Meridian Magazine

What Meridian Magazine does

Meridian Magazine is an independent digital publication serving members and sympathizers of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The company is privately owned and operated by a married couple, Scot and Maurine Proctor, and is headquartered at 409 N. Country Manor Lane in Alpine, Utah. It produces daily news articles, opinion pieces, book reviews, family activities, scripture study resources, and entertainment coverage aligned with a faithful LDS perspective, and explicitly positions itself as independent from the official Church organization. The publication has been continuously producing content since at least 2003, giving it a multi-decade content archive.

The core platform is a website at latterdaysaintmag.com organized into sections covering News, Church, Society, Books, Entertainment, and Family, with a dedicated Come Follow Me podcast hosted by the founders to support the LDS gospel study curriculum. Distribution is anchored by a daily email newsletter using a double opt-in subscription system, supplemented by active accounts on Facebook, Twitter/X, Instagram, and Pinterest, an RSS feed, and a Shopify-based store selling photography prints and books. Technology is conventional web publishing infrastructure; no proprietary AI or machine learning capabilities, mobile apps, or APIs are disclosed.

Meridian Magazine generates revenue primarily through advertising aimed at the Latter-day Saint audience, as indicated by an "Advertise with Meridian" link on the site, alongside secondary income from the Shopify store. The business is operated without institutional funding, formal corporate structure, or disclosed pricing tiers, and reaches readers across the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. Content partnerships extend the editorial footprint into faith-based film coverage (Emmaus Road Media, Ozz Films, Angel.com) and into family history and scholarly LDS topics via FamilySearch and The Interpreter Foundation.

Name

Meridian Magazine

Legal name

Meridian Magazine

Website

https://latterdaysaintmag.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Meridian Magazine is a privately owned, independent digital publication serving members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with a daily email newsletter, website, podcast, and social channels. It is operated by founders Scot and Maurine Proctor from Alpine, Utah.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious / Faith-based Digital Media

NAICS

Periodical Publishers (513120)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Denominational & Community Periodicals (Church Magazines, Diocesan/Temple Newsletters) (MPAJAHAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

News, Politics & Current Affairs Magazines (MPAJAEAO)

Keywords

• Faith-based publishing
• Religious news content
• Latter-day saint media
• Online magazine
• Email newsletter

Headquarters

HQ city

Alpine

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, Others

Revenue model

1. Email Newsletter Subscription: Daily email newsletter subscription with double opt-in policy for Latter-day Saints readers seeking daily news and inspirational content
2. Advertising: The publication accepts advertisements as indicated by the 'Advertise with Meridian' link on the website, generating revenue from advertisers targeting the Latter-day Saint audience

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Meridian Magazine publishes a daily-updated online magazine and daily email newsletter delivering Latter-day Saint news, opinion, scripture study, family, book, and entertainment content for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It also produces the Come Follow Me Podcast for gospel study and operates a Shopify storefront selling photography prints and books from the founder's fine art photography collection.

Product overview

Meridian Magazine is an online publication platform offering a unified content experience for Latter-day Saints. The core offering consists of the daily-updated magazine website featuring news, opinion, and feature articles across categories including Church, Society, Family, Books, Entertainment, Music, and Photography. Supporting products include the Come Follow Me Podcast for scripture study, a daily email newsletter with double opt-in subscription, and a Shopify-based store for merchandise and photography prints. The platform does not operate on a modular SaaS architecture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Meridian Magazine Online Publication

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Emmaus Road MediacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEmmaus Road Media is a Utah-based production company and co-producer of The Parables Project film series. Writer-director James Dalrymple from Emmaus Road Media creates content for the publication's coverage of Parables Project episodes, including The Ten Virgins and The Good Samaritan films. Howard Collett serves as co-owner and producer at Emmaus Road Media and contributes articles to Meridian Magazine.
• Ozz Films (Morocco)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOzz Films is a Moroccan film production company that co-produced The Ten Virgins film as part of The Parables Project series with Emmaus Road Media. The company provided local production resources, crew, and Morocco-based filming locations for the biblical adaptation.
• Angel.comcoreTechnology or IntegrationAngel.com is the streaming platform where The Good Samaritan film and other Parables Project content is distributed. Meridian Magazine provides editorial coverage of films streaming on Angel.com, while Angel.com serves as the video hosting platform for the Parables Project series.
• FamilySearchminorGTM or Marketing PartnerFamilySearch International is mentioned in Meridian Magazine articles covering family history and genealogy content, including how Latter-day Saints can research their ancestors during America's 250th anniversary celebrations.
• The Interpreter FoundationminorGTM or Marketing PartnerThe Interpreter Foundation contributes content to Meridian Magazine, including the Becoming Brigham podcast series and other faith-based educational resources for Latter-day Saints.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Religion News Service: Religion News Service is a national news wire covering religion and faith topics across traditions, including regular Latter-day Saint coverage. It is comparable as a news-focused outlet serving readers interested in faith-based reporting, including the LDS audience Meridian addresses.
• LDS Living: LDS Living is a digital magazine and daily newsletter serving members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with family, faith, and lifestyle content. It is the closest direct competitor in audience, format, and editorial mission to Meridian Magazine.
• LDS Daily: LDS Daily is a digital news and content platform providing daily Latter-day Saint news, articles, and faith-based resources. It overlaps directly with Meridian's daily newsletter and news-article format and serves the same core LDS audience.
• By Common Consent: By Common Consent is a long-running independent blog featuring commentary and analysis from thoughtful Latter-day Saint perspectives. It competes for the same engaged, reflective LDS readership that Meridian Magazine targets with its opinion and gospel-doctrine content.

Broad incumbents

• Deseret News: Deseret News is a large, established Utah-based news outlet with historical ties to the LDS Church, covering national, world, and Latter-day Saint news. It overlaps directly with Meridian's news and church coverage but operates at significantly larger scale and as a general-interest outlet.
• Patheos: Patheos is a multi-faith digital platform hosting channels dedicated to numerous religious traditions including a Latter-day Saints channel. It serves as a broader incumbent that addresses some of the same faith-content and commentary demand Meridian targets, though across many religions.
• Beliefnet: Beliefnet is a long-running multi-faith digital media site covering spirituality, religion, and inspirational content across traditions. It is comparable as a broad incumbent that addresses faith-based and inspirational reading demand overlapping with Meridian's value proposition.

Regional players

• The Salt Lake Tribune: The Salt Lake Tribune is Utah's primary general-interest daily newspaper with substantial Latter-day Saint coverage. While not a faith-exclusive outlet, it competes for LDS readers seeking news and cultural commentary relevant to the community.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ldsmag
• Facebookfacebook.com/latterdaysaintmag
• Instagraminstagram.com/latterdaysaintmag
• Pinterestpinterest.com/ldsmag

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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