Pacific Daily News

What Pacific Daily News does

Pacific Daily News is the oldest continuously operating daily newspaper on the U.S. territory of Guam, founded in 1950 and headquartered in Hagåtña. The publication serves the island's roughly 170,000 residents alongside the U.S. military community stationed at Naval Base Guam and Andersen Air Force Base, delivering local breaking news, government and election coverage, local sports (including Guam Men's National Basketball Team and FIBA qualifiers), lifestyle, food, opinion/editorials, obituaries, and classifieds. Coverage spans civic events such as Guam's annual Liberation Day commemoration and major editorial initiatives including the 75th anniversary program.

The product platform is built on the TownNews Blox content management system and spans physical print, the guampdn.com news website, an e-Edition digital newspaper delivered by email, native iOS and Android mobile applications, SMS-based breaking-news and weather alerts, and a portfolio of vertical-specific email newsletters (Daily Headlines, Local Sports, Local Weather, Weekly Best of PDN, Weekly Local Food, Weekly Lifestyle, Breaking News alerts). Adjacent revenue and engagement products include a classifieds marketplace with separate job-board and legal-notices channels, an obituary directory powered by Legacy.com, photo and video multimedia galleries, the "Pika's Best of Guam" annual consumer awards program, and a social-media presence maintained across Facebook, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram.

The business model combines print subscription and single-copy sales with digital advertising, paywalled e-Edition access, newsletter sponsorship, classified placement fees, and rate-card advertising packages (funeral, anniversary, election, and classified packages). Specific subscription rates, advertising prices, revenue figures, parent-company relationships, institutional ownership, and management team details are not publicly disclosed beyond founder/owner Kaleo Moylan; the company operates as a private, independently held for-profit entity.

Name

Pacific Daily News

Legal name

Pacific Daily News

Website

https://guampdn.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1950

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Pacific Daily News is Guam's oldest continuously operating daily newspaper, founded in 1950 and based in Hagåtña. It delivers local news, sports, lifestyle, classifieds, obituaries, and advertising across print, web, mobile apps, and email newsletters to Guam residents and the island's U.S. military community.

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

Newsletter Publishing Platforms (MPACAIAA)

Keywords

• Local newspaper publishing
• Digital news media
• Email newsletters
• Classified advertising
• Community journalism

Headquarters

HQ city

Hagåtña

HQ country

Guam

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Pacific Daily News is a Guam-based daily newspaper that produces and distributes local news, sports, lifestyle, weather, opinion, and community content across multiple channels. Its core offering is the multi-platform news product, anchored by the guampdn.com website, the print edition, and the e-Edition digital replica, complemented by mobile apps, email newsletters, SMS alerts, classifieds, and multimedia content serving Guam residents and the local military community.

Product overview

Pacific Daily News operates as a comprehensive digital news platform serving Guam since 1950. The company's product portfolio centers on guampdn.com as its primary digital news website, complemented by the e-Edition electronic newspaper, multiple targeted email newsletters (Daily Headlines, Local Sports, Local Weather, Weekly Best Of, Food, and Lifestyle), native iOS and Android mobile applications, and text-based alert services. Additional offerings include a classifieds marketplace, contests and sweepstakes programs, obituary services, and multimedia content galleries. The digital products are built on the TownNews Blox CMS platform and integrate social media sharing capabilities for content distribution.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Pika's Best of Guam: Annual contest and awards program celebrating the best businesses and services on Guam.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• TownNews: Technology vendor (Blox CMS) that powers guampdn.com and is the dominant CMS for U.S. local newspapers — adjacent enabler whose customer base overlaps heavily with PDN's peer set.

Direct peers

• The Guam Daily Post: The other active daily newspaper on Guam, directly competing with Pacific Daily News for the same local audience, advertisers, and subscribers across print and digital.

Regional players

• Marianas Variety: Long-running newspaper serving the Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan, Tinian, Rota) with print, digital, and classified offerings — closely comparable regional Pacific island newsroom model.
• Saipan Tribune: CNMI-based newspaper operating a similar print-plus-digital local news model in a small Pacific island market, comparable in audience scale and monetization mix.
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser: Hawaii's main daily newspaper serving a Pacific island population with print, e-Edition, newsletters, and mobile apps — analogous business model adapted to a larger but similarly island-based market.
• Hawaii Tribune-Herald: Daily newspaper serving Hawaii's Big Island with print and digital distribution, comparable to PDN as a community-anchored island daily covering local government, sports, and lifestyle.
• Pacific Islands Times: Pacific-focused digital news outlet covering Guam, CNMI, and broader Micronesia — competes with PDN for regional digital readership and Guam government accountability coverage.

Broad incumbents

• KUAM: Guam's primary local TV and radio broadcaster, competing with PDN for the same local audience and advertising dollars across a different medium (broadcast vs. print/digital).
• USA Today: National daily newspaper with strong digital/newsletter presence that reaches Guam online, competing for national news readership and digital ad budgets on the island.
• Gannett: Largest U.S. newspaper chain operating hundreds of local dailies and the USA Today network — relevant comparable for digital transformation, subscription, and operational scale benchmarks in community journalism.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/guampdn
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCS2nurz7ZrUYBG2pKf8e8JA
• Facebookfacebook.com/GuamPDN
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/pacific-daily-news
• Instagraminstagram.com/guampdn

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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