Katrineholms-Kuriren

What Katrineholms-Kuriren does

Katrineholms-Kuriren (also branded as Kkuriren) is a local newspaper founded in 1917 serving the municipalities of Katrineholm, Vingåker, and Flen in Södermanland county, Sweden. The publication operates as part of NTM (Norrköpings Tidningars Media AB), a stiftelse-owned (foundation-owned) Swedish media conglomerate that runs local news across seven Swedish regions and includes affiliated companies for distribution, printing, advertising, and broadband. The company employs between 11 and 50 staff and is headquartered at Drottninggatan 10, Katrineholm.

The publication operates a multi-platform news operation consisting of a print morning newspaper, a digital news website (kkuriren.se), an e-edition (etidning.kkuriren.se) for digital subscribers, and an accessibility audio service called Taltidningen. Additional products include subscription management services (Prenumerationstjänster) with individual, gift, and audio tiers, business and consumer advertising (Annonsering), and a reader tip submission service (Tipsa). Core technology is a standard e-tidning digital newspaper platform with self-service subscriber portal functionality.

The business model is primarily subscription-based recurring revenue from print and digital editions sold to local households and small businesses, supplemented by display and classified advertising. Distribution occurs through physical home delivery and the digital e-tidning platform, while advertising sales are increasingly consolidated onto the parent group's NTM Media booking platform. The customer base is horizontally segmented — local residents and community members of three small Södermanland municipalities — with no enterprise anchor accounts.

Name

Katrineholms-Kuriren

Legal name

Katrineholms-Kuriren

Website

https://kkuriren.se

Company type

Private

Founded year

1917

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Katrineholms-Kuriren is a 1917-founded local newspaper serving the Katrineholm, Vingåker, and Flen municipalities in Södermanland, Sweden. Owned by the NTM foundation media group, it operates a print edition, digital website, e-tidning, and audio newspaper on a subscription-plus-advertising model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local Newspaper

NAICS

Newspaper Publishers (51311)

SIC

Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Local newspaper
• Digital news
• News subscription
• Local journalism
• Newspaper advertising

Headquarters

HQ city

Katrineholm

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Subscription Revenue: Newspaper subscriptions for print and digital editions, with various plans including full subscription, gift subscriptions, and Taltidningen (audio newspaper for accessibility).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Katrineholms-Kuriren is a Swedish local newspaper founded in 1917 that produces original local journalism for Katrineholm and surrounding municipalities in Sörmland. It delivers news through a daily print edition, the digital news site kkuriren.se, an app-based e-tidning (e-edition), and a taltidning (audio newspaper) for accessibility. Revenue is generated primarily through consumer subscriptions and advertising sold to local businesses.

Product overview

Katrineholms-Kuriren (Kkuriren) is a local news media company operating as part of the NTM media group. The company offers a multi-platform news operation consisting of a print morning newspaper, a digital news website (kkuriren.se), an e-edition (etidning.kkuriren.se) for digital subscribers, and an accessibility audio service (Taltidningen). Revenue streams include subscription services (print and digital), advertising solutions, and reader engagement features such as a tip submission service and reader panel.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Katrineholms-Kuriren (daily print newspaper) The flagship daily print newspaper delivering original local journalism covering Katrineholm and surrounding Sörmland municipalities, distributed by home delivery and available at retail outlets. Targeted at local residents and households in the catchment area.
• kkuriren.se digital news website The online edition of Katrineholms-Kuriren, providing continuously updated local news, sports, culture, family, and opinion content to readers across Katrineholm and Sörmland. Accessible to subscribers and is the primary digital touchpoint for the newsroom.
• E-tidning (e-edition) A digital replica of the printed newspaper delivered via the e-tidning app, allowing subscribers to read the full paper on smartphones and tablets. Targeted at subscribers who want the print experience on digital devices.
• Taltidning (audio newspaper) An audio/spoken version of the newspaper produced to meet accessibility obligations under Swedish digital public service regulation, enabling readers with reading impairments to consume local news in audio form. Targeted at subscribers who prefer or require audio content.
• Consumer subscription service Tiered subscription packages (digital-only and digital + print) that give consumers access to the website, e-edition app, and audio newspaper, plus home delivery of the printed newspaper in higher tiers. Managed through an online subscription portal. Targeted at local residents and households.
• Local advertising sales Display, classified, recruitment, and sponsored-content advertising placements across the print edition, kkuriren.se, the e-tidning app, and newsletter channels, sold to local and regional businesses wanting to reach Katrineholm-area readers.

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• NTM (Norrköpings Tidningars Media)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKatrineholms-Kuriren is owned by NTM, one of Sweden's largest local news media conglomerates. NTM is a foundation-owned company (stiftelseägd) guaranteeing independence and stability. The group includes news sites across seven Swedish regions and associated companies including Svensk Hemleverans, Pressgrannar, Fluid, Online Voices, Ampilio, Folke, and Plockie.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Eskilstuna-Kuriren: Local subscription newspaper covering Eskilstuna in Södermanland, the neighboring county to Katrineholms-Kuriren's coverage area. Directly comparable as a similarly sized Swedish regional paper with print and digital editions serving a single-city catchment.
• Gotlands Tidningar: NTM-owned local paper serving Gotland. Sister title under the same foundation-owned group with identical multi-platform offering (print, e-tidning, digital). Useful for benchmarking small-market Swedish local news performance.
• Norrköpings Tidningar: Flagship title of the NTM media group that owns Katrineholms-Kuriren. Same parent, similar print + digital subscription model, overlapping back-office and advertising infrastructure — the closest operational benchmark within the NTM portfolio.
• Smålands-Tidningen: NTM-owned local paper in Småland. Sister title under the same foundation-owned group with a parallel print/digital subscription structure and shared advertising booking via NTM Media.
• Upsala Nya Tidning: NTM-owned regional paper covering Uppsala. Same corporate parent, same subscription + advertising revenue model, and shared NTM printing and distribution — directly comparable in operating economics and product structure.
• Västerbottens-Kuriren: NTM-owned regional title in northern Sweden. Another sister paper operating under the same foundation-owned NTM group with analogous print + digital subscription model and shared advertising platform.
• Corren (Östgöta-Correspondenten): NTM-owned regional paper covering Östergötland. Closely comparable in editorial scope, subscription product, and operating geography as another NTM sister title.

Broad incumbents

• SVT Nyheter: Swedish public-service broadcaster covering national and regional news, including Södermanland. Competes for the same local reader attention and advertiser budgets, but funded publicly and not subscription-based.
• Sveriges Radio: Swedish public-service radio with strong regional news desks in Södermanland and adjacent counties. Competes for local news audience share and ad-adjacent attention, but as a public broadcaster rather than a subscription title.
• Aftonbladet: Sweden's largest national digital tabloid with a dedicated local/regional news section. Competes for digital attention from Kkuriren's reader base and for local SMB digital ad spend via its scale advantages.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/kholmkuriren

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 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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