What New Jersey Stage does

New Jersey Stage is a privately-held online arts and entertainment news publication covering the state of New Jersey. The company operates through its website (newjerseystage.com), publishing 8-15 articles daily across categories including theater, music, dance, film, art, comedy, community events, and children's programming. It serves two primary audiences: arts organizations and venues seeking to promote events to local audiences, and arts enthusiasts seeking comprehensive information about cultural events throughout the Garden State. A secondary offering, BlowUpRadio.com, extends coverage into online radio programming featuring New Jersey-based musicians.

The underlying technology is a conventional website-based digital publishing platform with social media integration across Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, and RSS. The platform has no disclosed proprietary features, APIs, or AI capabilities. The legal entity is Wine Time Media, LLC, headquartered at PO Box 811, Belmar, NJ, with Gary Wien serving as Publisher. The company has 1-10 employees and has not raised external funding.

The business model is entirely advertising-driven. The company sells monthly advertising placements at $50-$100 per month to arts organizations, theaters, performers, musicians, and authors seeking to reach New Jersey arts audiences. Distribution is regional, with no disclosed geographic expansion beyond New Jersey. The company's competitive positioning emphasizes comprehensive daily coverage and an established brand within the New Jersey arts community, supported by a network of partnerships with regional arts organizations.

Name

New Jersey Stage

Legal name

Wine Time Media, LLC

Website

https://newjerseystage.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

New Jersey Stage is a privately-held online arts and entertainment news publication covering New Jersey, publishing 8-15 articles daily on theater, music, dance, and film. It serves arts organizations seeking event promotion and arts enthusiasts seeking event discovery, monetizing through low-cost monthly advertising placements.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Spring Lake

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Advertising: The primary revenue stream comes from advertising. The company offers advertising packages for arts organizations, theaters, performers, and authors who want to reach New Jersey's arts audience. Rates mentioned as $50-$100 per month for event and general advertising.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

New Jersey Stage is an online arts and entertainment news publication that covers the Garden State with 10-15 articles published daily and hundreds of original feature articles each year. The platform covers multiple arts categories including theater, music, dance, film, art, comedy, community, and kids events. It also operates BlowUpRadio.com, an online radio station featuring New Jersey-based musicians, and sells advertising placements to arts organizations, theaters, performers, and authors.

Product overview

New Jersey Stage operates as a unified arts and entertainment news platform for the Garden State, combining a content publication with event previews and listings. The core offering is the New Jersey Stage Arts News Platform, which publishes daily articles covering theater, music, dance, film, art, and community events throughout New Jersey. A secondary offering, BlowUpRadio.com, extends the platform's mission to feature New Jersey-based musicians and artists through online radio programming.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• New Jersey Stage Arts News Platform An arts and entertainment news publication covering New Jersey, publishing 10-15 articles daily with hundreds of original feature articles annually across theater, music, dance, film, art, comedy, community, and kids categories. It serves arts enthusiasts seeking event information and provides advertising placements for arts organizations, theaters, performers, and authors.
• BlowUpRadio.com An online radio station based around New Jersey artists, featuring new releases from NJ-based musicians and weekly columns highlighting local music.
• Advertising Packages Advertising placements sold to arts organizations, theaters, performers, and authors to promote events on the New Jersey Stage website. Rates range from $50-$100 per month for event listings and general advertising.

Quantifiable outcome

• Regularly publishes 8-15 articles daily
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Watchung BooksellersminorGTM or Marketing PartnerWatchung Booksellers in Montclair, NJ partners with New Jersey Stage for author talk and book event promotion. Events featuring authors like Allan Pepper and Billy Altman for The Bottom Line book are promoted through New Jersey Stage coverage.
• Outpost in the BurbsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerOutpost in the Burbs, a Montclair music venue, partners with New Jersey Stage for promotional support of music events. The venue provides promotional support for New Jersey Stage featured events.
• Washington Park Association of Hudson County (WPA)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerWPA joins with SMUSH Gallery to produce Dancing in the Park, an annual outdoor dance concert featured on New Jersey Stage.
• SMUSH GalleryminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSMUSH Gallery in Jersey City partners with WPA to produce the Dancing in the Park event, which receives coverage through New Jersey Stage.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Others

• Hyperallergic: Arts and culture news publication covering visual arts, performance, and cultural commentary. Adjacent rather than directly competitive; shares the 'arts news for enthusiasts' audience and similar SMB cultural-institution advertiser base.

Regional players

• Chicago On Stage: Regional theater review and listings site covering Chicago-area productions. Mirrors the NJ Stage model of concentrated regional theater coverage plus event discovery in a non-overlapping geography.
• Pittsburgh in the Round: Regional arts and entertainment publication covering Pittsburgh's theater, music, and cultural scene. Comparable regional coverage scope and SMB advertiser base in a different geography.
• DC Theatre Scene: Regional theater news and review site covering the Washington DC performing arts scene. Mirrors the regional-arts-newswire model in a different geography rather than overlapping with NJ Stage's territory.

Broad incumbents

• Time Out: Global entertainment media brand covering arts, culture, food, and events across major cities. Operates at much larger scale but addresses overlapping advertiser needs (venues, promoters) across the same arts-going audience.

Direct peers

• Show-Score: Theater review aggregation and discovery platform focused on Broadway and off-Broadway. Closely comparable content vertical (theater reviews, listings) with a reviewer-driven model that overlaps NJ Stage's theatre coverage.
• TheaterMania: Theater news, reviews, and ticketing platform covering Broadway and regional productions. Comparable in combining editorial coverage of theater productions with event listings and advertiser relationships with venues and producers.
• BroadwayWorld: National performing arts newswire covering theater, Broadway, and regional productions. Operates a similar editorial + event-listing + advertising model and is the closest large-scale analog to New Jersey Stage's coverage approach.
• New York Theatre Guide: Regional theater news and listings platform focused on the NYC tristate market. Directly comparable to NJ Stage's regional-perimeter model of covering theater and live performance for a specific metro audience.
• New York Theatre Wire: Independent NYC-area theater news publication offering reviews, features, and event coverage. Comparable editorial model and venue-advertiser relationships in a neighboring regional market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/newjerseystage
• Facebookfacebook.com/NewJerseyStage
• Instagraminstagram.com/newjerseystage

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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