The Dominion Post

What The Dominion Post does

The Dominion Post is a privately-held local daily newspaper headquartered at 1251 Earl L. Core Road in Morgantown, West Virginia, serving Morgantown and Monongalia County. Per the firmographic record the publication dates to 1864, employs 51-100 people, and operates as a for-profit entity with no parent company or external institutional investment identified. The publication covers local news across news, business, cops and courts, education, energy and environment, local government, health and sciences, features, community, entertainment, outdoors and travel, obituaries, and an extensive WVU sports and high school sports vertical.

The product portfolio is built on a WordPress/WPZOOM-themed website (dominionpost.com), a premium mobile app, a daily e-edition digital replica, and a print newspaper with home delivery. Ancillary products include the "Extra Medium" sports podcast distributed via YouTube and a community engagement feature set (Photo Friday reader-submitted photos, Letters to the Editor up to 300 words, Readers' Choice). Distribution is exclusively domestic and geographic, restricted to Morgantown, Monongalia County, and the broader WVU community.

The business model combines three revenue streams: recurring digital subscriptions, recurring print+digital subscriptions, and print/digital advertising. Disclosed pricing includes a 3-month digital promo at $7 (renewing at $20/quarter), digital-only at $12/month or $120/year, digital plus Sunday print at $10/month or $112/year, and digital plus daily print at $20.50/month or $250/year. Classified ad and marketing services packages are also sold to local businesses and government entities. No revenue figures, funding history, M&A activity, leadership changes, or strategic partnerships are disclosed in the available source data.

Name

The Dominion Post

Legal name

The Dominion Post

Website

https://dominionpost.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1864

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

The Dominion Post is a privately-held Morgantown, West Virginia daily newspaper (est. 1864) serving local residents, the WVU community, and area businesses with print, digital, e-edition, mobile app, and podcast products via subscription and advertising revenue.

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)

Keywords

• Local newspaper
• Digital news
• Print journalism
• News subscription
• Community news

Headquarters

HQ city

Morgantown

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Digital Subscriptions: Monthly and annual digital-only subscription plans providing premium online access, mobile app access, and e-edition access.
2. Print Subscriptions: Home delivery of Sunday paper or daily paper combined with digital access.
3. Advertising: Display advertising and classified ads in print and digital editions. Multiple ad submission options including classifieds and marketing services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

The Dominion Post is a local newspaper serving Morgantown and Monongalia County, West Virginia, delivering hyperlocal news, WVU sports coverage, local government reporting, community features, and obituaries. It operates a hybrid print and digital model with tiered subscription plans (Digital Only, Digital + Sunday Print, Digital + Daily Print) and ancillary products including a daily e-edition, mobile app, and the Extra Medium Sports Podcast.

Product overview

The Dominion Post is a traditional local newspaper serving Morgantown, West Virginia, operating a digital-first news platform (DominionPost.com) alongside multiple subscription tiers. The core offering includes the website with breaking news, local government, sports (WVU, high school), features, and obituaries coverage. Subscription products include Digital Only, Digital+Sunday, and Digital+Daily print bundles, all granting access to the E-Edition and premium mobile app. The publication also offers reader engagement through Photo Friday submissions and the Extra Medium Sports Podcast. The portfolio represents a legacy print publisher transitioning to hybrid digital-print subscriptions, not a modern SaaS or AI-powered product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• DominionPost.com Website The primary digital news platform for The Dominion Post, delivering local Morgantown area news, breaking news alerts, sports coverage (including WVU athletics and high school sports), community features, local government reporting, obituaries, and classifieds. Targeted at Morgantown and Monongalia County residents, WVU community members, and local businesses.
• Digital Only Subscription Subscription plan granting subscribers full digital access to DominionPost.com, premium mobile app access, and the daily e-edition for all 7 days' editions. Offered at $12/month or $120/year, with a promotional rate of 3 months for $7 renewing at $20 per 3-month period. Targeted at individual consumers seeking digital-only news access.
• Digital + Sunday Print Subscription Combined subscription plan bundling home delivery of the Sunday print newspaper with full digital access including DominionPost.com, the premium mobile app, and the daily e-edition. Offered at $10/month or $112/year for individual subscribers who prefer a lighter print cadence.
• Digital + Daily Print Subscription Full-service subscription plan bundling daily home delivery of the print newspaper with full digital access including DominionPost.com, the premium mobile app, and the daily e-edition. Offered at $20.50/month or $250/year for individual subscribers wanting comprehensive print and digital coverage.
• E-Edition Digital replica of the print newspaper edition, available for all 7 days' editions, accessible via the website and the premium mobile app to subscribers. Provided as part of the subscription offering.
• Mobile App Premium mobile application providing on-the-go access to The Dominion Post's news content and E-Edition publications. Available to subscribers as part of the digital subscription package.
• Extra Medium Sports Podcast Sports-focused podcast covering WVU Mountaineers athletics, high school sports in the Morgantown area, and regional sports topics. Distributed via the dominionpost.com website and the publication's YouTube channel, targeted at sports fans in the WVU community and Morgantown area.
• Display and Classified Advertising Advertising services offered to local businesses and government entities, including display advertising and classified ads across print and digital editions. Includes marketing services support and public notice publishing, targeted at local Morgantown area businesses, government entities, and individuals placing classified ads.

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

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 moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• The Herald-Dispatch: Huntington, WV daily newspaper serving the western WV / Tri-State area. Directly comparable: local daily with print+digital subscriptions, classifieds and display advertising across an analogous mid-sized Appalachian market.
• Bluefield Daily Telegraph: Bluefield, WV daily newspaper covering the southern WV coalfield region. Closely comparable small-market Appalachian daily with parallel print+digital subscription products and limited geographic concentration.
• The Register-Herald: Beckley, WV regional daily covering southern West Virginia. Closely comparable small-market daily newspaper with a similar print+digital subscription product, advertising model, and Appalachian demographic reach.
• The Intelligencer: Wheeling, WV regional daily newspaper operating a print+digital subscription model in another legacy industrial West Virginia market — analogous legacy daily with overlapping competitive dynamics against national digital news.
• Parkersburg News and Sentinel: Parkersburg, WV daily serving the mid-Ohio River valley. Comparable as a multi-decade WV daily newspaper with similar subscription tiers, local government coverage and small/medium-market advertising base.
• The Charleston Gazette-Mail: Charleston-based daily newspaper and statewide paper of record for West Virginia. Most directly comparable West Virginia peer: print+digital subscription model, advertising-led revenue, full local news + state government + sports coverage of a single state market.

Broad incumbents

• Ogden Newspapers: Family-owned chain operating multiple community and regional daily newspapers across West Virginia and the broader Mid-Atlantic/Midwest. Broad incumbent with overlapping product (daily newspaper print+digital subscriptions) and a chain operator's perspective on consolidation opportunities.
• Gannett: Largest US local newspaper operator (USA TODAY Network) with hundreds of community dailies and a national digital platform. Broad incumbent that competes for the same digital local-news audience and could acquire or partner with independent dailies.

Emerging players

• Mountain State Spotlight: Charleston-based nonprofit digital investigative news outlet covering West Virginia. Emerging digital competitor serving overlapping WV readers with a different (nonprofit) business model and stronger investigative capacity per dollar.
• 100 Days in Appalachia: Digital-first regional newsroom covering Appalachia, including West Virginia. Emerging player with a nontraditional, grant-funded model that competes for the same statewide WV audience around civic and local-government coverage.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/DominionPostWV
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@DominionPostWV
• Facebookfacebook.com/thedominionpostwv
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-dominion-post
• Instagraminstagram.com/dominionpost_wv

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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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