Newport Life Magazine

What Newport Life Magazine does

Newport Life Magazine operates a print and digital lifestyle media business focused exclusively on Greater Newport County, Rhode Island. The company publishes a bi-monthly print magazine (six issues per year) covering local art, architecture, dining, fashion, film, history, community, music, and sports, distributed through retail outlets across Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut, and via direct subscription through SimpleCirc. The digital layer includes a weekly Friday e-newsletter, an online events calendar with Google Calendar, iCalendar, and Outlook integrations, and active social media presence on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and LinkedIn.

Name

Newport Life Magazine

Legal name

Newport Life Publication LLC

Website

https://newportlifemagazine.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Newport Life Magazine is a bi-monthly print and digital lifestyle magazine serving Greater Newport County, Rhode Island residents, visitors, and local advertisers with local content, events, and a sister wedding publication.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Regional Lifestyle Magazine

NAICS

Periodical Publishers (51312)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Consumer Lifestyle & Fashion Magazines (MPAJAEAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Arts, Culture & Literary Magazines (MPAJAEAN), Travel & Outdoors Magazines (MPAJAEAH)

Keywords

• Lifestyle magazine
• Local news publication
• Regional print publishing
• Community journalism
• Wedding magazines

Headquarters

HQ city

Newport

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, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Print Magazine Subscriptions: Subscription-based revenue model where readers pay for print magazine issues delivered bi-monthly, with options for individual issue purchases and bulk bundles for retailers.
2. Email Newsletter Subscriptions: Weekly e-newsletter distributed every Friday morning to subscribers, providing event updates and content previews to drive engagement and maintain readership.
3. Advertising: The magazine generates revenue through advertising partnerships with local businesses, with dedicated media kit and advertising inquiry options available for potential advertisers interested in lifestyle, opinion, or leisure categories.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Newport Life Magazine is a bi-monthly print and digital lifestyle publication covering Greater Newport County, Rhode Island, with editorial focus on local lifestyle, real estate, dining, weddings, and community events. It produces a weekly e-newsletter and operates alongside its sister publication, Newport Wedding Magazine. Revenue is generated through paid print subscriptions (3 years for $50), free digital subscriptions, and advertising sold to local businesses.

Product overview

Newport Life Magazine operates as a print and digital lifestyle magazine focused on Greater Newport County, Rhode Island. The core product is the print magazine published six times yearly, supported by a weekly Friday newsletter and an online events calendar. The company also runs Newport Wedding Magazine as a sister publication for wedding planning content. Additional offerings include the annual Best of Newport County community awards program and advertising services for local businesses. The magazine uses third-party platforms including SimpleCirc for subscription management and provides calendar integration for event subscriptions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Newport Life Magazine Bi-monthly regional lifestyle magazine covering Greater Newport County, Rhode Island, including editorial on local lifestyle, real estate, dining, weddings, and community events. Distributed in print via CVS, Stop & Shop, and local bookstores, and accessible digitally via the publication's website.
• Newport Wedding Magazine Wedding-focused sister publication of Newport Life Magazine serving engaged couples and wedding vendors in the Greater Newport County area.
• Newport Life Weekly E-Newsletter Weekly email newsletter providing Newport County readers with curated local lifestyle content, news, and event highlights, complementary to the bi-monthly print magazine.
• Print and Digital Advertising Advertising placements sold to local and regional businesses across the Newport Life Magazine print edition, weekly e-newsletter, website, and social channels, reaching an engaged Greater Newport County audience.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Newport Wedding MagazinecoreOthersSister publication to Newport Life Magazine covering wedding planning, real weddings, and local wedding vendors in the Newport County area. Launched as a re-launched standalone publication in February 2024.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Martha's Vineyard Magazine: Regional lifestyle publication serving a single affluent island community with print, digital and event components. Mirrors Newport Life's hyper-local tourism-economy model and editorial focus on community, dining, arts and seasonal happenings.
• Nantucket Magazine: Island-focused lifestyle magazine covering Nantucket with seasonal print issues and an editorial mix of community, dining, homes and culture. Closely comparable to Newport Life as a single-market, tourism-driven lifestyle brand.
• Rhode Island Monthly: Regional lifestyle magazine covering Rhode Island with similar editorial categories (food, art, community, events) and a comparable print + digital + events business model. Directly competitive with Newport Life Magazine for Rhode Island-based advertisers and readers, though broader in geography.
• Cape Cod Life Magazine: Long-running regional lifestyle magazine covering Cape Cod with a comparable mix of local people, places, food, art and home content. Operates a similar print + digital + advertising model in another affluent coastal New England tourism market, making it a strong comparable for Newport Life's economics.

Regional players

• Newport Mercury: Local Newport-area weekly newspaper and online publication covering similar community, dining, arts and events beats. Several Newport Life team members previously worked at the Mercury, and it directly competes for local advertisers and reader attention in the same geography.
• The Newport Daily News: Local daily newspaper serving Newport County with news, lifestyle and event coverage. Overlaps with Newport Life on community storytelling, local advertiser base and distribution geography; competes more on news/utility than lifestyle polish.
• Providence Monthly / PVD Magazine: City-level lifestyle magazine serving Providence and greater Rhode Island with dining, arts, culture and community content. Competes for advertisers and readers within the broader Rhode Island market, even though it does not directly overlap Newport Life's core Aquidneck Island geography.

Broad incumbents

• Boston Magazine: Major metropolitan lifestyle magazine with print, digital, events and awards products. Operates a scaled version of Newport Life's model — including Best of Boston-style awards and event-driven engagement — at city-level scope.
• Yankee Magazine: Established New England-wide lifestyle and travel magazine with a much broader geographic footprint than Newport Life. Represents the larger incumbent in the regional lifestyle category, covering similar editorial themes (coastal living, food, travel) across Newport and beyond.

Emerging players

• Edible Boston / Edible Communities publications: Network of hyper-local food magazines (including Edible Boston / Edible Rhode Island) covering local dining, chefs and food culture. Overlaps with Newport Life's dining and food coverage and competes for a similar local food-advertiser base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/NewportLifeMagazine
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/newport-life-magazine
• Instagraminstagram.com/newportlifemagazine
• TikToktiktok.com/@newportlifemagazine
• Xx.com/newportlifemag

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 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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