Montgomery Standard

What Montgomery Standard does

Montgomery Standard is a privately held, for-profit community newspaper serving Montgomery County, Missouri, headquartered at 115 W. Third St. in Montgomery City. It publishes local news, sports, obituaries, community events, classifieds, and themed special sections (e.g., Best of Montgomery, Graduation Salute, Memorial Day Tribute) covering Montgomery City, Jonesburg, New Florence, Bellflower, and surrounding communities, with active editorial coverage of county-level issues including the August 2026 election cycle and the proposed Amazon/AWS data center siting in New Florence.

The publication operates on a web-based digital news platform with e-edition capabilities, photo gallery hosting, and a content management system provided by Creative Circle Media Solutions — the same infrastructure used by sibling titles Mexico Ledger and Warren County Record. Its product portfolio spans a free core digital news site (mystandardnews.com), paid E-Editions of the print paper, Photo Galleries, Special Sections, Classifieds, premium Web Extras content across categories such as Tech, Travel, Health, Real Estate, and Business, plus a YouTube channel (@MontgomeryStandard) and email newsletters. Distribution is multi-channel: print, website, e-editions, video, and newsletter, with subscriber login/register flows and dedicated user-submission forms for births, weddings, anniversaries, obituaries, letters to the editor, and news tips.

The business model combines print and digital subscriptions with classified advertising and special-section sponsorships targeting Montgomery County residents and local SMBs; pricing is not publicly disclosed. The company is independently operated with no evidence of institutional investors, private equity ownership, or parent-company control, and its entire addressable market is concentrated within a single rural Missouri county.

Name

Montgomery Standard

Legal name

Montgomery Standard

Website

https://mystandardnews.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Montgomery Standard is a privately held community newspaper and digital news platform serving Montgomery County, Missouri, offering local news, sports, obituaries, classifieds, e-editions, special sections, and premium web content to county residents and local advertisers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local Newspaper Publishing

NAICS

Newspaper Publishers (513110)

SIC

Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYMPAJADAB

Local & Regional Newspapers (Print & Digital)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Publishing (Books, News, Magazines)/News Publishing (Newspapers, Digital Newsrooms, Wire Services)

Keywords

• Local newspaper publishing
• Community news coverage
• Digital news subscription
• Print and e-editions
• Local classifieds advertising

Headquarters

HQ city

Montgomery City

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, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Montgomery Standard is a local community newspaper that produces and distributes news, sports, obituaries, and community event coverage for Montgomery County, Missouri and surrounding areas including Montgomery City, Jonesburg, New Florence, and Bellflower. The publication operates through a primary website (mystandardnews.com), a print edition, digital e-editions, photo galleries, special themed sections, classifieds, and premium web content sections, with subscriptions available for both print and digital access.

Product overview

Montgomery Standard is a local newspaper offering a single unified product portfolio centered on its core news publication. The primary offering is the digital and print news platform delivering local news, sports, obituaries, and community coverage for Montgomery County, Missouri. Supplementary offerings include E-Editions (digital versions of print issues), Photo Galleries, Special Sections (themed supplements like Best of Montgomery and Graduation Salute), Classifieds, and Web Extras (premium subscription content across categories like Tech, Travel, and Health). The products are distributed through the main website, YouTube channel, and print publication, with subscription-based access for premium content.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Montgomery Standard (Digital News Platform)

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Boone Publications: Family-owned group of small-town newspapers in central and northern Missouri including titles that overlap the same geographic region as Montgomery Standard; competes for the same pool of rural Missouri readers and advertisers.
• Warren County Record: Adjacent Missouri community newspaper linked from Montgomery Standard's homepage and operated via the same Creative Circle platform; offers print + digital local news, sports, and classifieds in a comparable small rural county market.
• Mexico Ledger: Sister community newspaper under the same Creative Circle Media Solutions platform, serving Mexico, Missouri with the same digital-plus-print local news format, classifieds, and special sections; directly comparable in size and product mix.

Broad incumbents

• Paxton Media Group: Privately held newspaper company operating daily and weekly community newspapers, primarily in the Midwest and South; directly comparable small-market operating model.
• Ogden Newspapers: Family-owned newspaper group with community dailies and weeklies across more than a dozen states, including rural markets; similar reliance on local subscriptions, display ads, classifieds, and special sections.
• Gannett Co. Largest U.S. local newspaper operator (USA TODAY Network) with hundreds of community dailies and weeklies; competes for local advertising budgets and applies similar multi-product monetization (print, e-editions, classifieds, sponsored content) across small markets.
• Adams Publishing Group: Family-owned media company operating community newspapers and shoppers in small and mid-sized U.S. markets; closely comparable product mix (print + e-editions + special sections) and rural county focus.
• Lee Enterprises: National community newspaper group operating dozens of small-market dailies and weeklies in the Midwest and South; similar subscription + advertising model serving rural counties comparable in scale to Montgomery County, Missouri.
• Community Newspaper Holdings Inc. (CNHI): Owner of a large portfolio of small-town daily and weekly newspapers across the U.S., including many in rural markets; comparable business model anchored by print subscription revenue, local display ads, and digital subscriptions.

Regional players

• The Fulton Sun: Callaway County, Missouri community newspaper serving a nearby county to Montgomery; comparable small-market print + digital model and overlapping regional advertising pool in central Missouri.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@MontgomeryStandard
• Xx.com/mystandardnews
• Facebookfacebook.com/MontgomeryStandard

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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