Greater Long Island Media Group

What Greater Long Island Media Group does

Greater Long Island Media Group, Inc. is a privately held, for-profit digital media company headquartered in Patchogue, New York, that operates a hyperlocal news network for Long Island. Founded in 2015 by Michael White, the company publishes local news, sports, food, and events coverage directed at residents of Suffolk and Nassau counties, with the stated mission of helping neighboring Long Island communities better understand one another. Its core products are the flagship Greater Long Island website (greaterlongisland.com), a network of 19 hyperlocal sub-sites for individual Long Island towns (Greater Babylon, Greater Bay Shore, Greater East End, Greater Farmingdale, Greater Fire Island, Greater Huntington, Greater Lindenhurst, Greater Moriches, Greater Patchogue, Greater Port Jeff, Greater Ronkonkoma, Greater Sayville, Greater Smithtown, Greater Long Beach, Greater Massapequa, Greater Mineola, Greater Oyster Bay, Greater Rockville Centre, and Greater Roslyn), an iOS mobile application, an email newsletter, and a reader membership/support program. The underlying technology is a WordPress-based CMS for web distribution plus a native iOS app; the company does not maintain an Android app, public API, or SDK.

The business model combines three revenue streams: local SMB advertising and sponsored content as the primary engine, recurring reader membership/donations on a flexible any-amount monthly basis (explicitly for-profit, non-tax-deductible), and sponsored-events coverage. Distribution is product-led: content is free and accessible to all readers via the website and mobile app, with social media (Instagram, Facebook), newsletter, SEO/organic search, and sponsored events used as marketing channels. The go-to-market is geographic, targeting Long Island consumers and advertisers without disclosed international or out-of-region expansion. Ownership is concentrated with founder/publisher Michael White; no parent company, institutional investment, or M&A activity is disclosed. The company actively publishes as of June 2026 and self-positions as Long Island's fastest-growing news source.

Name

Greater Long Island Media Group

Legal name

Greater Long Island Media Group, Inc.

Website

https://greaterlongisland.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Greater Long Island Media Group is a for-profit digital news company founded in 2015 by Michael White that operates a hyperlocal news network across Long Island's Suffolk and Nassau counties through 19+ community sub-sites, an iOS app, a newsletter, and a reader membership program.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local Digital News Media

NAICS

Newspaper Publishers (513110), Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (51621)

SIC

Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711)

akta.pro primary industry

News & Content Aggregation Portals (BPAMAAAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Local & Neighborhood Community Platforms (MPACAJAI), Local & Regional Newspapers (Print & Digital) (MPAJADAB)

Keywords

• Local digital news
• Hyperlocal community news
• Online news publishing
• Regional news media
• Digital journalism

Headquarters

HQ city

Patchogue

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Advertising: Primary revenue stream from local business advertising and sponsored content. Site features numerous local business sponsors and advertisers across various categories including restaurants, healthcare, financial services, and retail.
2. Membership/Donations: Reader membership program with recurring monthly payments. Revenues support the newsroom operations. The company explicitly states it is for-profit and donations are not tax-deductible.
3. Sponsored Events: The site hosts a 'Sponsored Events' section indicating event sponsorship as a revenue mechanism.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Greater Long Island Media Group operates a hyperlocal digital news platform covering Long Island communities across Suffolk and Nassau counties. It distributes original local news, sports, food, events, and community content through a main website, a network of 19+ town-specific sub-sites, an iOS mobile app, and an email newsletter. Revenue is generated primarily through local business advertising, sponsored content, sponsored event coverage, and reader membership support.

Product overview

Greater Long Island Media Group operates a hyper-local digital news network covering Long Island, New York. The core product is the Greater Long Island news website, which distributes local news, sports, food, and events content. The company also maintains a network of 19 hyper-local sub-sites for individual Long Island communities (Greater Babylon, Greater Bay Shore, Greater East End, Greater Farmingdale, Greater Fire Island, Greater Huntington, Greater Lindenhurst, Greater Moriches, Greater Patchogue, Greater Port Jeff, Greater Ronkonkoma, Greater Sayville, Greater Smithtown, Greater Long Beach, Greater Massapequa, Greater Mineola, Greater Oyster Bay, Greater Rockville Centre, and Greater Roslyn). Additional offerings include an iOS mobile app, a membership/support program, and a free email newsletter. Revenue is generated through advertising, sponsorships, and member support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Greater Long Island Main News Website Long Island's primary digital news site providing free local news, sports, food, and event coverage for residents across Suffolk and Nassau counties.
• Greater [Town] Hyperlocal Sub-Site Network A network of community-specific news sites covering individual Long Island towns and neighborhoods including Greater Babylon, Greater Bay Shore, Greater East End, Greater Farmingdale, Greater Fire Island, Greater Huntington, Greater Lindenhurst, Greater Moriches, Greater Patchogue, Greater Port Jeff, Greater Ronkonkoma, Greater Sayville, Greater Smithtown, Greater Long Beach, Greater Massapequa, Greater Mineola, Greater Oyster Bay, Greater Rockville Centre, and Greater Roslyn.
• Greater Long Island iOS Mobile App Native iOS application providing Long Island news content to readers on Apple mobile devices via the App Store.
• GLI Membership Support Program Recurring monthly membership program that lets readers financially support the Greater Long Island newsroom at any amount they choose, with the ability to cancel anytime.
• GLI Email Newsletter Free email newsletter that delivers Long Island local news updates to subscribed readers.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Long Island Press: Long Island Press is an alt-weekly/digital outlet covering Long Island news and culture. It competes directly with Greater Long Island for the same regional readership and local advertisers.
• TAPinto: TAPinto runs a franchise-style network of hyperlocal digital news sites across New Jersey, New York, and other states. It shares the neighborhood-edition, local-advertising-supported model that Greater Long Island operates.
• Patch: Patch operates a national network of hyperlocal community news sites, including extensive coverage of Long Island communities. It is the closest direct competitor, sharing the same neighborhood-edition model, advertising-supported business model, and SMB advertiser target.

Emerging players

• Axios Local: Axios Local is a digital-first local news expansion initiative producing hyperlocal newsletters in selected metros. It shares the digital, newsletter-driven, SMB-advertising-supported model, though it has not launched on Long Island.

Others

• Substack: Substack is an independent publishing platform enabling newsletter-based subscriptions. Relevant as an enabling/alternative platform that local news creators could use instead of running their own CMS — i.e., a competitive publishing model rather than a direct content competitor.

Broad incumbents

• Newsday: Newsday is the dominant legacy Long Island daily newspaper with a large digital subscription base and newsroom. It competes for the same Long Island readers and advertisers but at a much larger scale and broader geographic/editorial remit.
• News 12 Long Island: News 12 is the regional cable news channel dedicated to Long Island. It competes for the same local news audience across Suffolk and Nassau, though distributed via cable/screen rather than web/app.

Regional players

• 6sqft: 6sqft is a digital local-news outlet focused on New York City real estate and neighborhoods. Comparable in being a digital-first, geography-segmented news brand monetized through advertising, though focused on NYC rather than Long Island.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/greaterlongisland
• Xx.com/greater_li
• Facebookfacebook.com/greaterlongisland
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/greaterlongisland-com

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 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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