What The Garden City Telegram does

The Garden City Telegram is a local newspaper serving Garden City, Kansas, and the surrounding Finney County area in southwest Kansas. The publication provides coverage across multiple editorial categories including local news, sports, entertainment, lifestyle, opinion, obituaries, classifieds, and legal notices. It is operated by CherryRoad Media, a media company founded in 2020 by CEO Jeremy Gulban that traces its corporate lineage to DataStudy Inc (1983) and CherryRoad Technologies (2003). The digital presence was launched in 2023.

The product is delivered through two parallel channels: a print newspaper distributed to local subscribers, and a digital subscription service offering online article access, archives, and digital issues. The technology stack is built on a WordPress-based content management system with eType digital publishing services powering classifieds, legal notices, and digital issues. The website supports multi-language accessibility and conforms to WCAG 2.1 AA standards. Marketing and audience engagement are driven by the website, digital newsletters (Mid-Week and Late-Week categories), and organic social media. Obituaries are managed through a separate legacy.com-backed platform, and a dedicated regional jobs portal extends the classifieds vertical.

The business model is anchored in subscription revenue from both print and digital channels, supplemented by classified advertising, legal notice publishing, and obituary services. The customer base is geographically concentrated in Garden City and Finney County, with local community residents as the primary segment. Specific pricing is not publicly disclosed. The publication operates with 11-50 employees and is part of the broader CherryRoad Media portfolio of local newspapers, with no disclosed funding, M&A activity, or financial KPIs.

Name

The Garden City Telegram

Legal name

Garden City Telegram

Website

https://gctelegram.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Garden City Telegram is a local newspaper serving Garden City, Kansas and Finney County, providing local news, sports, obituaries, classifieds, and legal notices through print and digital subscription channels. It is operated as a portfolio property of CherryRoad Media.

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 news coverage
• Community newspaper
• Digital subscription
• Print newspaper
• Classifieds listings

Headquarters

HQ city

Garden City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

The Garden City Telegram is a local community newspaper that publishes local news, sports, entertainment, lifestyle, opinion, obituaries, classifieds, and legal notices for Garden City, Kansas and Finney County. The publication distributes content through both a digital subscription website and a traditional print newspaper. Editorial coverage spans government, sports, community events, and civic life across southwest Kansas.

Product overview

The Garden City Telegram is a single product offering — a local community newspaper serving Garden City, Kansas and the surrounding Finney County region. The publication provides local news coverage across multiple editorial categories (news, sports, entertainment, lifestyle, opinion), along with special sections including obituaries, classifieds, legal notices, and digital issues. The newspaper is operated by CherryRoad Media and uses digital-first distribution alongside traditional print publishing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• The Garden City Telegram A local newspaper serving Garden City, Kansas, providing coverage of local news, sports, entertainment, lifestyle, opinion, obituaries, classifieds, and legal notices across Finney County and surrounding southwest Kansas communities. Distributed via digital subscription and print newspaper.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• The Topeka Capital-Journal: Daily newspaper serving Topeka, Kansas. A larger Kansas-market newspaper than the Telegram but comparable in core function as a Kansas local news outlet with print and digital subscription, obituaries, classifieds, and sports coverage.
• The Hutchinson News: Local daily newspaper serving Hutchinson, Kansas, and Reno County. Highly comparable in scale, content mix, and operating model to the Telegram as a similarly-sized Kansas community paper with digital subscription and print distribution.
• Salina Journal: Another Kansas-based local daily newspaper covering Salina and surrounding Saline County. Comparable as a community newspaper serving a similarly-sized mid-Kansas market with print + digital distribution, local sports, classifieds, and obituaries.
• Emporia Gazette: Local newspaper serving Emporia, Kansas, and Lyon County. Comparable as a small-market Kansas community paper with longstanding community roots and print + digital publishing operations.
• Dodge City Globe: Local newspaper serving Dodge City, Kansas, in southwest Kansas — geographically adjacent to the Telegram's market. Directly comparable as a small-market Kansas community paper serving an agricultural/ranching region.
• The Wichita Eagle: The largest daily newspaper in Kansas, serving the Wichita metro area. Comparable as a Kansas local news publisher with print + digital subscription, but operating at significantly larger scale in a larger market.
• Manhattan Mercury: Local newspaper serving Manhattan, Kansas, and the surrounding Flint Hills region. Comparable as a Kansas community newspaper with similar content categories and digital/print distribution.

Broad incumbents

• Lee Enterprises: Major U.S. local newspaper group operating dozens of daily newspapers across multiple states, including Midwest markets. Comparable as a broad incumbent local newspaper publisher using shared digital platforms and subscription systems across community papers.
• Gannett Co. Largest U.S. local newspaper publisher (USA Today Network), operating hundreds of community newspapers nationwide including Kansas properties. Comparable as a local newspaper operator at vastly greater scale with shared digital infrastructure and subscription platforms.

Others

• CherryRoad Media: Parent company and operator of the Garden City Telegram. Comparable as the portfolio operator of multiple local newspapers using shared WordPress/eType infrastructure, and a relevant benchmark for the Telegram's standalone economics versus its sister papers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/GardenCityTelegram

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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 →

Frequently asked questions about The Garden City Telegram