Beloit Daily News

What Beloit Daily News does

Beloit Daily News is a privately held community newspaper founded in 1848 and headquartered at 690 3rd St., Suite 120, Beloit, Wisconsin. It serves readers across the Stateline area spanning Rock and Walworth counties in Wisconsin and adjacent northern Illinois, covering local news, business, crime, Wisconsin and Illinois state news, national and world news, sports, opinion, obituaries, public notices, real estate transactions, and community events. The publication distributes through print home delivery, a dedicated website (beloitdailynews.com), an e-edition (beloitdailynews-wi.newsmemory.com), a mobile app, email newsletters, and active Facebook and Twitter channels.

The product is built on the BLOX Content Management System from BLOX Digital and TownNews/Newzware infrastructure for subscription management, authentication, and e-edition delivery. Supporting products include newsletters, a Bought & Sold weekly real estate transaction feed sourced from the Wisconsin Department of Revenue, Special Sections (Stateline Magazine, Best of Stateline awards, Holiday guides), Local Events promotion via Evvnt, multimedia video and photo galleries, subscriber savings, and online puzzles. Obituaries and death notices are integrated through Legacy.com, and the publication publishes legally mandated public notices.

Revenue is generated through three streams: print and digital subscriptions (EZ-PAY continuous with auto-renew and a $1.99 Day Pass), advertising across display, classifieds, sponsored content, and directories, and public notices including real estate transactions and government filings. The go-to-market is direct-to-consumer via website sign-up, telephone subscription, and walk-in service, supplemented by organic social and newsletter funneling. The publication operates under Adams Multimedia (APG Media of Southern Wisconsin), which provides shared infrastructure and operational support across its regional newspaper portfolio. Headcount is reported at 101-250 employees.

Name

Beloit Daily News

Legal name

Beloit Daily News

Website

https://beloitdailynews.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1848

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Beloit Daily News is a privately held community newspaper founded in 1848 serving Beloit, Wisconsin and the surrounding Stateline area through print editions, a digital website, e-edition, mobile app, newsletters, and local advertising and public notice services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local Newspaper

NAICS

Newspaper Publishers (513110), Periodical Publishers (51312)

SIC

Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711), Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Community, Ethnic & Multilingual News Publishers (MPAJADAG), News, Politics & Current Affairs Magazines (MPAJAEAO)

Keywords

• Local newspaper
• Community journalism
• Print subscriptions
• Digital news
• Classified advertising

Headquarters

HQ city

Beloit

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, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Print and Digital Subscriptions: The newspaper generates recurring revenue through subscription programs including EZ-PAY continuous subscription plans that automatically renew. Subscribers pay for access to print editions, digital content, and e-edition access. The publication offers various subscription tiers including day passes and full subscriptions.
2. Advertising: The publication monetizes its audience through display advertising, classified ads, sponsored content sections, and directory advertising. Business directories, obituaries, and public notices provide additional advertising revenue streams.
3. Public Notices: Publishing Rock and Walworth county real estate transactions as recorded by the Wisconsin Department of Revenue, providing a public notice revenue stream.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Beloit Daily News is a community newspaper tracing its roots to 1848 that publishes daily local news, sports, crime, business, opinion, and community content for Beloit, Wisconsin and the surrounding Stateline area across Rock and Walworth counties. It distributes content through print home delivery, the beloitdailynews.com digital website, an e-edition digital replica, email newsletters, and a mobile app, monetized through paid subscriptions (EZ-PAY continuous plans and $1.99 day passes) and advertising.

Product overview

Beloit Daily News is a local newspaper serving the Stateline area (Beloit, Wisconsin and surrounding regions) operating as a traditional news organization with both print and digital offerings. The core product is the newspaper itself, delivered via the main website and an E-Edition digital replica. The company offers subscription-based access to premium content through EZ-PAY programs, supplemented by free community features including Bought & Sold real estate listings, Local Events calendars, Videos & Photo Galleries, and themed Special Sections. Additional services include email newsletters and online games for subscribers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Beloit Daily News Website

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

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AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Legacy.comminorGTM or Marketing PartnerProvides obituary and death notice listings and browsing capabilities integrated into the Beloit Daily News website, allowing readers to access funeral home obituaries and death notices from local and national sources.
• Adams Multimedia (APG Media of Southern Wisconsin)coreOthersParent company/publisher of Beloit Daily News. Adams Multimedia operates as a regional media company publishing multiple local newspapers and digital properties across southern Wisconsin, providing shared infrastructure, content syndication, and operational support.
• BLOX Digital (BLOX Content Management System)coreTechnology or IntegrationProvides the content management system (BLOX CMS) powering the beloitdailynews.com website, enabling digital content publishing, subscription management, and audience engagement features.
• TownNews / TownNews.comcoreTechnology or IntegrationProvides digital publishing infrastructure including subscription services, authentication systems (Newzware), and e-edition delivery platform powering the newspaper's digital products and subscriber services.
• Wisconsin Department of RevenueminorOthersSource of public real estate transaction data (Bought and Sold listings) that the newspaper publishes weekly for Rock and Walworth counties, sourced directly from official state records.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Janesville Gazette: Daily newspaper covering Janesville, Wisconsin, immediately adjacent to Beloit and part of the same Stateline/Adams Multimedia network. Identical business model (print, digital, e-edition, classifieds, public notices) and shared parent, making it the closest direct operating peer.
• Rockford Register Star: Gannett-owned daily newspaper serving Rockford, Illinois — directly across the state line from Beloit and overlapping coverage areas. Shares the same Stateline/Wisconsin-Illinois border advertising market, making it the closest geographic competitor.
• Kenosha News: Wisconsin-based daily newspaper serving Kenosha and southeastern Wisconsin. Operates the same print+digital+subscription business model and is also part of the Adams Publishing Group network, giving it near-identical economics and customer profile to BDN.
• The Gazette (Dubuque) / Telegraph Herald: Mid-size daily newspaper serving a similar-sized regional market in Dubuque, Iowa. Comparable in size, technology stack (TownNews/BLOX), and reliance on subscriptions + local advertising + public notices for revenue.

Emerging players

• Patch.com: Digital-first hyperlocal news network covering U.S. communities including Beloit and surrounding towns. Operates at a different scale (free, ad-supported) and competes directly for Stateline digital audience attention and local advertising spend, making it the most relevant emerging substitute.

Broad incumbents

• Wisconsin State Journal: Larger Wisconsin daily (Lee Enterprises) covering Madison and the broader south-central region including spillover readership from Beloit. Competes for regional advertising and digital subscribers but with broader geographic scope.
• Adams Publishing Group: Family-owned regional newspaper group operating multiple daily and weekly papers across the upper Midwest, including (via its Adams Multimedia subsidiary) the Beloit Daily News. Provides direct comparability on multi-title economics, shared infrastructure, and acquirer perspective.
• Lee Enterprises: Public newspaper group operating dozens of daily and weekly papers across the Midwest and U.S. Same industry vertical (local newspaper publishing) but at much larger scale, providing a benchmark for valuation, multi-title consolidation strategy, and digital subscription execution.
• Gannett Co. (USA TODAY NETWORK): Largest U.S. local newspaper publisher, operator of hundreds of community dailies and weeklies. Owns the Rockford Register Star (direct market overlap) and serves as the industry bellwether on digital subscription strategy and ad-tech trends that shape Beloit's competitive environment.

Others

• TownNews / BLOX Digital: Core technology vendor powering BDN's content management, subscription management, e-edition, and authentication. Comparable as an infrastructure/ecosystem peer — relevant for understanding the platform economics and switching costs underlying BDN's digital stack.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/BDNConnection
• Facebookfacebook.com/BeloitDailyNews

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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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