What Daily Hampshire Gazette does

The Daily Hampshire Gazette is a local newspaper serving Hampshire County and surrounding western Massachusetts communities, published continuously since 1786 by H.S. Gere & Sons, Inc. and operated within the Newspapers of New England group. It delivers breaking news, sports, arts and life, opinion, business, and community coverage to local residents, distributed through print home delivery, a digital edition (gazettenet.com), and an e-Edition replica. The technology stack is built on Newspack, a WordPress-based CMS, supplemented by email newsletters (Wake-Up With the Gazette, Gazette Daily, Breaking News Alerts), interactive puzzles via Puzzmo, and community modules for events, classifieds, obituaries, jobs, and legal notices.

The business model is a traditional newspaper revenue stack: recurring print and digital subscriptions (including EZ Pay automatic billing), advertising across display, classifieds, sponsorships, and digital marketing services (via NNEDigital), and transaction-fee revenue from obituaries (iPublish Media Solutions + Legacy.com) and classifieds (AdPerfect). GTM is primarily sales-led and locally focused, with inside sales for subscriptions and SMB-direct for advertising. Audience is segmented geographically around Hampshire County, MA, with no significant customer logos, enterprise contracts, or large-anchor relationships disclosed. Emerging philanthropic revenue through a "Support Local News" donation program is layered on top of core subscription and advertising streams.

Operationally, the company maintains 101-250 employees at its Northampton, MA headquarters (23 Service Center Rd.) and distributes content through email newsletters, social channels (Facebook, Instagram, X), and its owned web properties. The company is privately held with no disclosed external funding or PE/VC ownership.

Name

Daily Hampshire Gazette

Legal name

H.S. Gere & Sons, Inc.

Website

https://gazettenet.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1786

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Daily Hampshire Gazette is a privately held local newspaper serving Hampshire County, Massachusetts, delivering print and digital news, e-Edition, newsletters, obituaries, classifieds, and community listings through subscription and advertising revenue.

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
• Community journalism
• Print publishing
• Digital news
• Classified advertising

Headquarters

HQ city

Northampton

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, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Print and Digital Subscriptions: The newspaper generates primary revenue through subscription plans for print and digital access, including e-edition access. The paper uses EZ Pay automatic billing program for recurring subscription payments.
2. Advertising: Revenue from display advertising, classifieds, digital marketing services, sponsorships, and supplements placed throughout the publication and website.
3. Classifieds and Listings: Revenue from classified advertisements, obituaries, legals, and event listings submitted through the website and processed via AdPerfect platform.
4. Obituaries: Fee-based obituary submissions processed through iPublish Media Solutions and delivered via Legacy.com partnership.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Daily Hampshire Gazette publishes a local daily newspaper covering Hampshire County, Massachusetts, distributed in print and digital form (website and e-Edition). It sells subscriptions, obituary placement, classified advertising, legal notices, local display advertising, sponsorships, and supplements, and operates ancillary engagement channels such as e-mail newsletters, a breaking-news alert service, an online events calendar, and a job board.

Product overview

Daily Hampshire Gazette is a local newspaper publishing company offering a primary print and digital newspaper product, supplemented by an e-Edition digital replica. The company provides multiple digital add-on services including newsletters (daily and breaking news alerts), interactive puzzles (Cross|Word, Really Bad Chess, Flipart, SpellTower), and community services such as obituaries, classifieds, events calendar, and local advertising. The main newspaper and e-Edition form the core content offerings, while newsletters, puzzles, and community listings function as supplementary digital modules.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Valley Bounty: A column/feature focusing on local farms and agriculture in the Pioneer Valley
• Gazette All-Stars

Products and services

• Daily Hampshire Gazette Print and Digital Subscription Recurring subscription providing Hampshire County readers with print home delivery and unlimited digital access to gazettenet.com, including breaking news, sports, arts, opinion, business, obituaries, classifieds, and event listings. Billed monthly via the EZ Pay automatic billing program.
• e-Edition Electronic replica of the print Daily Hampshire Gazette offered to subscribers through reader.gazettenet.com, allowing readers to view the printed paper page-by-page in a digital format.
• Wake-Up With the Gazette (Morning Newsletter) and Gazette Daily Newsletter Opt-in e-mail newsletters delivering curated daily news and breaking-news alerts to subscribers' inboxes, with information processed through the ActiveCampaign e-mail service.
• Gazette Breaking News Alerts Push/e-mail breaking-news alerts delivered to opt-in subscribers when significant stories develop in the Hampshire County area, managed through the ActiveCampaign newsletter platform.
• Obituary Publication Service Paid obituary submission and online listing service for community members and funeral homes, processed through iPublish Media Solutions and distributed through the Daily Hampshire Gazette website and the Legacy.com national obituary network.
• Classifieds (Online Marketplace) Online classified-advertising marketplace where individuals and businesses pay to list local goods, services, job postings, real-estate listings, and announcements; submissions are processed through the AdPerfect platform and published across the Gazette's print and digital channels.
• Legal Notice Publication (Legals) Paid publication service for legal notices, public announcements, and statutory advertising placed by municipalities, attorneys, and individuals in compliance with Massachusetts public-notice requirements.
• Local Display and Digital Advertising Advertising solutions connecting local businesses with the Gazette's Hampshire County readership across print display, website, e-Edition, e-mail newsletter, supplements, sponsorships, and NNEDigital digital-marketing packages.
• Events Calendar and Event Listings Submission-based local events calendar covering Hampshire County community happenings, meetings, arts performances, sports events, and public gatherings, powered by the CitySpark platform and promoted across the Gazette's website and social channels.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration15 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Newspapers of New EnglandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent company of the Daily Hampshire Gazette. The newspaper is part of the Newspapers of New England network of regional newspapers including Amherst Bulletin, Athol Daily News, Concord Monitor, Greenfield Recorder, and others. Aaron Julien serves as Copyright Agent for Newspapers of New England.
• JobcaseminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPowers the job board on the website. Job postings and resume submissions are processed by Jobcase and shared with prospective employers.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• 6AM City: Digital-first local newsletter company that has expanded into multiple markets. Represents the new model of local news (email-led, no print) competing for the same local reader attention and local SMB ad dollars that the Gazette monetizes.

Broad incumbents

• The Boston Globe: Massachusetts' largest regional newspaper, owned by Boston Globe Media Partners. Provides statewide coverage that overlaps with the Gazette's audience on regional politics, business, and sports, and competes for digital subscription dollars in Hampshire County.
• The Republican / MassLive: Advance Local-owned daily and digital news operation covering Springfield and western Massachusetts. The dominant regional newsroom in the same western MA market as the Gazette; competes for the same advertisers, digital subscribers, and breaking-news audience.
• Gannett / USA Today Network: Largest US newspaper chain, publisher of USA Today and hundreds of local dailies including titles in New England. Comparable as a multi-title community newspaper operator and as a benchmark for digital subscription, ad tech, and shared-services economics across a regional portfolio.

Direct peers

• Concord Monitor: Sister publication under the Newspapers of New England family alongside the Daily Hampshire Gazette. Both are regional New England dailies using the same Newspack-style CMS, shared back-office systems, and overlapping advertising/subscription infrastructure, making them the most directly comparable operating peer.
• Valley News: Another Newspapers of New England title serving the Upper Valley region on the NH/VT border. Same ownership group, same revenue mix (print + digital subscriptions, display and classified ads, obituaries), and same local-news positioning, providing a tight apples-to-apples comparable for the Hampshire Gazette.
• Greenfield Recorder: Franklin County (western Massachusetts) daily also owned by Newspapers of New England. Closely comparable in scale, geography, and product mix; useful for benchmarking subscription pricing, ad yield, and digital engagement in the same regional media market.
• Monadnock Ledger-Transcript: Keene, NH-based weekly also owned by Newspapers of New England. Directly comparable as a legacy community print + digital newspaper serving a small New England town, sharing parent-company back-office and ad infrastructure.
• Athol Daily News: Small daily serving Athol, MA, also under Newspapers of New England. Comparable in scale, audience, and revenue mix, and useful as a peer benchmark for very-small-market daily newspaper economics in the region.
• Amherst Bulletin: Weekly community newspaper serving Amherst, MA, also part of the Newspapers of New England network. Comparable in being a legacy community title covering a college town adjacent to the Gazette's Hampshire County footprint, sharing advertisers and reader overlap.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/dailyhampgaz
• Facebookfacebook.com/dailyhampshiregazette
• Instagraminstagram.com/dailyhampshiregazette
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/daily-hampshire-gazette

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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