Portsmouth Daily Times

What Portsmouth Daily Times does

Portsmouth Daily Times is a community newspaper founded in 1852, serving Portsmouth and Scioto County, Ohio, and the surrounding Tri-State region. The publication covers local news, government, high school and regional sports, opinion, obituaries, classifieds, and weather, distributing content through its website, an e-Edition digital replica, social channels (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram), and a legacy print edition.

The product portfolio centers on three digital subscription tiers: a Day Pass ($2.99 for 24-hour access), Unlimited Digital Access ($4.99/month with EZ Pay auto-renewal), and Digital Only ($11.99/month). All content is delivered through the BLOX Content Management System, a multi-tenant platform common to U.S. community newspapers. Adjacent free products include a Marketplace/Classifieds vertical, a local Weather Service page, and obituary listings hosted via a partnership with Legacy.com. The company maintains no proprietary mobile app and has no disclosed AI, machine learning, or data-as-a-product capabilities.

Commercially, Portsmouth Daily Times operates as a direct-to-consumer subscription business supplemented by display advertising, classifieds, and legal/public notice advertising. It is privately held and operated as a property of HD Media Company, LLC, a regional media conglomerate that shares advertising leadership and back-office infrastructure across multiple newspaper titles. The business model is high-volume, low-ARPU, geographically concentrated, and dependent on the continued relevance of a single local newsroom in a small Ohio county.

Name

Portsmouth Daily Times

Legal name

HD Media Company, LLC

Website

https://portsmouth-dailytimes.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1852

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Portsmouth Daily Times is a community newspaper (founded 1852) serving Portsmouth and Scioto County, Ohio, delivering local news, sports, obituaries, classifieds, and weather through digital subscriptions, an e-Edition, and print, operated under HD Media Company, LLC.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local Newspaper Publishing

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 subscription
• Community news
• E-Edition
• Online classifieds

Headquarters

HQ city

Portsmouth

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

Revenue model

1. Digital Subscriptions: The primary revenue stream consists of digital subscription plans including Day Pass ($2.99 for 24-hour access), Unlimited Digital Access ($4.99/month EZ Pay that renews monthly), and Digital Only ($11.99 for one month). These provide unlimited access to news articles and e-Editions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Portsmouth Daily Times is a local newspaper serving Scioto County, Ohio, publishing hyperlocal news, sports, opinion, obituaries, and weather information. It sells digital subscription plans (Day Pass, Unlimited Digital Access, Digital Only) that provide access to news articles and e-Editions, and also maintains a traditional print edition and a free online classifieds/Marketplace section.

Product overview

Portsmouth Daily Times is a local digital newspaper operated by HD Media LLC, offering a portfolio of subscription-based digital products and content services. The core offerings include three digital subscription tiers (Day Pass, Unlimited Digital Access, and Digital Only) that provide access to news content, the e-Edition digital replica of the print newspaper, and mobile news apps. The site also provides free services including weather information, a marketplace/classifieds section, news, sports, opinion, and obituary content. All content is delivered through the BLOX Content Management System platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Digital Subscription Access Tiered digital subscription plans (Day Pass at $2.99 for 24-hour access, Unlimited Digital Access at $4.99/month with EZ Pay auto-renewal, and Digital Only at $11.99 for one month) that provide individual consumers unlimited access to news articles, e-Editions, and mobile news apps on portsmouth-dailytimes.com.
• e-Edition Digital replica of the printed Daily Times newspaper available for online viewing through the website's e-Edition section, providing page-by-page access to the print edition.
• Marketplace (Classifieds) Online classifieds section featuring listings for real estate, vehicles, jobs, items for sale, pets, auctions, garage sales, services, community posts, and personals, available to local readers and advertisers.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Legacy.comminorGTM or Marketing PartnerThe Portsmouth Daily Times partners with Legacy.com for obituary listings and guest book services, allowing readers to access and sign obituary guest books through the newspaper's website.

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Lee Enterprises: Large publicly traded operator of mid-sized U.S. daily newspapers. Operates many properties at the same scale as Portsmouth Daily Times — although as a broad incumbent, its operating scope far exceeds this local property.

Direct peers

• Gallipolis Daily Tribune: Local daily newspaper in Gallia County, Ohio, serving a comparable small-town southeastern Ohio market with similar digital subscription, e-Edition, and classifieds offerings.
• Marietta Times: Daily newspaper serving Marietta and Washington County in southeastern Ohio with similar small-market digital subscription, e-Edition, and community-coverage focus.
• The Herald-Dispatch (Huntington, WV): HD Media sister publication serving Huntington, WV. Comparable newsroom structure, subscription tiers, e-Edition product, and parent-company operational support model.
• The Daily Herald (Martinsburg, WV): Another HD Media-owned daily newspaper in West Virginia, sharing operational, advertising, and circulation infrastructure with Portsmouth Daily Times — a direct sibling peer.
• Chillicothe Gazette: Regional daily newspaper serving Chillicothe and Ross County, Ohio under Gannett/USA TODAY Network. Larger and more resource-rich than Portsmouth Daily Times but directly comparable in geographic market type and southern Ohio readership.
• The Logan Daily News: Daily newspaper serving Logan, Ohio with digital subscriptions and e-Edition replica. Comparable in scale, geographic market (Appalachian Ohio), and product set.
• The Ironton Tribune: Daily newspaper serving Ironton, Ohio in the same Tri-State region across the Ohio River from Portsmouth. Closely comparable in market size, geography, subscription model, and reliance on HD Media-era community advertising.
• Wilmington News Journal: Local Ohio daily newspaper offering digital subscriptions, e-Edition, classifieds, and hyperlocal coverage of Wilmington and Clinton County — closely comparable in operating model and market type.
• The Daily Independent (Ashland, KY): Daily newspaper serving Ashland, KY — directly across the Ohio River from Portsmouth. Same Tri-State market, similar demographic profile, and analogous digital subscription product structure.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/PDTNews365
• Facebookfacebook.com/PortsDaily
• Instagraminstagram.com/pdtsports
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/portsmouth-daily-times-9a147215

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 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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