Telluride Daily Planet

What Telluride Daily Planet does

Telluride Daily Planet is a privately held local news publisher serving Telluride, Colorado and the surrounding San Miguel County region, providing local news, opinion, arts and entertainment coverage, sports reporting, business news, obituaries, classifieds, and legal notices. Operating under the DBA "The Telluride Times," the publication was founded in 1898 and is owned by Hoffmann Telluride Media Group, LLC, a subsidiary of the Hoffmann Family of Companies' media network, which also operates sister titles The Norwood Post, The Watch, Shelter, and Telluride Style. Headcount is reported at 1–10 employees, consistent with a small community-weekly newsroom.

The product surface consists of a core news website (telluridenews.com), a digital E-Edition of the weekly print newspaper, email newsletters (daily headlines and weekly e-edition), an online Business Directory for local commerce discovery, and a Classifieds/legals section for display advertising and public notices. The platform is built on the BLOX Content Management System from BLOX Digital, which powers digital publishing, subscription management, and website operations. Distribution spans web, e-edition, print, and social channels (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram), with email newsletters serving as a mid-funnel engagement layer.

The business model is primarily subscription-based with monthly billing for digital and print access, supplemented by display advertising, classifieds, legal-notice placement (operated via Column.us integrations), and business directory listings. Customer mix is fragmented across individual subscribers and SMB advertisers in the Telluride market, with no disclosed enterprise customers, external funding, or venture/PE investment. The publication is operationally active as of mid-2026 and operates as a non-listed private limited liability company.

Name

Telluride Daily Planet

Legal name

Hoffmann Telluride Media Group, LLC

Website

https://telluridenews.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1898

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Telluride Daily Planet is a privately held community news publisher serving Telluride, Colorado, providing local news, sports, opinion, classifieds, and legal notices across web, e-edition, and print. Owned by Hoffmann Telluride Media Group, LLC, it operates on the BLOX CMS with subscription, advertising, and directory revenue streams.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local News Publishing

NAICS

Periodical Publishers (513120), Directory and Mailing List Publishers (513140)

SIC

Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Local news publishing
• Digital newspaper
• Community journalism
• News subscription
• Classified advertising

Headquarters

HQ city

Telluride

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Telluride Daily Planet is a local digital and print news publication serving Telluride, Colorado. It publishes local news, opinion pieces, arts and entertainment coverage, sports reporting, business news, obituaries, classifieds, and a local business directory. The publication operates a website (telluridenews.com), a weekly print edition, an interactive E-Edition, email newsletters, and a business directory marketplace, all powered by the BLOX Content Management System.

Product overview

Telluride Daily Planet operates as a local digital news platform offering a unified news and information service. The core product includes the main news website supplemented by several interconnected offerings: the E-Edition provides digital access to the weekly print newspaper, the Business Directory enables local commerce discovery, and Newsletters deliver targeted content updates. The site also hosts Classifieds and Special Sections covering publications like Shelter and Telluride Style. The platform operates under the Hoffmann Telluride Media Group LLC parent company and uses the BLOX Content Management System.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Telluride Daily Planet News Website Local digital news platform serving Telluride, Colorado, providing local news, opinion pieces, arts and entertainment coverage, sports reporting, business news, classifieds, obituaries, and access to a business directory. Targeted at residents and community members in the Telluride region.
• E-Edition

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered parent_company, technology_provider, sister_company and parent_network.

• Hoffmann Telluride Media Group, LLCparent_companyOthersParent company that owns and operates Telluride Daily Planet. The publication is part of a larger media group serving the Telluride, Colorado region.
• BLOX Digitaltechnology_providerTechnology or IntegrationBLOX Digital provides the BLOX Content Management System powering telluridenews.com, enabling digital publishing and website operations.
• Hoffmann Media Groupsister_companyOthersPart of the Hoffmann Family of Companies media network. Other publications include The Norwood Post, The Watch, Shelter, and Telluride Style.
• Hoffmann Family of Companiesparent_networkOthersParent network encompassing Hoffmann Telluride Media Group and Hoffmann Media Group, operating multiple regional publications.

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Aspen Times: Local newspaper serving Aspen, Colorado — a mountain resort market with the same publication cadence, subscription model, and advertiser base (luxury real estate, tourism, cultural events) as Telluride Daily Planet.
• Sky-Hi News: Local newspaper covering Grand County, Colorado. Mountain-community local news outlet with weekly print and digital publication, comparable to Telluride Daily Planet.
• Steamboat Pilot & Today: Community newspaper in Steamboat Springs, CO — another Colorado mountain resort local news outlet with comparable subscription, e-edition, and event-driven advertising mix.
• Summit Daily News: Local newspaper covering Summit County, Colorado (Breckenridge, Frisco, Dillon). Comparable resort-market local news publisher with print and digital editions in the same regional media landscape.
• Durango Herald: Independent local newspaper in southwestern Colorado, serving a mixed resort/regional market. Comparable subscription model, print-plus-digital operations, and small newsroom structure.
• Vail Daily: Colorado ski-town local newspaper serving the Vail Valley. Operates the same weekly/periodic print + digital newsroom model with classifieds, obituaries, and directory services for an affluent resort community.
• Park Record: Weekly newspaper serving Park City, Utah — a mountain resort community with a similar mix of local news, sports, arts coverage, and tourism/event-driven advertising.

Broad incumbents

• The Colorado Sun: Statewide Colorado digital news outlet with subscription model. Operates at broader geographic scale but in the same state with overlapping advertiser base and digital-news-only model.

Regional players

• Craig Press: Small Colorado community newspaper with print and digital editions. Comparable in scale (small-town local news) but serving a different, less affluent region than Telluride.
• Glenwood Springs Post Independent: Local Colorado newspaper based in Glenwood Springs, also owned by a regional media group. Similar community newspaper model serving a different but geographically close Colorado market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/tellurideplanet
• Facebookfacebook.com/telluridedailyplanet
• Instagraminstagram.com/telluridedailyplanet
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/telluride-daily-planet

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Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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