State House News Service

What State House News Service does

State House News Service (SHNS) is a privately held, subscription-based B2B news service that provides comprehensive coverage of Massachusetts state government. Founded in 1894 and headquartered at 24 Beacon St in Boston, directly adjacent to the Massachusetts State House, the company operates as a virtual news bureau serving state legislators and staff, executive branch officials, statewide media organizations, lobbyists, government relations professionals, and policy researchers. Its core product is a unified news platform that bundles gavel-to-gavel coverage of the House and Senate, daily news, weekly Advances and Roundup features, Governor's Council coverage, photo, video, and audio multimedia, verbatim press release archives back to 1997, and a fully searchable archive of stories and legislative copy running back to 1986. Customers can also configure keyword-, name-, or issue-based alerts that trigger email notifications whenever monitored terms appear in coverage, effectively turning the archive into a real-time monitoring engine.

The business is run on the BLOX Content Management System from BLOX Digital, which underpins content delivery, the search archive, and subscriber management. Revenue is generated almost entirely through recurring annual subscriptions sold on a quote-based model, with a 14-day free trial and self-serve signup available on statehousenews.com. The company extends its footprint through three affiliated properties: MASSterList, a daily Massachusetts political morning newsletter; MassAlmanac, a state reference resource; and a dedicated government and politics jobs board. All revenue, subscriber count, and headcount data are undisclosed, and the operation runs with 1-10 employees.

Name

State House News Service

Legal name

State House News Service

Website

https://statehousenews.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1894

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

State House News Service is a privately held, subscription-based B2B news service providing comprehensive coverage of Massachusetts state government, including gavel-to-gavel legislative reporting, multimedia, and a searchable archive back to 1986, for legislators, media, lobbyists, and policy professionals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Boston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Subscription Revenue: Primary revenue stream from subscription-based access to the State House News Service platform. Subscribers pay for access to comprehensive Massachusetts state government coverage including daily news, legislative summaries, video/audio content, archives, and specialized alerts.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

State House News Service sells subscription-based access to comprehensive coverage of Massachusetts state government, including daily news, Gavel-to-Gavel legislative coverage, executive branch and judiciary reporting, weekly Advances and Roundup features, photo/video/audio multimedia, press release archives (back to 1997), and a fully searchable news archive dating to 1986. Subscribers also receive customer-specific email alerts for monitored names, issues, or phrases. The service is supported by a free 14-day trial and is distributed via the statehousenews.com website, email newsletters, and affiliated brands including MASSterList, MassAlmanac, a jobs board, and an events calendar.

Product overview

State House News Service is a subscription-based news service providing comprehensive coverage of Massachusetts state government. The core offering is a unified platform of news services including Advances (weekly event previews), Roundup (weekly political analysis), Gavel-to-Gavel Legislative Coverage, Daily News, Photo Service, Video and Audio content, Press Release Archives, and Searchable News Archives dating back to 1986. Additional products include the MASSterList morning newsletter, MassAlmanac reference resource, and a Jobs Board. The service offers subscription-based access with a 14-day free trial and provides customer-specific alerts for monitored topics.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• State House News Service Subscription Subscription-based access to comprehensive coverage of Massachusetts state government, including daily news, Gavel-to-Gavel legislative coverage, weekly Advances and Roundup features, photo/video/audio multimedia, Governor's Council coverage, verbatim press release archives, and a fully searchable news archive dating to 1986. Targets government officials, journalists, lobbyists, and policy researchers.
• MASSterList Morning Newsletter Massachusetts morning newsletter delivering top political and government news. Affiliated sub-brand of State House News Service, available to subscribers.
• MassAlmanac Reference resource related to Massachusetts. Affiliated sub-brand of State House News Service.
• Jobs Board Job listings platform related to Massachusetts government and politics. Affiliated sub-brand of State House News Service.
• Events Calendar Events listings platform for Massachusetts events, affiliated with MASSterList and State House News Service.

Quantifiable outcome

• Press releases archived back to 1997
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• BLOX DigitalcoreTechnology or IntegrationBLOX Digital provides the BLOX Content Management System (BLOX CMS) that powers the State House News Service website and digital platform. This is the underlying technology infrastructure for the company's web presence, content delivery, and subscriber management.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly is a regional subscription news service covering the Massachusetts legal and judicial system. It is comparable to SHNS as a Massachusetts-focused B2B subscription news brand serving professionals, though it is verticalized to legal rather than state-government general coverage.

Broad incumbents

• Politico: Politico is a major political journalism brand with extensive state-government coverage including statehouse policy verticals. It serves the same B2B subscriber base (lobbyists, government affairs professionals, journalists) that SHNS targets, but at national scale and with much broader scope.
• Bloomberg Government: Bloomberg Government is a subscription service providing news, analysis, and data on government and political activity to government affairs professionals. It serves a substantially overlapping B2B customer base with SHNS but at federal scope and with broader policy and contracting data products.
• Stateline (Pew Research): Stateline was a Pew Research Center project covering state policy and politics across all 50 U.S. states. While broader in geographic scope than SHNS, it served the same customer use case of providing statehouse-level reporting to journalists, policymakers, and policy professionals.

Direct peers

• VTDigger: VTDigger is a nonprofit digital news organization providing in-depth reporting on Vermont state government, politics, and policy. It is directly comparable to SHNS as a state-focused digital news service covering the legislature, executive, and policy areas with subscription/donation-supported access.
• Spotlight PA: Spotlight PA is a nonprofit newsroom providing investigative and statehouse coverage of Pennsylvania government. Like SHNS, it delivers ongoing state-government reporting to journalists, policy professionals, and engaged citizens in a single state.
• CalMatters: CalMatters is a nonprofit news organization covering California state government and policy. It is comparable to SHNS as a subscription/donor-supported digital news service specializing in a single state's legislature, executive actions, and policy debates.
• CT Mirror: The Connecticut Mirror is a nonprofit digital news outlet dedicated to in-depth coverage of Connecticut state government, policy, and politics. It mirrors SHNS's model of providing specialized statehouse reporting to a B2B and civic audience in a single New England state.
• The Nevada Independent: The Nevada Independent is a digital news outlet covering Nevada state government, politics, and policy. It closely parallels SHNS's model of providing ongoing statehouse-focused coverage to a B2B and civic audience in a single state.
• New Hampshire Bulletin: The New Hampshire Bulletin is a nonprofit statehouse news service covering New Hampshire government and policy. It is a direct geographic and functional peer to SHNS, delivering focused state-government coverage in a neighboring New England state.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/statehousenews
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCb0bDPP9T_UwgW9YjPzSeIw
• Facebookfacebook.com/statehousenews
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/state-house-news-service

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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