The Record-Courier

The Record-Courier is a private community newspaper serving Minden-Gardnerville and Carson Valley in Douglas County, Nevada, publishing twice-weekly print and digital editions, e-edition magazines, classifieds, a sports podcast, and legal notices for the county.

Company typePrivate
Founded2001
HeadquartersGardnerville, United States
Headcount1–10
GTM typeB2B and B2C
OfferingServices

What The Record-Courier does

The Record-Courier is a privately held community newspaper serving the Minden-Gardnerville and Carson Valley region of Douglas County, Nevada. It publishes a paid print edition on Wednesdays and Saturdays and operates a digital-first platform comprising a news website, PageSuite-powered e-edition, email newsletter, multi-vertical RSS feeds, classifieds/job portal, and the Behind the Bench high school sports podcast distributed on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Content verticals span local news, crime, business, community, sports, politics, opinion, and obituaries, with an archive spanning decades of community history. Ownership sits with Eagle Valley Publishing Company, part of the Nevada News Group that also operates the Nevada Appeal and Northern Nevada Business Weekly.

The business operates with a small staff of 1–10 employees, including Owner/Publisher Adam Trumble, Associate Publisher Tara Addeo, Editor/Internet Editor Kurt Hildebrand, Reporter Sarah Drinkwine, and Sports Reporter Carter Eckl. Revenue is generated through six streams: print and digital subscriptions (annual billing), display advertising sold to local businesses, classified advertising (jobs, real estate, autos, merchandise, farm/ranch), legal advertising for Douglas County, obituary and memorial fees, and special section magazines such as Best of Carson Valley, Senior Spotlight, and Carson Valley Almanac. Marketing and distribution rely on the website, Facebook, Twitter/X, RSS, email, podcast platforms, and direct print distribution across the Carson Valley geography.

There is no public revenue disclosure, no funding history, and no M&A activity. The business is the de facto local newspaper of record for its geography, supported by statutory legal advertising mandates for Douglas County. It is not a venture-backed or PE-owned operating business in the conventional sense; it operates as a working small business within a regional newspaper group, with steady operations rather than measurable scaling momentum.

The Record-Courier firmographics

Firmographics

Name: The Record-Courier
Legal name: The Record-Courier
Website: https://recordcourier.com
Company type: Private
Founded year: 2001
Operating status: Operating
Headcount range: 1–10 employees
Short description: The Record-Courier is a private community newspaper serving Minden-Gardnerville and Carson Valley in Douglas County, Nevada, publishing twice-weekly print and digital editions, e-edition magazines, classifieds, a sports podcast, and legal notices for the county.
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The Record-Courier industry classification

Industry

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)

Keywords

Local newspaper
Community news
Print publishing
Classified advertising
Digital journalism

Where The Record-Courier is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city: Gardnerville
HQ country: United States
HQ region: North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

The Record-Courier business model

Business model

GTM type: B2B and B2C
Offering type: Services
Cost components: Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Revenue model

Print and Digital Subscriptions: Subscription revenue from physical newspaper and e-edition digital access
Advertising: Display advertising sold to local businesses, display ads on website
Classified Advertising: Classified ads for employment, real estate, autos, merchandise, pets, announcements
Legal Advertising: Legal notices published for Douglas County
Obituary Fees: Obituary submissions and memorial publications
Special Sections and Magazines: Special publications including Best of Carson Valley, Senior Spotlight, Carson Valley Almanac, and other themed magazines

Pricing tiers

Model	Billing	Price
Subscription	Annual	Standard subscription

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

The Record-Courier product offering

Product offering

Core offering

The Record-Courier is a community newspaper that publishes local news, sports, politics, business, obituaries, classifieds, and legal notices for Minden-Gardnerville and Carson Valley, Nevada. It delivers content via a print edition (Wednesdays and Saturdays), a digital news website, an HTML5 e-edition, an email newsletter, and a sports podcast, while monetizing through consumer subscriptions and advertising sales to local businesses and Douglas County government.

Product overview

The Record-Courier operates as a local newspaper with a digital-first platform comprising a news website, e-edition digital magazines, newsletter subscriptions, and classifieds. The publication also maintains a podcast (Behind the Bench) and hosts an annual Best of Carson Valley awards contest. Content is distributed via RSS feeds and the website serves the Minden-Gardnerville and Carson Valley Nevada community with coverage across local news, crime, business, community, sports, politics, opinion, and obituaries sections. The e-edition platform provides digital versions of special section magazines including the Carson Valley Almanac, Senior Spotlight, and Best of Carson Valley.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

Behind the Bench: A high school sports podcast hosted by Carter Eckl covering the Nevada News Group's coverage area with weekly episodes featuring local coaches and athletes.

Products and services

Digital News Website The Record-Courier's main digital news website (recordcourier.com) providing local news coverage across multiple sections including news, crime, business, community, sports, politics, opinion, and obituaries for Minden-Gardnerville and Carson Valley, Nevada residents.
E-Edition Digital replica of the newspaper and special publications delivered through the PageSuite HTML5 reader, accessible on desktop and mobile, including special-section magazines such as the Carson Valley Almanac and Senior Spotlight.
Print Newspaper Subscription Physical newspaper published on Wednesdays and Saturdays and delivered to subscribers and available at local pickup locations throughout Minden-Gardnerville and Carson Valley.
Email Newsletter Subscription Email newsletter delivering news updates and headlines to subscribers of The Record-Courier, distributed via the website's newsletter signup.
Classified Advertising Online classified advertising platform covering categories such as jobs, real estate, autos, merchandise, legal notices, garage sales, farm/ranch, announcements, and pets, sold to local individuals and businesses in Douglas County.
Special Sections and Magazines Themed digital magazine publications such as the Best of Carson Valley, Senior Spotlight, Carson Valley Almanac, Peak NV, PINNACLE Magazine, and Northern Nevada Guide, distributed through the e-edition and website.
Behind the Bench Podcast Weekly high school sports podcast hosted by Carter Eckl featuring interviews with local coaches and athletes, available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

Companies that use The Record-Courier

Customer profile

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

The Record-Courier technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API: No
API docs
API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

The Record-Courier partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

The Record-Courier competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Direct peers

Nevada Appeal: Sister publication within the Nevada News Group, covering Carson City, NV. Same parent (Eagle Valley Publishing), same CMS, overlapping editorial coverage area. This is the most direct comparable — same business model, same group economics, with Carson City as the larger adjacent market.
Sierra Sun: North Lake Tahoe / Truckee weekly newspaper under the Nevada News Group / Swift Communications umbrella. Direct sibling in terms of group structure, serving a similar small mountain community with comparable demographic and advertiser profile.
Elko Daily Free Press: Independent small-city daily in northeastern Nevada. Same target customer (rural Nevada residents and SMB advertisers), same revenue mix (subscriptions, display, legal notices, classifieds), same scale constraints — strong comparable for unit-economics benchmarking.
Lahontan Valley News: Small-market Nevada daily/weekly serving Fallon and Churchill County. Comparable scale and operating model (community newspaper with print and digital editions), operating in another rural Nevada market with similar advertiser base and revenue mix.
Tahoe Daily Tribune: Regional Lake Tahoe newspaper serving South Lake Tahoe and Stateline. Comparable hyper-local coverage of a small mountain-resort-adjacent market, with similar subscription + advertising + legal notices revenue stack and tourism-sensitive local economy.
Northern Nevada Business Weekly: B2B trade publication within the Nevada News Group portfolio. Demonstrates the group's ability to operate niche publications profitably alongside general-interest community papers; useful comparable for monetising local-business advertising inventory.

Broad incumbents

Vail Daily: Larger Colorado mountain community newspaper, part of Swift Communications / Ogden Newspapers group. Same community-newspaper model serving a similar resort-adjacent small-town market, but at meaningfully greater scale and with more developed digital/event revenue.

Regional players

Aspen Daily News: Independent daily serving Aspen, CO. Comparable small-mountain-community newspaper with subscription and ad revenue mix. Similar constraints (small market, key-person dependence, limited geographic expansion), but operating in a much higher-income market.
The Park Record: Weekly community newspaper serving Park City, UT. Comparable small mountain-resort community of similar size with print + digital subscriptions and a hyper-local advertiser base, but operating in a different geographic market with stronger tourism economics.
Prescott Daily Courier: Daily community newspaper serving Prescott, AZ. Comparable small-city/community-newspaper operating model with print + digital editions, legal notices, and local advertising — useful benchmark for a community newspaper of similar demographic scale in a different geography.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

The Record-Courier financial estimates

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

The Record-Courier leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

The Record-Courier funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

The Record-Courier M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A

Investments

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

Frequently asked questions about The Record-Courier

What does The Record-Courier do?

Is The Record-Courier a public or private company?

The Record-Courier is a private company. It is classified as corporate owned and is currently operating.

When was The Record-Courier founded?

The Record-Courier was founded in 2001. It employs 1 to 10 people.

Where is The Record-Courier based?

The Record-Courier is headquartered in Gardnerville, United States, in the North America region.

How does The Record-Courier make money?

Six revenue lines are on record. Print and Digital Subscriptions are the primary driver. The others are advertising, classified Advertising, legal Advertising, obituary Fees and special Sections and Magazines.

Who are The Record-Courier's main competitors?

Direct peers on record are Nevada Appeal, Sierra Sun, Elko Daily Free Press, Lahontan Valley News, Tahoe Daily Tribune and Northern Nevada Business Weekly. Vail Daily is listed as a broad incumbent. Regional players are Aspen Daily News, The Park Record and Prescott Daily Courier.

Does The Record-Courier have an API?

No public API is recorded for The Record-Courier.

What industry is The Record-Courier in?

The Record-Courier's product category is Local Newspaper. Its primary akta.pro industry code is MPAJADAB, Local & Regional Newspapers (Print & Digital). Its NAICS code is 513110 and its SIC code is 2711.