Kentucky New Era

What Kentucky New Era does

Kentucky New Era is a privately held community newspaper founded in 1869, headquartered at 713 South Main Street in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. It serves residents of Hopkinsville, Christian County, and surrounding western Kentucky communities — including Cadiz, Fort Campbell, Madisonville, and Trigg County — with daily local news, sports coverage, obituaries, classifieds, weather, and community event reporting. The publication is the sole surviving daily newspaper in its market after outlasting 45 competing publications, and operates as part of the Paxton Media Group network, sharing ownership with sister publication Cadiz Record and the Kentucky Extra supplement.

The company's revenue model rests on three streams: recurring print and digital subscriptions (including e-edition access via Paxton's subscription platform), local and regional advertising across print and digital channels, and classified advertising covering real estate, employment, farm equipment, merchandise, vehicles, and public notices. Distribution is multi-channel: physical print editions, digital self-serve e-edition, historical archives on Newspapers.com, text alerts via Textcaster, email newsletters, and social media (Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr). The publication also generates ancillary event revenue through community tournaments such as the Best of the West 7-on-7 football event.

The operation is built on a conventional TownNews/Blox CMS publishing platform with no proprietary technology stack, no mobile application, no disclosed AI products, and no API integrations. Ownership sits entirely with Paxton Media Group, a diversified media conglomerate, providing back-office and infrastructure economies of scale across its newspaper portfolio. Headcount is stated at 101-250 employees (figure likely inclusive of shared PMG staff); no revenue, capital structure, or institutional investor information is publicly disclosed. The publication is operating as of June 2026.

Name

Kentucky New Era

Legal name

Kentucky New Era

Website

https://kentuckynewera.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1869

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Kentucky New Era is a privately held community newspaper, founded in 1869 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, serving western Kentucky residents with daily local news, sports, obituaries, classifieds, and community coverage. It is the sole surviving daily in its market and operates under Paxton Media Group.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local Newspaper Publishing

NAICS

Newspaper Publishers (51311)

SIC

Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Local newspaper publishing
• Community journalism
• Digital news subscription
• Classified advertising
• Print media

Headquarters

HQ city

Hopkinsville

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

Revenue model

1. Subscription Revenue: Print and digital newspaper subscriptions through Paxton Media Group, including e-edition access and subscription services.
2. Advertising: Local and regional advertising across print and digital platforms, including display ads, sponsored content, and marketing services for local businesses.
3. Classifieds: Classified advertising including real estate, employment, farm equipment, merchandise, and announcements.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Kentucky New Era publishes a daily local newspaper covering news, sports, obituaries, classifieds, and community events for Hopkinsville, Christian County, and surrounding western Kentucky. Content is delivered through print editions, a digital e-edition, and the kentuckynewera.com website, supported by local and regional display and classified advertising sold to area businesses.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Kentucky New Era (Print Edition) Daily print newspaper delivering local news, sports, obituaries, classifieds, and community announcements to subscribers and single-copy buyers in western Kentucky.
• Kentucky New Era Digital E-Edition Digital replica of the print edition accessible to digital subscribers via the e-edition portal, available alongside the print product.
• Kentucky New Era Classifieds Online and print classified advertising service covering real estate sales and rentals, help wanted, merchandise, pets, vehicles, community announcements, public notices, and service directory listings for local users.
• Display and Sponsored Content Advertising Display advertising and sponsored content placements sold to local and regional businesses across Kentucky New Era's print and digital channels.
• Best of the West 7-on-7 Tournament (Event Coverage) Annual 7-on-7 high school football tournament promoted and covered by Kentucky New Era's sports desk, featuring pool play and bracket play for western Kentucky area high school teams.

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• The Paducah Sun: Daily newspaper in Paducah, Kentucky owned by Paxton Media Group; comparable as a mid-sized western Kentucky local newspaper with shared parent-company synergies and community-focused coverage model.
• Cadiz Record: Sister publication under Paxton Media Group serving Cadiz, Kentucky; directly comparable as a community newspaper under the same ownership structure with shared digital infrastructure.
• The Gleaner: Local newspaper serving Henderson, Kentucky; operates as a Paxton Media Group property and is directly comparable as another small-market Kentucky daily with similar subscription and advertising economics.

Broad incumbents

• Adams Publishing Group: Privately held operator of community newspapers and digital media products in small and mid-sized markets across the U.S.; comparable as another private multi-title local newspaper group.
• Gannett: Largest U.S. newspaper chain operating USA Today and hundreds of local titles; broad incumbent in the same industry with comparable subscription/advertising revenue model serving similar community newspaper segments.
• Boone Newspapers: Family-owned company operating local newspapers primarily in the Southeast and Midwest; directly comparable as a multi-title community newspaper operator with similar small-market focus.
• CNHI (Community Newspaper Holdings Inc.): Operates community newspapers and associated websites across the U.S.; comparable as a large owner of small-market local newspapers with subscription, advertising, and niche publishing operations.
• Lee Enterprises: Major U.S. local newspaper group operating titles across the Midwest and South; comparable business model of subscription plus advertising revenue across small and mid-sized markets.
• Ogden Newspapers: Family-owned group operating daily and weekly newspapers in small to mid-sized U.S. markets; directly comparable as a diversified local newspaper operator with a similar community-publishing focus.

Regional players

• The Leaf-Chronicle: Daily newspaper serving Clarksville, Tennessee — adjacent to the Fort Campbell/Hopkinsville region — operating as a regional local news outlet with overlapping audience and coverage area in the Tennessee-Kentucky border region.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/kentuckynewera
• Xx.com/KentuckyNewEra
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/trilogy-center-for-women

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 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 →

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