Tampa Bay Newspapers

What Tampa Bay Newspapers does

Tampa Bay Newspapers, legally Times Publishing Company, is a privately held regional newspaper publisher founded in 1975 and headquartered in Seminole, Florida. It operates a network of hyperlocal community newspapers and digital properties across five Florida counties — Pinellas, Pasco, Hillsborough, Hernando, and Manatee — covering more than 25 distinct communities including St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Dunedin, Seminole, Largo, Tarpon Springs, New Port Richey, Spring Hill, Bradenton, and Parrish. The company serves two primary customer segments: local community residents seeking neighborhood-level news, events, schools, sports, and civic information, and local businesses seeking targeted advertising reach within specific geographic communities.

The company's core products are its community news websites organized into county and sub-regional editions (Tampa Bay Beacons), digital e-editions replicating print publications, county-specific weekly email newsletters, and themed special sections covering arts, entertainment, obituaries, and local events. Underlying technology consists of a digital-first publishing platform with multi-section website architecture, e-edition rendering, and email newsletter distribution. The company also distributes content via a partnership with Nextdoor, extending reach into neighborhood-level social feeds. Content is produced on an ongoing basis, with active news articles dated June–July 2026.

Tampa Bay Newspapers generates revenue primarily through advertising placements across its print, digital, and newsletter properties, targeting local businesses across the Tampa Bay region. The company operates under multiple brand identities — Tampa Bay Beacons, Beacon Media, and TBN Weekly — and has a headcount in the 11–50 employee range. No publicly disclosed pricing, revenue figures, funding history, or institutional ownership information is available in the source data.

Name

Tampa Bay Newspapers

Legal name

Times Publishing Company

Website

https://tbnweekly.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Tampa Bay Newspapers is a privately held regional publisher operating community newspapers, digital e-editions, and email newsletters across five Florida counties, serving local residents with hyperlocal news and local businesses with targeted advertising.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Newspaper Publishing

NAICS

Newspaper Publishers (513110)

SIC

Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Community newspaper publishing
• Local news media
• Hyperlocal journalism
• Digital news platform
• Newspaper advertising

Headquarters

HQ city

Seminole

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Advertising: Display advertising placements throughout the website and publications, including local business advertisements and promotional content targeting community residents.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Tampa Bay Newspapers, operating under the Tampa Bay Beacons and Beacon Media brands, publishes a network of community-focused newspapers and digital editions covering Pinellas, Pasco, Hillsborough, Hernando, and Manatee counties in Florida. The company delivers hyperlocal news, sports, business, schools, food, and community events content via print publications, e-editions, websites, and email newsletters, and monetizes its audience primarily through local display advertising.

Product overview

Tampa Bay Newspapers, operating under the Tampa Bay Beacons brand, is a multi-platform local news publisher organized as a network of regional community newspapers and digital properties. The core product is its community news website covering Pinellas, Pasco, Hillsborough, Hernando, and Manatee counties in Florida, with dedicated editions for specific cities and regions. Supporting products include E-Editions (digital replicas of print publications), Weekly Newsletters for county-specific news delivery, Special Sections for themed content (arts, events, obituaries), and Advertising Services for local businesses. The company is part of Times Publishing Company.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Tampa Bay Beacons (Pinellas County Edition) A local news website covering communities across Pinellas County, including St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Dunedin, Seminole, Beaches, Belleair, Largo, Tarpon Springs, East Lake, Palm Harbor, Safety Harbor, and Oldsmar. Offers news, sports, business, food, schools, pet, outdoors, and multimedia content.
• Multi-County Publications Network A network of regional newspaper publications covering Hillsborough County (Carrollwood, Westchase, Citrus Park, New Tampa, Temple Terrace), Pasco County (Land O' Lakes, Wesley Chapel, New Port Richey, West Pasco, Port Richey), Hernando County (Spring Hill, Brooksville), and Manatee County (Bradenton, Palmetto, Ellenton, Parrish).
• E-Editions

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• NextdoorminorGTM or Marketing PartnerBeacon Media has established a content partnership with Nextdoor, the community-focused social networking platform, to distribute local news content to Tampa Bay neighborhoods through Nextdoor's platform.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Market position

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

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Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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