Lewistown News-Argus

What Lewistown News-Argus does

Lewistown News-Argus is a community newspaper providing local news, sports, obituaries, classifieds, and agricultural coverage for Lewistown, Montana, and the surrounding Fergus County and Central Montana region (including Hobson, Moore, Winnett, Grass Range, Denton, Geyser, Stanford, Roy, and Winifred). Its product portfolio spans a regularly published print edition, a digital E-Edition replica, a continuously updated website at lewistownnews.com, free email newsletters delivered twice weekly, paid special sections (Grad, Hunting Guide, Ag In Action, Home and Garden, Health and Wellness, and others), and online submission forms for community announcements and letters to the editor.

The publication runs on the BLOX Content Management System from BLOX Digital (TownNews), with Newzware powering subscription and account management, and it partners with Legacy.com for online obituary distribution and with montanapublicnotices.com and evvnt for legal notices and community events. Technology is therefore fully outsourced to industry-standard shared newspaper platforms rather than proprietary infrastructure.

Commercially, the business is a sales-led local media operation monetized through print and digital subscriptions (including a $1.99 Day Pass), display and digital advertising sold to local businesses and organizations, classified listings across real estate, vehicles, jobs, and goods, obituary publishing fees, and paid announcements for weddings, births, anniversaries, and engagements. It is part of the Yellowstone Newspapers network under Adams Publishing Group, sharing corporate, technology, and operational infrastructure with sibling Montana publications.

Name

Lewistown News-Argus

Legal name

Lewistown News-Argus

Website

https://lewistownnews.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Lewistown News-Argus is a community newspaper serving Lewistown and surrounding Central Montana with print, digital e-edition, website, email newsletters, classifieds, and obituaries, operating on the BLOX/TownNews platform within the Adams Publishing Group's Yellowstone Newspapers network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local Newspaper Publishing

NAICS

Newspaper Publishers (513110)

SIC

Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711)

akta.pro primary industry

Local & Regional Newspapers (Print & Digital) (MPAJADAB)

Keywords

• Local newspaper publishing
• Print digital subscriptions
• Classified advertising services
• Community news coverage
• Obituary publishing services

Headquarters

HQ city

Lewistown

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, Others

Revenue model

1. Print and Digital Subscriptions: Subscription revenue from print newspaper delivery and digital e-edition access. Day passes available for digital content.
2. Advertising: Display and digital advertising sold to local businesses and organizations.
3. Classifieds: Revenue from classified advertisements including real estate, vehicles, jobs, items for sale, pets, auctions, services, and personals.
4. Obituaries: Obituary and death notice publishing through partnership with Legacy.com.
5. Announcements: Paid announcements for anniversaries, births, engagements, and weddings.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Lewistown News-Argus is a local newspaper that publishes a print edition and digital E-Edition serving Lewistown and surrounding Central Montana communities, including Lewistown, Hobson, Moore, Winnett, Grass Range, Denton, Geyser, Stanford, Roy, and Winifred. It produces continuously updated online news content covering community, Montana, sports, commentary, and obituaries, and monetizes through subscriptions, display and digital advertising, classifieds, paid announcements, and obituaries. The publication operates as part of the Yellowstone Newspapers network under Adams Publishing Group using the BLOX CMS from TownNews and Newzware for subscription management.

Product overview

Lewistown News-Argus is a traditional local newspaper serving Central Montana, offering both print and digital products. The core offering consists of the print edition and its digital counterpart, the E-Edition. The product portfolio includes website news content with continuously updated articles, email newsletters for breaking news delivery, classified advertising across multiple categories, special themed sections (such as Grad, Home and Garden, Ag In Action, Hunting Guide), obituaries via Legacy.com partnership, subscription services with various tiers, digital advertising options, and online submission forms for community announcements and reader contributions. The company operates as part of the Yellowstone Newspapers network and uses BLOX Content Management System for digital publishing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Lewistown News-Argus Print Edition

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Legacy.comcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Legacy.com, a leading online obituary database partnering with over 1,500 newspapers, for publishing obituaries and death notices. The Lewistown News-Argus publishes obituaries and death notices through this platform.
• BLOX Digital / TownNewscoreTechnology or IntegrationPowered by BLOX Content Management System from BLOX Digital. TownNews platform provides the digital infrastructure for the newspaper's website, e-edition, and digital services including Newzware subscription management.
• Adams Publishing Group / Yellowstone NewspaperscoreOthersPart of the Yellowstone Newspapers network under Adams Publishing Group. Operates alongside other Montana newspapers including Big Horn County News, Glendive Ranger-Review, Miles City Star, and other regional publications.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Ravalli Republic: Community newspaper serving the Bitterroot Valley in western Montana with similar local news, sports, classifieds and obituaries. Operates within the same Montana community-newspaper category with overlapping GTM motion and rural reader profile.

Others

• TownNews (BLOX Digital): Technology platform provider powering the Lewistown News-Argus's BLOX CMS, Newzware subscriptions, e-edition, and digital advertising infrastructure. Used by 1,500+ newspapers, it is the dominant enabling platform for the community newspaper category and a key ecosystem dependency.
• Legacy.com: Online obituary network partnered with over 1,500 U.S. newspapers, including Lewistown News-Argus, for publishing obituaries and death notices. A critical enabling partner that monetizes one of the most resilient revenue categories for community newspapers.

Broad incumbents

• Billings Gazette: Montana's largest regional newspaper, operating print and digital editions with similar subscription, advertising and classified revenue streams. While much broader in geographic scope, it competes for regional advertising dollars and offers a benchmark for how a Montana news brand scales digital and print simultaneously.
• Montana Standard: Regional Montana newspaper (Butte-Anaconda) operating on the same Lee Enterprises platform with comparable print + digital subscription, classified and obituary offerings. Comparable to Lewistown News-Argus in business model and product mix but at larger scale and broader regional reach.
• Bozeman Daily Chronicle: Larger regional Montana daily newspaper serving the Bozeman / Gallatin Valley market. Same print + digital subscription and advertising model, but at materially larger scale, broader geographic reach, and with substantially more digital audience — a useful benchmark for the upper end of Montana local news economics.

Direct peers

• Miles City Star: Direct peer within the Yellowstone Newspapers network, serving Miles City and Custer County, Montana. Uses the same BLOX/TownNews platform, Newzware subscriptions, and Legacy.com obituary integration, and is distributed via identical print + digital channels to a comparable rural Montana audience.
• The Havre Daily News: Independent small-town Montana daily newspaper serving the Hi-Line region. Closely comparable in scale, audience profile (rural Montana), and product mix (print, digital, classifieds, obituaries, local sports), making it a strong external benchmark outside the Adams Publishing Group network.
• Big Horn County News: Another Yellowstone Newspapers / Adams Publishing Group Montana title covering Big Horn County. Closely matched business model, technology platform and rural Montana community coverage, providing a near-perfect operational and structural comparable.
• Glendive Ranger-Review: Sibling Montana community newspaper within the Yellowstone Newspapers / Adams Publishing Group network, serving Dawson County and eastern Montana. Operates on the same BLOX/TownNews stack with comparable print + digital subscription and classified revenue model, making it the closest comparable peer.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/lewistownnews
• Facebookfacebook.com/MTNewsArgus

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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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