Evesham Journal

What Evesham Journal does

Evesham Journal is a hyper-local newspaper and digital news publication serving Evesham and the surrounding Worcestershire area in England. Founded in 1860, it operates under private ownership by Newsquest Media Group Ltd and produces coverage of local news, community events, crime, property, countryside, leisure, and dedicated sports reporting for clubs such as Evesham United FC, Pershore Town FC, Worcester Warriors, and Worcester Wolves. Distribution is multi-channel: a digital-first website with subscription paywall, email newsletters, print home delivery, and physical retail/newsstand sales. The site also publishes digital e-edition magazines and serves as a vehicle for statutory public notices, local business directory listings, and classified sections for jobs, cars, and homes.

Name

Evesham Journal

Legal name

The Evesham Journal

Website

https://eveshamjournal.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Evesham Journal is a local newspaper and digital news site serving Evesham and Worcestershire, covering community news, sport, leisure, public notices, and classifieds under Newsquest Media Group ownership.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Worcester

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Subscription Revenue: Digital and print subscriptions providing premium content access, including exclusive subscriber partnership content with USA Today and sister publications.
2. Advertising Revenue: Local business advertising displayed on the website and in print editions, with local businesses promoted to the target community audience.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Evesham Journal is a local newspaper and digital news site covering Evesham, Broadway, Pershore and surrounding Worcestershire communities, delivering news, sport, opinion, lifestyle, public notices, jobs, property and motors content. The product is offered in print and digital form, supported by e-Editions, newsletters, a local listings directory, classifieds (jobs, property, cars) and a dedicated public notice portal.

Product overview

Evesham Journal is a local online news publication operated by Newsquest Media Group Ltd. The offering consists of a core website providing local news coverage, supplemented by digital magazine e-editions, a public notices portal, local business directory, newsletter services, classified listings (jobs, cars, homes), and puzzle content. The product serves the Evesham and Worcestershire community with local news, sports reporting, and leisure information.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Evesham Journal newspaper and digital news site Core community newspaper product covering news, sport, opinion and lifestyle for Evesham, Broadway, Pershore and surrounding Worcestershire villages; delivered via a printed weekly edition and the eveshamjournal.co.uk website, with both free and subscriber-only articles.
• Digital Editions (e-Editions) Online digital replicas of the printed Evesham Journal editions, plus associated digital-only magazines (e.g., lifestyle and community magazines such as An Hour to Save Your Life, Life and Style, etc.), accessible to readers via the website.
• Newsletters Email-based newsletter subscriptions delivering Evesham Journal headlines, sport, lifestyle and other topic updates directly to subscribers' inboxes.
• Classifieds — Jobs, Property and Motors Online classified listings on eveshamjournal.co.uk allowing individuals and local businesses to post jobs, property (homes), and motors (cars) advertisements targeting the Evesham and Worcestershire audience.
• Public Notice Portal (Noticeboard) Online service hosted on publicnoticesportal.co.uk that allows public bodies, organisations, solicitors and individuals to publish statutory, legal and other public notices that appear alongside the Evesham Journal's editorial coverage.
• Local Listings Directory Online directory within eveshamjournal.co.uk providing local business and community listings for users searching for services, trades and amenities in the Evesham and Worcestershire area.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Public Notice PortalminorGTM or Marketing PartnerThe Public Notice Portal is a platform for public notices, brought to Britain by local news publishers in conjunction with Google. Evesham Journal receives public notice data from this platform and publishes statutory notices as part of the News Media Association network.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• The Scotsman: UK regional title under JPI Media with a digital subscription, display advertising, and e-edition model. Comparable as a heritage regional news brand navigating the same paywall-and-classifieds transition that Evesham Journal is pursuing.
• Yorkshire Post: Long-running UK regional daily published by JPI Media with the same digital subscription paywall, classifieds, and local advertising model as Evesham Journal. Comparable on regional news scale, B2C subscription revenue mix, and structural exposure to print decline.
• Bournemouth Echo: Flagship title of parent Newsquest Media Group, headquartered at the same Bournemouth office. Operates the same digital-plus-print local news model with subscription, advertising, classifieds, and public notices — a directly comparable operational blueprint.
• Manchester Evening News: Reach plc regional title operating a large-scale digital subscription, advertising, and e-edition model. Closely comparable on product mix (news, sport, jobs, homes, cars, newsletters) and on the playbook for converting a regional patch into recurring digital subscribers.
• Worcester News: Direct sister title to Evesham Journal, also owned by Newsquest Media Group and serving the same Worcestershire region with overlapping newsroom, sport, and public-notice coverage. Direct competitor in the same patch and a cross-promotional channel for the Evesham subscription funnel.
• Eastern Daily Press: Archant/Newsquest-era regional daily serving Norfolk with the same subscription, classifieds, and public notices stack as Evesham Journal. Directly comparable on UK regional newsprint heritage and digital paywall execution.

Broad incumbents

• JPI Media: UK regional publishing group behind Yorkshire Post, The Scotsman, and a portfolio of local titles. Comparable as a competing networked regional publisher using the same digital subscription, classifieds, and advertising stack.
• Reach plc: UK-listed national and regional newspaper group (Mirror, Express, Manchester Evening News, etc.) operating the same digital subscription and classifieds model across many regional patches. Comparable as a broad incumbent showing the scaled economics that a network like Newsquest is pursuing with titles such as Evesham Journal.
• Iliffe News & Media: Independent UK regional publisher operating a network of local titles with overlapping digital subscription, classifieds, and advertising models. Comparable as an adjacent networked regional publisher with similar product and revenue structure.
• BBC News — Worcestershire: Free, publicly funded local news outlet covering the same Worcestershire patch as Evesham Journal. Directly substitutes for general local news coverage and competes for audience attention, though it does not run a paid subscription or display ad business.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/EveshamJournal
• Facebookfacebook.com/eveshamjournal

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Valuation estimate

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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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