Beverly Hills Weekly

What Beverly Hills Weekly does

Beverly Hills Weekly is a privately held hyperlocal newspaper founded in 1999 by Josh Gross, covering the City of Beverly Hills, the Beverly Hills Unified School District, and surrounding communities including Beverlywood and parts of Los Angeles. The publication was adjudicated as a newspaper of general circulation for the County of Los Angeles in November 2000, providing it with legal standing to publish public notices and official announcements. The company operates from 140 South Beverly Drive #201 in Beverly Hills, California, with a three-person staff: Josh Gross (CEO & Publisher), Danielle Berjikian (Reporter), and Steven Herbert (Sports Editor covering Beverly Hills High School since the publication's founding).

The product offering consists of a weekly newspaper published as downloadable PDFs on bhweekly.com with a free archive dating back to 2005 (issues 325 through 1399), an annual print subscription delivered via US Mail for $75.00 paid by check, and a free email newsletter signup. There is no proprietary technology stack; the company runs a standard website with PDF archive access. The business model combines subscription revenue from individual readers with advertising sales to local Beverly Hills-area businesses, with advertising rates quoted only upon direct inquiry via email or phone. The publication has maintained continuous weekly issues for over 27 years and serves Beverly Hills residents, the Beverly Hills High School community, and local SMB advertisers seeking access to an affluent local consumer audience.

Name

Beverly Hills Weekly

Legal name

Beverly Hills Weekly

Website

https://bhweekly.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Beverly Hills Weekly is a privately held adjudicated community newspaper, founded in 1999, that publishes weekly local news, sports, and government coverage for Beverly Hills residents, schools, and area businesses via online PDFs and print subscriptions.

Ownership category

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Headquarters

HQ city

Beverly Hills

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

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Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Print Subscription: Annual subscription for print edition delivered via US Mail. Customers pay $75.00 per year by check made payable to Beverly Hills Weekly.
2. Advertising: Local businesses and advertisers purchase ad placements in the weekly print publication. Ad rates and availability are quoted upon inquiry via email or phone.

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Core offering

Beverly Hills Weekly is a community newspaper that publishes weekly issues covering local news, politics, government, school district, and high school sports for the City of Beverly Hills and surrounding Los Angeles communities. The publication is distributed as free online PDF issues via its website and as a paid annual print subscription ($75/year) delivered via US Mail, supplemented by advertising placements sold to local businesses.

Product overview

Beverly Hills Weekly is a local community newspaper offering a single unified publication in two formats: a free online edition distributed as weekly PDF issues (with archive access dating back to 2005, issue #326), and a $75/year print subscription delivered by US Mail. The publication also provides a free email notification service for breaking news, upcoming events, and local deals. Additionally, the company offers advertising placement services for local businesses.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

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Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Regional players

• WeHo Times (West Hollywood): Independent weekly newspaper covering West Hollywood, a neighboring affluent LA enclave. Operates a near-identical weekly print + digital + email format targeting a similar affluent reader demographic and local advertiser base just outside Beverly Hills' borders.
• Palisades Post: Independent weekly community newspaper covering Pacific Palisades, an affluent LA neighborhood adjacent to Beverly Hills. Same hyperlocal weekly print format, same subscription and small-business advertising model, and same hyperlocal civic-news editorial mission.
• Brentwood News: Long-running community weekly serving the affluent Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles. Same format (print + online PDF archive), same revenue model (subscriptions + local advertising), and same hyperlocal civic/sports/news editorial focus for a comparable LA audience.

Direct peers

• Beverly Hills Patch: Digital-native hyperlocal news site covering Beverly Hills city government, schools, and community events. Represents the digital-first evolution of the same hyperlocal news niche Beverly Hills Weekly occupies, and competes for the same advertiser dollars.
• Beverly Hills Courier: The other long-standing adjudicated newspaper covering Beverly Hills, founded in 1965. Directly comparable weekly print/digital local paper competing for the same Beverly Hills reader and advertiser base, with overlapping coverage of city government, school district, and high school sports.
• Larchmont Chronicle: Independent hyperlocal weekly newspaper covering the Larchmont/Hancock Park area of Los Angeles. Operates a similar print-plus-online model serving an affluent LA neighborhood with comparable subscription and local-advertising economics.
• The Beverly Press / Park LaBrea News: Independent LA community newspaper serving Beverly Hills-adjacent neighborhoods (Park LaBrea, Beverly-Fairfax, Mid-City West). Comparable hyperlocal weekly print paper with similar subscription/advertising revenue mix targeting overlapping affluent LA readership.

Broad incumbents

• LA Weekly: Long-running LA alternative weekly covering the broader metro area with print and digital editions. Comparable print-weekly format with subscription/advertising revenue model, but operates at city-wide scale rather than neighborhood scale.
• The Hollywood Reporter: Major entertainment-industry trade publication covering Hollywood-adjacent Beverly Hills stories. While focused on entertainment rather than civic news, it competes for some Beverly Hills-based advertisers and overlaps in its coverage of community figures and institutions.
• Los Angeles Times: Major regional daily covering the full Los Angeles metro, including Beverly Hills. While it operates at much greater scale and breadth, it periodically covers Beverly Hills civic news and competes for the same luxury/Beverly Hills advertiser attention.

Market position

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Customer concentration

• Xx.com/bevhillsweekly
• Facebookfacebook.com/Beverly-Hills-Weekly-109496075759032
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/beverly-hills-weekly-inc

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Number of profiles

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Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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