Teesside Live

What Teesside Live does

Teesside Live is a regional digital news publisher serving the Teesside area of North East England, covering local news, sport (with a strong focus on Middlesbrough FC), entertainment listings, and community information for towns including Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees, Redcar, Hartlepool, and Darlington. Founded in 1869, the brand now operates primarily through its digital property gazettelive.co.uk and functions as the principal local news source for residents seeking coverage of local government, crime, courts, health, education, property, planning decisions, and community events.

The product portfolio centers on a content-led website supplemented by mobile applications for iOS and Android, RSS syndication feeds for major sections (whole site, news, sport, What's On, and Middlesbrough FC), and an email newsletter preference center delivering breaking news and exclusives. The platform also integrates Reach plc's InYourArea hyperlocal directory and community services platform. There is no evidence of a standalone technology stack; the offering is built on Reach plc's centralized regional publishing infrastructure, with no public APIs, SDKs, or developer-facing integrations disclosed.

As a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reach plc (LSE: RCH), Teesside Live operates as one node in a national network of regional news brands. Revenue is not disclosed at the subsidiary level and is reported only at the parent company level. The implied monetization model follows standard regional news conventions: display and programmatic advertising, newsletter sponsorship, classified verticals (jobs via TotallyLegal, public notices, marketplace, funeral notices), print subscriptions through the legacy Evening Gazette Middlesbrough title, and commercial partnerships. The primary audience is local Teesside residents (B2C), with advertisers and classifieds clients representing the revenue counterparties.

Name

Teesside Live

Legal name

Teesside Live

Website

https://gazettelive.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1869

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Teesside Live is a regional digital news brand serving Teesside and North East England, covering local news, Middlesbrough FC, and community events for residents across Middlesbrough, Stockton, Redcar, Hartlepool, and Darlington. It operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reach plc.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Regional Digital News

NAICS

Newspaper Publishers (513110)

SIC

Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711)

akta.pro primary industry

News & Content Aggregation Portals (BPAMAAAI)

Keywords

• Local news publishing
• Regional journalism
• Digital news media
• Sports news coverage
• Community news

Headquarters

HQ city

Teesside County Borough

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Teesside Live operates a regional digital news platform serving the Teesside area of North East England, delivering breaking local news, sports coverage (particularly Middlesbrough FC), community events listings, and lifestyle content through its website (gazettelive.co.uk), mobile applications, email newsletters, and the print Evening Gazette Middlesbrough newspaper. The platform also integrates the InYourArea hyperlocal directory for community services and business listings.

Product overview

Teesside Live operates as a regional digital news platform under Reach plc, providing comprehensive local news coverage for Teesside and surrounding areas. The offering consists of a primary website delivering news, sport, and entertainment content, supplemented by mobile applications for iOS and Android, RSS syndication feeds for content distribution, and email newsletter services. The platform also integrates InYourArea for hyperlocal community services and directory features. The portfolio is built on Reach plc's centralized publishing infrastructure rather than a modular platform architecture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Teesside Live Website Digital news website providing local news, sport, and lifestyle coverage for the Teesside region, including Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees, Redcar, Hartlepool, and Darlington.
• Newsletter Service Email newsletter subscription service delivering breaking news, exclusives, and must-read stories directly to subscribers' inboxes.
• Teesside Live Mobile Application Mobile app for iOS and Android devices providing news access, push notifications for breaking news, and bookmarking features.
• Evening Gazette (Print Newspaper) Print newspaper (Evening Gazette Middlesbrough) providing regional news coverage for Teesside readers, available for purchase through subscription and single-copy sales.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Liverpool Echo: Long-established Reach plc regional title covering Merseyside using the same digital news / print / newsletter model and serving as a useful comparably-sized regional peer.
• Hartlepool Mail: A North East regional news outlet covering Hartlepool, which is one of the principal sub-areas Teesside Live also covers; provides a direct cross-coverage comparison for local advertisers and readers.
• Birmingham Live: Reach plc's West Midlands regional brand operating an identical multi-channel digital news platform, enabling direct benchmarking of audience scale and ad monetisation.
• Manchester Evening News: Sister Reach plc regional title serving Greater Manchester; same business model (digital-first regional news + newsletter + print) under the same parent infrastructure, making it the closest operational and strategic comparable to Teesside Live.
• Yorkshire Live: Another Reach plc regional digital news brand covering Yorkshire with the same publishing stack, 'Live' branding, InYourArea integration and newsletter product as Teesside Live.
• ChronicleLive (Newcastle Chronicle): Reach plc regional title covering the North East (including parts of the same broader catchment as Teesside Live), built on the same platform and competing in an adjacent geography.
• Edinburgh Live: Reach plc Scotland regional digital news title using the same 'Live' branded platform template as Teesside Live, allowing side-by-side benchmarking of audience growth, newsletter conversion and ad stack performance.
• WalesOnline: A National World regional digital news outlet operating with a comparable hub-and-spoke model of national + hyperlocal content, serving as a non-Reach cross-comparable for Teesside Live's structure and GTM.

Broad incumbents

• National World: Owner of multiple UK regional news brands (formerly JPIMedia titles), making it the main UK-wide competitor to Reach plc's regional portfolio and the closest scale-comparable peer to Teesside Live's parent network.
• BBC North East & Cumbria: Public-service broadcaster covering the Teesside / North East region including local news and sport; competes for the same regional audience and ad-free public funding puts it in a structurally privileged position.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/TeessideLive
• Facebookfacebook.com/teessidelive
• Instagraminstagram.com/teessidelive
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/evening-gazette

Compliance2 records

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 →

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