The Journal Gazette

What The Journal Gazette does

The Journal Gazette is a daily newspaper serving Fort Wayne, Allen County, and the surrounding northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio region. Founded in 1863 and privately held, it operates as a digital-first local news outlet anchored by its website at journalgazette.net, supplemented by a print edition distributed through retail and subscription channels, an e-edition digital replica, and a portfolio of 12 topic-specific email newsletters spanning news, politics, sports (TinCaps, Komets, Fort Wayne FC), education, crime, health, and opinion.

The product surface extends beyond news into adjacent local-information verticals: obituaries are surfaced via a partnership with Legacy.com, public-notice placement and search is operated through Column.us, classifieds and jobs run through jobs.fortwayne.com, and a companion lifestyle/community portal at FortWayne.com extends the brand into events and local commerce. The publishing stack is built on the BLOX Content Management System from BLOX Digital, a CMS commonly used by U.S. community newspapers. Distribution spans the website, e-edition, email newsletters, and an active presence across six social platforms including Facebook, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, Instagram, Vimeo, and Bluesky.

The business model is a hybrid of consumer subscription revenue (digital access via subscribe.fortwayne.com, print delivery, e-edition), local advertising sales, and fee-based public-notice placement serving legal and government filers. Customer segments are distributed: general consumer readers in northeast Indiana and a separate base of local advertisers. Headcount is reported in the 51–100 range. No parent company, institutional investors, funding rounds, M&A activity, or leadership changes are disclosed in available source material, and revenue is not publicly reported.

Name

The Journal Gazette

Legal name

The Journal Gazette

Website

https://journalgazette.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1863

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

The Journal Gazette is a privately held, daily local newspaper serving Fort Wayne, Allen County, and northeast Indiana / northwest Ohio with digital, print, e-edition, newsletters, obituaries, and public notices.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local Newspaper / Community News

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 news coverage
• Print and digital subscriptions
• Public notice placement
• Community journalism

Headquarters

HQ city

Fort Wayne

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, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

The Journal Gazette is a daily local newspaper and digital-first news publication serving Fort Wayne, Allen County, and surrounding northeast Indiana / northwest Ohio communities. It produces local news, sports, opinion, business, and lifestyle content delivered via a print edition, an E-Edition digital replica, a primary website (journalgazette.net), paid digital subscriptions, topic-specific email newsletters, obituaries, and public notices. Founded in 1863, the publication is operated as a subscription-based community media business.

Product overview

The Journal Gazette operates as a digital-first local newspaper with a main website (journalgazette.net) offering breaking news, local coverage, sports, opinion, business, and multimedia content for Fort Wayne and northeast Indiana. The product portfolio includes the core website, an E-Edition digital replica of the print newspaper, paid digital subscriptions, 12 topic-specific email newsletters, obituaries search (via Legacy.com), public notices (via Column.us), and the companion platform FortWayne.com. The site is powered by BLOX Content Management System from BLOX Digital.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• The Journal Gazette Website (journalgazette.net) The primary digital news platform of The Journal Gazette, providing local news coverage for Fort Wayne, Allen County, and surrounding areas in northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio, including breaking news, sports, opinion, business, living, and multimedia content.
• E-Edition A digital replica of the print newspaper edition accessible online, providing readers with a traditional reading experience of the daily paper.
• Digital Subscriptions Paid digital content access including full article access, exclusive features, and member-only content, managed through the Fort Wayne subscriptions platform.
• Email Newsletters Twelve topic-specific email newsletters including Daily Headlines, Breaking News Alerts, Government & Politics, Schools & Education, Crime & Courts, Health & Science, Opinion, Fort Wayne FC, Komets, TinCaps, Events & Entertainment, Food, and History Journal, delivering curated content to subscribers.
• Public Notices Public notice search and placement service powered by Column.us, enabling citizens to search existing public notices and enabling organizations to place legal public notices in The Journal Gazette.
• FortWayne.com A companion lifestyle and community portal linked to The Journal Gazette, covering local events, attractions, and additional Fort Wayne area content, and serving as the platform for managing digital and print subscriptions via fortwayne.com/subscriptions.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• The Blade (Toledo): Daily newspaper serving Toledo and northwest Ohio — the same secondary geography The Journal Gazette explicitly covers. Comparable business model with print, digital subscriptions, and local sports coverage.
• Evansville Courier & Press: Regional daily newspaper covering the Evansville / southwestern Indiana market. Comparable as an Indiana Gannett-operated daily with subscription-based digital access and print distribution.
• The Indianapolis Star (Gannett): Indiana's flagship daily newspaper covering Indianapolis and central Indiana. Comparable as an Indiana regional daily with print + digital subscriptions, local sports coverage, and public-notice operations, though in a larger market.
• South Bend Tribune: Regional daily newspaper serving the South Bend / Michiana area of northern Indiana. Comparable as an Indiana regional daily with print + digital subscriptions, local sports (Notre Dame), and public-notice operations.

Broad incumbents

• Lee Enterprises: Major U.S. local-newspaper operator with dozens of daily titles across the Midwest and beyond. Comparable business model focused on subscription, advertising, and public-notice revenue at small-to-mid market papers.
• Tribune Publishing (now part of MediaNews Group): Operator of regional dailies including the Chicago Tribune, New York Daily News, and other U.S. metro titles. Comparable as a multi-paper publishing group with print + digital subscription and advertising models.
• Gannett Co. Largest U.S. newspaper chain operating hundreds of local dailies and digital platforms (USA Today network). Operates many of the same subscription, advertising, and public-notice models at massive scale; uses the same BLOX Digital CMS infrastructure that powers The Journal Gazette.
• Ogden Newspapers: Family-owned newspaper chain operating dozens of daily and weekly community papers across the U.S., with strong presence in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic. Closely comparable to The Journal Gazette in operating philosophy and mid-market positioning.
• MediaNews Group / Alden Global Capital: Large newspaper group owning hundreds of local and regional titles across the U.S. Comparable as a multi-market daily-newspaper operator with subscription, advertising, and public-notice monetization.

Direct peers

• KPC Media Group: Publishes daily and weekly newspapers (KPC News, The Star) in northeast Indiana, including Kendallville, Auburn, and Angola. Operates in overlapping geography with The Journal Gazette and shares the local-news business model, subscription/print distribution, and small-market newsroom economics.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/jgfortwayne
• YouTubevimeo.com/thejournalgazette
• Facebookfacebook.com/journalgazette
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-journal-gazette
• Instagraminstagram.com/jgfortwayne

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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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