Cody Enterprise

What Cody Enterprise does

Cody Enterprise, LLC is a privately held, twice-weekly local newspaper serving Cody, Wyoming and the broader Park County community. Founded in 1899 by William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody and Col. John Peake, the publication has operated continuously for over 125 years, making it one of the longest-running small-town newspapers in the American West. The company is headquartered at 3101 Big Horn Avenue in Cody, WY, and operates with a team of approximately 11 staff covering publishing, editorial, reporting, sports, graphic design, marketing, office management, and pressroom functions. Current leadership includes Jana Cardew as Associate Publisher/Publisher and Victoria O'Brien as Managing Editor.

The core product is the printed Cody Enterprise newspaper, distributed via home delivery on a twice-weekly cadence, paired with a full digital presence. The digital stack runs on the BLOX Content Management System from BLOX Digital (TownNews), which powers the codyenterprise.com website, an e-edition digital replica, classifieds marketplace (jobs, real estate, for sale, legal announcements), multimedia photo/video galleries, weather module, and weekly circulars. Sub-brands include The Rustler, a youth-focused section, and themed Special Sections. Distribution is multi-channel: print home delivery, e-edition, website, and organic social on Facebook and Twitter, with an event promotion integration via evvnt.

The business model is a hybrid of subscription recurring revenue (print home delivery and digital e-edition subscriptions, billed annually) and advertising revenue (classifieds and display ads from local businesses). Pricing tiers are not publicly disclosed on the website; subscription inquiries are handled by phone. The customer base consists of Cody/Park County residents and local small businesses, with a community-led go-to-market motion centered on hyperlocal news, sports, obituaries, opinion, and a local marketplace. The operation is asset-heavy on the print side (in-house pressroom with a pressroom supervisor and lead pressman), which represents both a differentiator and a capital maintenance risk, as evidenced by a recent press malfunction during a publisher leadership transition.

Name

Cody Enterprise

Legal name

Cody Enterprise, LLC.

Website

https://codyenterprise.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1899

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cody Enterprise is a twice-weekly local newspaper serving Cody, Wyoming and Park County, founded in 1899 by Buffalo Bill Cody. It generates revenue from print/digital subscriptions and local advertising across its website, e-edition, classifieds marketplace, and multimedia channels.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Cody

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Subscription Services: Print and digital newspaper subscriptions including home delivery and e-edition access. The newspaper offers subscription services for ongoing reader engagement.
2. Classified Advertising: Revenue from classified ads including jobs, real estate, for sale items, and legal announcements in the marketplace section.
3. Display Advertising: Revenue from display advertisements placed by local businesses throughout the newspaper and website.
4. Digital/E-Edition Subscriptions: Online digital edition access providing remote reading capabilities for subscribers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Cody Enterprise is a twice-weekly local newspaper (founded 1899) that publishes print editions for home delivery in Cody, Wyoming and Park County, alongside a digital website and e-edition. It generates revenue from consumer subscriptions (print and digital) and from local advertising including classifieds (jobs, real estate, for sale, legal announcements) and display ads placed by area businesses. Editorial coverage focuses on local news, sports, opinion, obituaries, and community events for the Cody/Park County readership.

Product overview

Cody Enterprise is a traditional local newspaper with a digital presence, offering a single-platform news website with multiple content sections. The core product is the Cody Enterprise Newspaper Website, which delivers local news, sports, opinion, obituaries, and community coverage. Supporting products include Subscription Services for paid access, Classifieds/Marketplace for jobs and real estate listings, E-Edition for digital replica of the print edition, Photo and Video Gallery for multimedia content, Weather Service for local forecasts, This Week's Ads for community promotions, The Rustler for youth content, and Special Sections for themed editions. The newspaper also operates via BLOX Content Management System from BLOX Digital.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cody Enterprise Newspaper (Print & Digital Edition)
• Newspaper Subscription Services

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Gillette News Record: A local Wyoming newspaper serving Campbell County. Directly comparable to Cody Enterprise as a small-market, community-focused Wyoming publication with a similar mix of local news, sports, and classifieds.
• Buffalo Bulletin: A small-town Wyoming newspaper serving Buffalo and Johnson County. Directly comparable in format and scale as another rural Wyoming community newspaper with similar subscription and local-advertising revenue mix.
• Powell Tribune: A twice-weekly local newspaper serving Powell, Wyoming and Park County's northern communities. It is the closest direct peer to Cody Enterprise in terms of format, market size, and regional coverage in the same Wyoming corridor.
• Riverton Ranger: A Wyoming local newspaper serving Fremont County. Comparable to Cody Enterprise as a community-based print/digital outlet covering a rural Wyoming town with similar product mix and operating model.
• Sheridan Press: A Wyoming community newspaper serving Sheridan. Directly comparable as a small-town Wyoming print and digital newspaper targeting local readers and advertisers in a similar demographic and economic profile to Cody.

Regional players

• Casper Star-Tribune: Wyoming's largest regional daily newspaper, covering state and Casper-area news. Comparable as a Wyoming-based news brand competing for statewide and regional advertising dollars, though at a larger scale and frequency than Cody Enterprise.
• Billings Gazette: The dominant regional daily in southern Montana, geographically adjacent to Cody. Comparable as a regional news brand competing for tourism, real estate, and retail advertising in the Yellowstone region.
• Bozeman Daily Chronicle: A Montana regional daily serving the Gallatin Valley near Yellowstone. Comparable to Cody Enterprise in covering a tourism-adjacent mountain-west community with overlapping reader demographics and advertiser base.

Broad incumbents

• Lee Enterprises: A large publicly traded newspaper chain operating dailies and weeklies across the U.S. Comparable as a scaled newspaper operator with similar subscription and advertising revenue mechanics, but at far greater scale and portfolio breadth than Cody Enterprise.
• Gannett: The largest U.S. newspaper publisher (USA TODAY network) operating hundreds of community papers. Comparable as a broad incumbent that owns many community newspapers similar in format to Cody Enterprise, but operates at national scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/codyenterprise
• Facebookfacebook.com/CodyEnterprise
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-cody-enterprise

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 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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