Bluefield Daily Telegraph

What Bluefield Daily Telegraph does

Bluefield Daily Telegraph is a community newspaper founded in 1893 that serves Bluefield, West Virginia and the surrounding Mercer County region, extending coverage across the West Virginia / Virginia border into adjacent Southwest Virginia counties. Operating as a seven-day morning publication under the ownership of CNHI LLC (Community Newspaper Holdings Inc.), a privately held Montgomery, Alabama-based newspaper conglomerate, it functions as one property within a multi-state network of local publications. The paper serves individual local readers, sports fans, and the broader Bluefield-area community with daily news, high school and college sports, classifieds, obituaries, public notices, weather, and lifestyle coverage, supported by an 11-50 person newsroom and operations team headquartered at 928 Bluefield Avenue, Bluefield, WV.

The product surface spans a print edition plus a comprehensive digital platform built on the BLOX Content Management System from BLOX Digital (TownNews), which powers bdtonline.com, an E-Paper digital replica, native iOS and Android applications, an email newsletter operation managed through Constant Contact, an online classifieds marketplace (jobs, autos, homes), an obituary submission portal, syndicated comics via Comics Kingdom, cross-network games (Sudoku, Jigsaw, Mahjongg, Crossword) on the shared cnhinews.com platform, photo galleries, and a public notices / legal notices marketplace. A CitySpark integration extends the publication into local event listings and community calendar functionality.

Revenue is generated through five distinct streams: recurring print and digital subscriptions (E-Paper and app access), display and banner digital advertising on bdtonline.com, classified listings paid on a transaction-fee basis, public notice / legal notice placement, and email newsletter subscriptions. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. Customer acquisition is direct-to-consumer via online signup, phone, and email, with no enterprise SaaS motion. The go-to-market is primarily top-of-funnel through organic content, SEO-driven search, and Facebook, supplemented by targeted newsletter capture; no significant outbound, paid, or partnership-driven distribution channel was identified in the data.

Name

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Legal name

CNHI LLC

Website

https://bdtonline.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1893

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Bluefield Daily Telegraph, founded in 1893 and owned by CNHI LLC, is a seven-day morning newspaper serving Bluefield, WV and Mercer County. It delivers local news, sports, classifieds, obituaries, and public notices across print, website, mobile apps, and email.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local Newspaper

NAICS

Periodical Publishers (513120)

SIC

Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industry

Newsletters & Email-Based News Publishers (B2B/B2C) (MPAJADAJ)

Keywords

• Local newspaper
• Daily news publishing
• Classified advertising
• Digital news subscriptions
• Community journalism

Headquarters

HQ city

Bluefield

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, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Subscription Revenue: Print and digital newspaper subscriptions including E-Paper editions and mobile app access
2. Digital Advertising: Online advertising including banner ads, premium text ads, and sponsored content placements on the website
3. Classifieds: Revenue from classified advertisements including jobs, autos, homes, and place-an-ad services
4. Marketplace/Public Notices: Public notice marketplace and newspaper advertisement services
5. Newsletter Services: Email newsletter subscriptions via Constant Contact platform

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Bluefield Daily Telegraph is a seven-day morning local newspaper serving Bluefield, WV and surrounding Mercer County, Southern West Virginia, and Southwest Virginia communities. It delivers local news, sports, weather, obituaries, classifieds, public notices, and community content across print (daily and Sunday), a digital website (bdtonline.com), an E-Paper edition, and mobile applications, supported by advertising and subscription revenue streams.

Product overview

Bluefield Daily Telegraph operates as a local newspaper with a digital platform (bdtonline.com) offering a comprehensive suite of news and community content. The core offering is the online news platform, supplemented by E-Paper (digital edition), Mobile App, Newsletter, Classifieds, Obituaries, Games/Puzzles, Comics, Photo Galleries, and Subscription services. The site is built on the BLOX Content Management System from BLOX Digital.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bluefield Daily Telegraph Online News Primary digital news platform for Bluefield Daily Telegraph, providing local news, sports, entertainment, classifieds, obituaries, and community content for Bluefield, WV and surrounding regions.
• E-Paper Digital Edition Digital edition of the newspaper providing online access to the print publication's content as an alternative to physical delivery.
• Mobile App Mobile application for accessing news content on smartphones and tablets.
• Email Newsletter Email newsletter service delivering news updates and alerts to subscribers via Constant Contact.
• Classifieds Online classified advertisements including jobs, autos, homes, and place-an-ad services for the local community.
• Obituaries Online obituary listings and submission service for the local community.
• Print and Digital Subscriptions Paid subscription services for digital and print access to the Bluefield Daily Telegraph newspaper.

Segments2 records

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.

• BLOX Digital / TownNewscoreTechnology or IntegrationWebsite powered by BLOX Content Management System from BLOX Digital, utilizing TownNews platform for digital publishing infrastructure, content management, and website operations.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• TownNews / BLOX Digital: Technology platform vendor that powers Bluefield Daily Telegraph's website and CMS. Included as an ecosystem peer because it provides the shared digital publishing infrastructure used by Bluefield and a large number of sister local newspapers across the U.S.

Direct peers

• Williamson Daily News: Another CNHI-owned local daily newspaper in southern West Virginia, covering Mingo County. Highly comparable in scale, structure, and market profile to Bluefield Daily Telegraph.
• Huntington Herald-Dispatch: Daily newspaper covering Huntington and western West Virginia. Comparable West Virginia local newspaper with print + digital model, classifieds, and community sports coverage.
• The Register-Herald: A daily local newspaper serving Beckley and Raleigh County in southern West Virginia. Closely comparable to Bluefield Daily Telegraph: similar small-market West Virginia footprint, seven-day print + digital model, part of the same CNHI network, and overlapping coverage of Appalachian regional news, coal-country issues, and local sports.
• Charleston Gazette-Mail: The dominant daily newspaper for Charleston, WV and the state capital region. A direct peer serving West Virginia readers with local/state news, sports, and classifieds, though at a larger geographic and operational scale than Bluefield.
• The Roanoke Times: Regional daily newspaper in southwestern Virginia covering a similar geographic area to Bluefield. Comparable print + digital local newspaper serving Appalachian Virginia communities.
• Bristol Herald Courier: Daily newspaper serving Bristol, Virginia / Tennessee on the Virginia side of the Bluefield-adjacent region. Comparable small-market daily paper covering Appalachian community news, local sports, and classifieds in an overlapping geographic zone.

Broad incumbents

• Lee Enterprises: Publicly traded media company operating a large portfolio of local daily newspapers across the U.S. A broad incumbent that operates similar community newspaper assets at scale, providing a useful public-market benchmark for the economics of small-market dailies like Bluefield Daily Telegraph.
• Ogden Newspapers: Family-owned media company operating community newspapers across multiple states. Comparable portfolio of small and mid-sized local dailies with shared services and shared digital infrastructure.
• Gannett: Largest U.S. local newspaper publisher (USA TODAY Network) with hundreds of community dailies. Operates the same subscription + advertising + classifieds business model at national scale; a key structural competitor for local digital advertising budgets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/bdtonline
• Xx.com/BDTonline
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bluefield-daily-telegraph

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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