Mount Vernon News

What Mount Vernon News does

Mount Vernon News is a local newspaper serving Mount Vernon, Ohio and the surrounding Knox County communities, operating continuously since 1939 as the established newspaper of record for the area. The publication is owned and operated by Knox County Media, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, with a team of 11-50 employees led by Scott Pompe as President of Knox County Media Group. The company's editorial coverage spans Sports, K-12 Schools, Local Government, Business, Health & Wellness, Crime & Courts, Kids & Families, Religion, Obituaries, and Legal Notices — exclusively original community journalism for Knox County residents.

The core product is a weekly Saturday print newspaper (75 editions per year), with a 12-month subscription priced at $75/year. Revenue is generated through four primary streams: print subscriptions, digital/e-edition subscriptions (published within 24 hours of print delivery), advertising (classifieds, display ads, marketplace listings), and the Subscriber Shoutouts paid feature for personalized community messages. Distribution channels include print home delivery, e-edition digital platform, a website/portal, classifieds portal, Shop Local marketplace, email newsletter (The Morning Press), and social media (Facebook, Twitter). The technology platform is supported by Cherry Road for circulation, subscriptions, and email operations, with Raptive serving as the advertising partner. The former Mount Vernon News building has been transformed into a mixed-use hub with a food hall, offices, and MVNU tech space, funded in part by a $1M JobsOhio grant.

Name

Mount Vernon News

Legal name

Knox County Media, LLC

Website

https://mountvernonnews.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1939

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Mount Vernon News is a community newspaper serving Mount Vernon and Knox County, Ohio since 1939, operating as the local newspaper of record with weekly print editions, a digital e-edition, email newsletter, and classifieds marketplace under Knox County Media, LLC.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local Newspaper / Community News Publishing

NAICS

Newspaper Publishers (513110), Newspaper Publishers (51311), Periodical Publishers (51312)

SIC

Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711), Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industry

News OTT & Live News Streaming Channels (MPABAHAK)

Keywords

• Local newspaper publishing
• Community news coverage
• Print subscription media
• Classified advertising marketplace
• Weekly newspaper delivery

Headquarters

HQ city

Mount Vernon

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Print Subscription: Print newspaper delivered weekly on Saturdays to subscribers; 12-month subscription at $75 per year
2. Digital/E-Edition Subscriptions: Free e-edition access for readers with latest editions published within 24 hours of print delivery; paid subscription for home delivery
3. Advertising Revenue: Classified advertising, display ads, and marketplace listings on website and in print editions
4. Subscriber Shoutouts: Paid feature messages published on website allowing subscribers to congratulate, birthday wishes, or love messages

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Mount Vernon News publishes a weekly Saturday newspaper and associated digital content serving Mount Vernon and Knox County, Ohio. Its offering centers on original local news across government, schools, sports, business, courts, obituaries, and community events, delivered via a paid print subscription (75 editions at $75/year), a digital e-Edition, an email newsletter, and classified/Shop Local advertising placements.

Product overview

Mount Vernon News operates as a traditional local newspaper serving Knox County, Ohio since 1939. The company's product portfolio centers on its core print newspaper, complemented by a digital e-Edition platform and weekly Morning Press Newsletter. Additional offerings include classified advertising services and the Subscriber Shoutouts feature for personalized community messages. The company publishes special sections covering local topics like senior services and fishing. The core print/physical product serves as the primary offering, with digital products (e-Edition, Newsletter) functioning as complementary access methods.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mount Vernon News (Print and Digital Newspaper) Weekly community newspaper serving Mount Vernon and Knox County, Ohio, publishing original local news across Sports, K-12 Schools, Local Government, Business, Health & Wellness, Crime & Courts, Kids & Families, Religion, Obituaries, and Legal Notice beats for residents of Knox County.
• e-Edition Digital replica of the print newspaper published within 24 hours of physical delivery, providing access to current and past editions across devices and giving readers a digital reading option.
• Print Subscription 12-month subscription delivering 75 Saturday print editions of Mount Vernon News to subscribers' homes for $75 per year, bundled with 3 Subscriber Shoutouts and The Morning Press Newsletter.
• The Morning Press Newsletter Weekly email newsletter delivered to subscribers' inboxes, providing news highlights and updates from Mount Vernon News.
• Classifieds & Shop Local Marketplace Online marketplace for classified advertisements including jobs, real estate, vehicles, and personal listings, plus Shop Local special sections featuring local business hot deals; available on the website and in print editions.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Knox County Media GroupcoreOthersParent company operating the Mount Vernon News website; Delaware limited liability company; references in Privacy Policy and Terms of Service
• Cherry RoadminorOthersParent technology platform for circulation, subscriptions, and email support ([email protected]); provides advertising portal infrastructure
• RaptiveminorGTM or Marketing PartnerAdvertising partner for purposes of placing advertising on the Site through CMI Marketing, Inc. d/b/a Raptive
• MVNU (Mount Vernon Nazarene University)minorOthersMVNU tech space is part of the transformed Mount Vernon News building project with $1M JobsOhio grant

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Ogden Newspapers: Family-owned operator of community newspapers across small and mid-sized markets, including Ohio titles. Closely comparable business model: local news, print + digital subscriptions, and SMB advertising in non-metro geographies.
• Adams Publishing Group: Family-owned community newspaper publisher operating local titles across the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, and Southeast. Comparable small-market weekly and daily model with shared services back-office and digital infrastructure.
• Boone Newspapers: Family-owned group operating community newspapers and shopping guides in the Midwest and South. Direct peer in the small-market weekly newspaper category with similar revenue mix of print subs, legal notices, and SMB advertising.
• Paxton Media Group: Family-owned publisher of local newspapers in small and mid-sized U.S. markets, with active M&A in community titles. Operates comparable subscription + advertising + legal notice revenue streams.
• Cherry Road Media: Operates a portfolio of small-market local newspapers and provides the circulation/subscription/email technology platform that powers Mount Vernon News. Direct peer as both a competing local-newspaper operator in similar markets and the company's core tech infrastructure partner.
• Embarcadero Media: Independent local news company operating weekly community newspapers and digital news sites in the San Francisco Bay Area. Comparable local newspaper + e-edition + newsletter + classifieds stack targeting a defined geographic community.
• AIM Media Midwest: Operator of community newspapers in Ohio, Indiana, and surrounding states. Closely comparable in geography (Ohio overlap) and small-market weekly newspaper operating model.

Others

• Raptive: Advertising partner that places programmatic ads on the Mount Vernon News site via CMI Marketing. Comparable only as an ecosystem participant; not a publishing peer but a meaningful monetization dependency.

Broad incumbents

• Gannett Co., Inc. Largest U.S. newspaper publisher (USA TODAY network), operating hundreds of local community titles including weeklies in Ohio. Broad incumbent competing for the same local advertising and subscription dollars with a national sales infrastructure Mount Vernon News cannot match.
• BridgeTower Media: B2B media company with significant local newspaper and print/digital publishing operations. Adjacent incumbent with overlapping local advertising customers and shared digital infrastructure trends.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/mountvernonnews
• Facebookfacebook.com/mvnews
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mount-vernon-news

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

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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