The Enterprise

Name

The Enterprise

Legal name

The Enterprise News

Website

https://springhopeenterprise.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1971

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local Newspaper / Community News Media

NAICS

Newspaper Publishers (51311)

SIC

Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711)

akta.pro primary industry

Local & Regional Newspapers (Print & Digital) (MPAJADAB)

Keywords

• Local newspaper publishing
• Community news coverage
• Newspaper subscriptions
• Classified advertising
• Obituary services

Headquarters

HQ city

Wilson

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Digital Subscriptions: Online access to content with digital subscription model
2. Print Subscriptions: Physical newspaper delivery subscriptions
3. Classified Advertising: Classified ad placements including job listings, real estate, obituaries, and personal ads
4. Display Advertising: Traditional newspaper display ads and sponsored content
5. Obituary Services: Obituary placement services through partnership with Legacy.com and memoriams.com
6. Public Notices: Legal public notice advertising placements through partnership with enterprise.column.us
7. E-Edition: Digital replica of print edition available for online viewing

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

The Enterprise is a weekly community newspaper serving Spring Hope, Nash County, Wilson County, and Edgecombe County in eastern North Carolina. It publishes local news, sports, editorials, obituaries, classified ads, and legal public notices, delivered through a print subscription, a digital website and e-edition, and email newsletters. The business also sells advertising and fee-based services (classified placements, obituary submissions, and public notice placements) to local businesses, funeral homes, and government entities.

Product overview

The Enterprise is a local newspaper serving Nash and Wilson counties in North Carolina, operating primarily as a digital news platform (springhopeenterprise.com) that publishes local news, sports, editorials, columns, and community content. The company offers a multi-product portfolio including an E-Edition digital replica of the print newspaper, online classified advertising through its marketplace, obituary services via Legacy.com partnership, public notices through Column.us, and traditional print subscription delivery. The publication covers local government, sports (high school and collegiate), community events, and regional news across eastern North Carolina.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• The Enterprise News Website

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Legacy.comminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for obituary placement services. Legacy.com hosts browse functionality for The Enterprise obituaries at legacy.com/us/obituaries/the-enterprise/browse
• PubGencoreTechnology or IntegrationWebsite technology provider powering the publication's digital platform. PubGen provides the content management system designed to be compatible with assistive technologies.
• Restoration News MediacoreOthersParent company operating The Enterprise along with sister publications including The Wilson Times, The Johnstonian News, The Wake Weekly, and The Ledger News. Editorial shared staff across publications.
• enterprise.column.usminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for public notice placements. enterprise.column.us hosts search and placement functionality for public notices.

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• The Pilot (Southern Pines): Independent weekly community newspaper serving Moore County, NC with comparable hyperlocal coverage of news, sports, and obituaries plus print and digital subscriptions. Represents the closest direct competitor outside the Restoration NewsMedia group.
• Smoky Mountain News: Weekly community newspaper serving western North Carolina with a similar hyperlocal coverage model covering multiple rural counties, print and digital subscriptions, and display advertising. Comparable in scale and product mix.
• The Johnstonian News: Sister publication under Restoration NewsMedia serving Johnston County, NC, with the same hyperlocal community newspaper structure, PubGen platform, and shared editorial/publisher infrastructure. Operationally interchangeable with The Enterprise.
• The Wake Weekly: Sister publication under Restoration NewsMedia covering Wake County with the same weekly community newspaper format, advertising and subscription revenue mix, and shared operational backbone as The Enterprise.
• The Wilson Times: Sister publication under Restoration NewsMedia serving neighboring Wilson County with the same hyperlocal newspaper model, shared editorial staff, and shared PubGen CMS. Directly comparable in scale, product offering, and revenue mix.
• The Ledger News: Sister publication under Restoration NewsMedia, another small weekly community newspaper in North Carolina sharing editorial staff, PubGen technology, and the same revenue model of subscriptions, advertising, classifieds, obituaries, and public notices.

Broad incumbents

• CNHI (Community Newspaper Holdings Inc.): Operator of small and mid-sized community newspapers across the U.S., directly comparable to Restoration NewsMedia's portfolio model of running multiple small-town titles under a shared operational backbone.
• Lee Enterprises: Publicly traded multi-title community newspaper operator with overlapping small-market publications across the U.S. Comparable business model of subscription + advertising at small-town weekly papers, but at materially greater scale.
• Gannett (USA TODAY Network): Largest U.S. local newspaper operator publishing The Daily News (Jacksonville, NC) and other North Carolina titles that overlap with The Enterprise's coverage of eastern NC communities. Competes for regional advertisers and digital subscribers at scale.

Emerging players

• Carolina Public Press: Nonprofit digital news organization covering rural North Carolina counties, competing for the same hyperlocal readership and public-notice-adjacent civic information that The Enterprise serves, though operating on a grant-funded model rather than display advertising.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses1 record

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/spring-hope-enterprise-inc.

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

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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