding counties. Operates the same print-plus-digital subscription, classifieds and public notices model in a similar small-city Ohio market.
• Coshocton Tribune: Daily newspaper in Coshocton, OH covering a small Ohio community. Comparable local coverage, subscription and classifieds model, and similar headcount profile to The Marietta Times.
• The Daily Jeffersonian (Cambridge): Daily newspaper serving Cambridge and Guernsey County, Ohio — a direct small-market Ohio daily peer with print/digital subscriptions, classifieds and local sports coverage.

Broad incumbents

• Ogden Newspapers: Family-owned media company operating a portfolio of community newspapers across the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest, including several in West Virginia. Comparable community-newspaper operating model, but at significantly greater scale and geographic breadth.
• Gannett Co. Largest U.S. newspaper publisher operating USA TODAY and hundreds of local dailies including many in Ohio. Competes for digital readership and advertising in The Marietta Times' market and represents the dominant industry incumbent.
• Lee Enterprises: Major U.S. local newspaper group operating dailies across the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic, including properties in West Virginia. Comparable subscription and digital monetization model but at enterprise scale.

Regional players

• WTAP-TV (Park TV station): Local NBC affiliate television station serving the same Mid-Ohio Valley market (Marietta, OH and Parkersburg, WV). Competes for local advertising budgets and news audience attention within the identical regional footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/mariettatimes
• Facebookfacebook.com/MariettaTimes
• Instagraminstagram.com/mariettatimes
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-marietta-times

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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