Danville San Ramon

What Danville San Ramon does

Danville San Ramon (DanvilleSanRamon.com) is a nonprofit local digital news publication serving the Tri-Valley region of the San Francisco Bay Area, with coverage spanning Danville, San Ramon, Contra Costa County, Alameda County, Livermore, Pleasanton, and Dublin. Founded in 2003, it operates as one of seven local news publications under the Embarcadero Media Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. The editorial product consists of daily local journalism, multiple email newsletters (Express, Premium, Plus), a Town Square community engagement platform, a local business directory, and an events calendar.

The publication is built on Newspack, a WordPress-based publishing platform purpose-built for small digital newsrooms, which provides the CMS, subscription management, and email delivery infrastructure. Content is supplemented through a content partnership with CalMatters, providing statewide California coverage alongside the local Tri-Valley reporting. The product surface is human-edited with no AI/ML capabilities referenced.

The business model is a hybrid of consumer memberships, donations, and local advertising. Membership is tiered: Basic at $15/month, Premium at $25/month, and Plus at $144/year, each unlocking differentiated content and engagement features. Revenue and audience scale are not publicly disclosed; the organization operates with a headcount band of 11-50 employees and is based in Pleasanton, CA. The parent Embarcadero Media Foundation is undergoing a leadership transition, with CEO Adam Dawes having announced his departure for May 2026.

Name

Danville San Ramon

Legal name

Embarcadero Media Foundation

Website

https://www.danvillesanramon.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Nonprofit local digital news publication serving the Tri-Valley Bay Area communities of Danville, San Ramon, Livermore, Pleasanton, and Dublin, operated as one of seven Embarcadero Media Foundation publications on a Newspack/WordPress platform with tiered memberships, donations, and advertising revenue.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Pleasanton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Danville San Ramon is a nonprofit local digital news publication operated by Embarcadero Media Foundation that delivers community-focused journalism for the Tri-Valley area in California's East Bay. It sells tiered reader memberships ($15/month Basic, $25/month Premium, $144/year Plus) granting unlimited access to its website and the broader Embarcadero Media network of seven publications, and distributes content through email newsletters, social media, and a community forum.

Product overview

DanvilleSanRamon.com is a nonprofit local news website operated by Embarcadero Media Foundation, providing community-focused journalism for the Tri-Valley area. The platform operates on a membership/subscription model with tiered offerings: Basic Membership ($15/month) and Premium Membership ($25/month) providing unlimited online access, exclusive newsletters (Local Scoop), member events, and giveaways. The site distributes content through multiple digital channels including email newsletters (Express, Breaking News Alerts, Tri-Valley Preps Playbook), a community forum (Town Square), and a community calendar. Revenue is generated through a combination of membership fees, advertising, and charitable donations, with the organization being a 501(c)(3) nonprofit entity.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Local Scoop: Members-only newsletter providing insider updates and behind-the-scenes content for paying members.
• Tri-Valley Preps Playbook
• Express

Products and services

• DanvilleSanRamon.com Digital News Platform Primary digital news platform providing local news, opinion, lifestyle, sports, real estate, and community event coverage for the Danville, San Ramon, and broader Tri-Valley communities, operated by Embarcadero Media Foundation.
• Basic Membership Entry-level monthly membership at $15/month offering unlimited access to online content across the Embarcadero Media network, the Local Scoop member newsletter, invitations to special member events, and access to exclusive giveaways.
• Premium Membership Higher-tier monthly membership at $25/month including all Basic benefits plus a meet-and-greet with the CEO of Embarcadero Media Foundation.
• Plus Membership Annual membership option at $144/year offering all premium tier benefits at a discounted rate compared to monthly billing, with a $300/year reference value.
• Embarcadero Media Network Cross-Access Membership Single membership that grants cross-access to all seven Embarcadero Media digital publications: Palo Alto Online, Mountain View Voice, The Almanac, Redwood City Pulse, Pleasanton Weekly, DanvilleSanRamon.com, and Livermore Vine.
• Express Newsletter Daily email newsletter delivering condensed news updates directly to subscribers' inboxes.
• Breaking News Email Alerts Real-time email notifications alerting subscribers to breaking news stories as they happen.
• Tri-Valley Preps Playbook Newsletter Specialized email newsletter focusing on high school sports coverage for the Tri-Valley area.
• Local Scoop Newsletter Exclusive members-only behind-the-scenes newsletter providing insider updates and additional content not available to non-members.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Pleasanton Weekly: Sister publication under Embarcadero Media Foundation covering adjacent Tri-Valley geography; identical business model (membership/donations/advertising), shared editorial staff, and shared technology stack make it the closest direct peer.
• Palo Alto Online: Flagship Embarcadero Media publication serving Palo Alto with the same nonprofit membership model, Newspack platform, and bundled cross-publication access; directly comparable operations and audience profile.
• Mountain View Voice: Another Embarcadero Media sister title covering Mountain View; same publication cadence, revenue model, and editorial approach — directly comparable scale and monetization.
• The Almanac (Embarcadero): Embarcadero Media's Menlo Park/Atherton publication using identical nonprofit membership, bundled access, and community-journalism format; effectively a sister operation.
• CalMatters: California statewide nonprofit newsroom and direct content partner of Danville San Ramon; comparable 501(c)(3) model, donor/membership funding, and California local-news mission.
• Lookout Santa Cruz: Member-supported digital-first local news outlet in Santa Cruz County; closely mirrors the membership tiers, newsletter-led strategy, and nonprofit structure of Danville San Ramon.
• Voice of San Diego: Pioneer nonprofit digital local newsroom founded on membership/donor funding; comparable scale, mission, and business model to Embarcadero Media's Bay Area local-news titles.
• Block Club Chicago: Nonprofit neighborhood-level news outlet using memberships, donations, and newsletters to fund hyperlocal reporting; one of the closest structural analogues to Danville San Ramon's model.

Broad incumbents

• East Bay Times: Legacy for-profit Bay Area daily covering a geography that overlaps with Danville San Ramon's Contra Costa/Alameda footprint; competes for the same local advertisers and reader attention from a much larger scale.
• Patch: National hyperlocal digital news network covering Danville and San Ramon directly; competes for the same local advertisers and community-news audience, though with a national, ad-tech-driven model rather than nonprofit membership.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/DanvilleSanRamo
• Facebookfacebook.com/danvillesanramon
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/danville-weekly

Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries6 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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