Butler Eagle

What Butler Eagle does

Butler Eagle is a privately held, family-owned daily newspaper founded in 1903 and headquartered at 514 West Wayne Street in Butler, Pennsylvania. The newspaper provides comprehensive local news, sports, government, education, crime, business, obituaries, and community coverage for Butler County, Pennsylvania, and is wholly owned by Eagle Media Corporation alongside its weekly subsidiary publication Cranberry Eagle, which serves the southwestern portion of the county.

The company operates a WordPress-based digital platform (butlereagle.com) alongside its print edition, distributing content via physical home delivery, digital subscriptions managed through Clickshare Service Corp., a daily email newsletter managed through Constant Contact, and a 'Complete Pages' digital replica edition. Additional product lines include an online classifieds marketplace, public notices section, obituaries service integrated with Legacy.com, a special education publication called SOAR, and a podcast/video channel called 'Alter Eagle' on YouTube. Marketing channels include Facebook, Twitter/X, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube accounts for reader engagement and content distribution.

Butler Eagle's revenue model is built on a mix of recurring print and digital subscriptions to households in Butler County, display and digital advertising (including Google AdSense/DoubleClick programmatic), classified advertising (jobs, real estate, public notices), and a free daily newsletter used primarily for engagement. The business operates strictly within a single domestic geographic market (Butler County, PA) with no disclosed revenue, no public listing, no external funding rounds, and no documented M&A activity in the input data.

Name

Butler Eagle

Legal name

Butler Eagle

Website

https://butlereagle.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1903

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Butler Eagle is a privately held, family-owned daily newspaper founded in 1903 that provides local news, sports, and community coverage to residents of Butler County, Pennsylvania, via print, digital subscription, and newsletter channels under parent Eagle Media Corporation.

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 publishing
• Daily print journalism
• Digital news subscriptions
• Community news coverage
• Classified advertising

Headquarters

HQ city

Butler

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Print Subscriptions: Physical newspaper subscriptions delivered to households in Butler County
2. Digital Subscriptions: Full website access and Complete Pages digital edition through Clickshare platform
3. Daily Newsletter: Free daily newsletter with top news headlines delivered via email
4. Classifieds: Classified advertising section including job listings, public notices, and marketplace listings
5. Advertising: Display advertising and digital advertising services

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Butler Eagle publishes a daily local newspaper covering Butler County, Pennsylvania, with content spanning local news, government, education, crime, business, sports, arts & entertainment, obituaries, and community announcements. The publication is distributed via print home delivery to subscribers and is complemented by digital access through website subscriptions, a Complete Pages digital replica edition, and a free daily newsletter. Display and classified advertising round out the commercial offering for local businesses and individuals seeking to reach Butler County readers.

Product overview

Butler Eagle is a local daily newspaper serving Butler County, Pennsylvania. The company operates a single unified product (its newspaper) distributed through print subscription and digital channels. The core offering consists of the daily newspaper covering local news, sports, arts & entertainment, editorial content, obituaries, community announcements, and classifieds. Digital access is provided through website subscriptions and a daily newsletter. Additional products include the Complete Pages digital edition, an online marketplace, classifieds platform, public notices section, and obituaries service (integrated with Legacy.com). A special publication called SOAR covers education programs for students with disabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Butler Eagle Daily Newspaper Butler County's daily newspaper providing local news, sports, editorial content, arts & entertainment, obituaries, community announcements, and classifieds coverage for Butler County, Pennsylvania residents.
• Digital Subscription Online monthly subscription providing full website access to all Butler Eagle news content and the Complete Pages digital edition, managed through the Clickshare subscription platform.
• Daily Newsletter Free daily email newsletter delivering top news headlines to subscribers, managed through Constant Contact.
• Complete Pages Digital Edition Digital edition version of the newspaper available to subscribers, showing the full printed pages of each issue.
• Classifieds Online classifieds marketplace for jobs, real estate, vehicles, and other listings serving Butler County buyers and sellers.
• Public Notices Public notice listings including legal notices and government announcements placed through Butler Eagle.
• Obituaries Obituary listings and death notices, integrated with Legacy.com for submission, placement, and management of funeral announcements for Butler County families.
• Marketplace Online marketplace section for goods and services published by Butler Eagle for its readers and local sellers.
• SOAR Publication Special education-focused publication covering SOAR programs for students with disabilities in Butler County schools.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Clickshare Service Corp.coreTechnology or IntegrationClickshare Service Corp. manages website subscriptions for Butler Eagle. All personal information collected by Clickshare on behalf of its clients belongs to its clients and is covered by their privacy policies. Clickshare does not sell or distribute personal information without notice.
• Constant ContactcoreTechnology or IntegrationConstant Contact manages the daily newsletter distribution for Butler Eagle and Cranberry Eagle, delivering top news headlines via email to subscribers.
• Eagle Media CorporationcoreOthersEagle Media Corporation is the parent company that wholly owns Butler Eagle and Cranberry Eagle. Copyright ©2022, Butler Eagle and Cranberry Eagle, all rights reserved.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Ogden Newspapers: Ogden Newspapers is a family-owned daily and weekly newspaper chain headquartered in Wheeling, WV, founded in 1890. Highly comparable as a multi-generation family-controlled community newspaper operator with comparable revenue mix (subscriptions, advertising, public notices) and similar small-market focus.
• Adams Publishing Group: Adams Publishing Group operates community and daily newspapers across the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, and Northeast, including Pennsylvania titles. Comparable as a regional newspaper acquirer with a portfolio model and similar community-newspaper operating playbook.
• Paxton Media Group: Paxton Media Group is a family-owned daily and weekly newspaper chain operating across multiple U.S. states. Comparable as a privately held multi-title daily community newspaper operator with the same subscription-plus-advertising revenue model as Butler Eagle.
• Cranberry Eagle: Cranberry Eagle is the wholly owned sister weekly publication of Butler Eagle under Eagle Media Corporation, covering the southwestern portion of Butler County including Cranberry Township. Most directly comparable peer — same parent, same operating geography, same local-newspaper business model.

Regional players

• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is the legacy daily of the Pittsburgh metro that overlaps Butler County partially in distribution and coverage. Comparable as a regional PA daily competing for the same reader/advertiser pool that includes Butler Eagle's footprint.
• Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Trib Live) is a regional daily serving the Pittsburgh metro area, which overlaps Butler County in part of its coverage. Comparable as a Pennsylvania-based daily newspaper operator with shared geographic adjacency and similar local-journalism beat structure.

Broad incumbents

• Gannett Co. Gannett is the largest U.S. local newspaper chain (USA Today Network) operating hundreds of dailies across the country. Comparable as an industry-wide incumbent with the same paid-subscription plus digital-advertising model, but at vastly greater scale; a key competitor for national ad budgets and digital subscription benchmarks.
• Lee Enterprises: Lee Enterprises is a publicly traded chain operating dozens of daily newspapers across the U.S. Comparable as a multi-title daily newspaper operator with the same subscription-plus-advertising model; a relevant industry benchmark for digital transition metrics and EBITDA multiples in community dailies.
• CNHI (Community Newspaper Holdings Inc.): CNHI is a community newspaper holding company operating dailies and weeklies across the U.S. Comparable as a portfolio operator of community newspapers with similar scale per title and identical revenue streams (subscription, display ads, public notices).

Emerging players

• Heartland Media / Champion Media: Heartland Media and Champion Media are newer private-equity-backed community newspaper consolidators acquiring distressed dailies and weeklies at scale. Comparable as acquirers of small community dailies like Butler Eagle, relevant for both competitive threat and potential exit/roll-up dynamics.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/butlereagle
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@butlereagle438
• Facebookfacebook.com/butlereaglenews
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/butler-eagle
• Instagraminstagram.com/butlereaglenews

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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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